Don Stewart Foundation Board Chair

Message from the Foundation Board Chair

Our community's health care depends on all of the people who are committed to high-quality hospital and long-term care services. Medical staff, health-care workers, support staff, and volunteers join with the families and friends of patients and residents and others in our community to make the Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor the high-quality, caring places they are today.

We have a right to be proud of the Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor. They provide outstanding services and operate in a fiscally responsible manner. As our community grows and ages, the demands on our Hospital and long-term care services will grow. If we are to be ready to meet these growing needs, we must continue to raise funds for equipment and other Hospital and Manor needs.

The Almonte General Hospital-Fairview Manor Foundation was established to raise funds for the Hospital and Manor. Working with the community, it raised $4.5 million for the AGH/FVM Redevelopment Project, which included the construction of a new long-term care home and major expansions and renovations to the Hospital. The Project was completed in 2008.

Many in the community worked tirelessly to bring this Project to our community. Now that it is completed, we must continue to work together as a community. The Foundation's current priorities are to raise funds for much-needed equipment and to encourage donations through planned giving. We also organize a very successful annual golf tournament.

There are many ways to support the Foundation. Gifts are also gratefully acknowledged, through such programs as our Donor Recognition Wall and our Garden of Life.

In the meantime, don't hesitate to contact me or any other Board members if you have any questions about the project. You can send me an email at wstewart@istar.ca. You can also contact Board Secretary-Treasurer Mary Wilson Trider by phone at 256-2514 ext. 2220, by email at mwilsontrider@agh-fvm.com or by mail at 75 Spring Street, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0