Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 made its donation from the 2016 Poppy Campaign, to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation, on April 27, 2017. (L-R) Diane Kennedy, first vice president of the Legion, Penny Rolinski, executive director of the PECMH Foundation, Monica Alyea, chair of the Foundation and Tom McCaw, second vice president of the Legion. (Photo: Briar Boyce / PECMHF)
The 2016 Poppy Campaign is paying off for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 has donated $3,000 to the foundation, from the nearly $18,000 collected from poppy sales during November last year.
The money will go towards the hospital’s ongoing $250,000 “Picture of Health Campaign”, which includes a new Heartstart defibrillator for the inpatient unit.
That equipment alone has a $14,200 price tag.
The donation brings the total given to the foundation, from Branch 78, to $14,450 since 1999.
