The Tofino General Hospital Foundation awoke to a very merry morrow in 2024, celebrating the largest donation in its history.
Vera Morrow, a retired nurse, recently filled the foundationB次元官网网址檚 sails with a whopping $200,000.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 stunned,B次元官网网址� foundation chair Arlene McGinnis told the Westerly B次元官网网址. B次元官网网址淪heB次元官网网址檚 been so generous and itB次元官网网址檚 just amazing. SheB次元官网网址檚 an amazing person and she seems to have taken our efforts to get a new hospital under her wing. SheB次元官网网址檚 been very generous.B次元官网网址�
McGinnis has been the foundationB次元官网网址檚 chair for over 12 years and noted MorrowB次元官网网址檚 $200,000 donation is the largest the foundation has ever received, breaking MorrowB次元官网网址檚 own record of $150,000, which she donated in 2023, Morrow also donated $100,000 in 2022.
McGinnis was awed as she talked about the consistent strength of MorrowB次元官网网址檚 support, which has increased steadily over the years.
B次元官网网址淰era is wonderful and sheB次元官网网址檚 kind. For somebody to have a heart that big that sheB次元官网网址檚 willing to give this muchB次元官网网址tB次元官网网址檚 mind boggling. SheB次元官网网址檚 a very kind lady and a very nice lady,B次元官网网址� McGinnis said.
She explained MorrowB次元官网网址檚 generosity will go towards new equipment for the current hospital as well as the pursuit of a new hospital for the region and added that donations are vital to the foundationB次元官网网址檚 efforts to fill the West CoastB次元官网网址檚 only hospital with up-to-date equipment.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 important to us because it serves everybody. Everybody that lives here and everybody that comes here benefits from our hospital, so we have to have the very best equipment at our hands and we do. We really work hard to make sure that we do,B次元官网网址� she said.
B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e been told that we are one of the best equipped, small hospitals on the Island, so itB次元官网网址檚 really something to be proud ofB次元官网网址he reason that we are a strong group is that we really believe in what we are doing for all the communities on the West Coast. We strongly feel that we want to give all the people the best possible care and equipment that we can supply.B次元官网网址�
She added the foundation is entirely volunteer-based.
B次元官网网址淲e donB次元官网网址檛 even get a cup of coffee, unless we make it ourselves,B次元官网网址� she laughed.
All donations are tax deductible and can be sent to the Tofino General Hospital Foundation, PO Box 190, Tofino, B.C. V0R 2Z0.
B次元官网网址淲e appreciate every dollar we get. If somebody can only afford to give us a dollar, weB次元官网网址檒l gladly take it. ItB次元官网网址檚 just the way it is, people can only give what they can give,B次元官网网址� she said.
B次元官网网址淚t has been so difficult for people to be able to afford to donate. TimeB次元官网网址檚 have been tough and then you get somebody like this who steps forward and takes all that pressure off the foundation from having to try and fundraise to get this money for equipment and also to go towards the new hospital.B次元官网网址�
She suggested a new hospital is long overdue.
B次元官网网址淲e need it,B次元官网网址� she said, adding the small hospital has been outgrown by the communities it serves and its age is showing wear and tear.
B次元官网网址淵ou could go on and on with all the different things that are wrong with it. Our emergency room is too small, in the summertime itB次元官网网址檚 packed in thereB次元官网网址his hospital serves the entire West Coast. ThatB次元官网网址檚 what itB次元官网网址檚 there for. ItB次元官网网址檚 not just Tofino, itB次元官网网址檚 the entire West Coast, plus everybody coming in to visit.B次元官网网址�
The foundation is planning a fundraising event in September.
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