Rotary Club of Shelburne completes $25,000 pledge to Headwaters

April 23, 2014 · 0 Comments

The Rotary Club of Shelburne presented Headwaters Health Care Foundation Board Chair Joan Waechter with a donation of $5,000 last evening.

This donation represents the final installment in their multi-year, $25,000 contribution to Headwaters Health Care Foundation’s Commitment to Care Campaign. In addition to last evening’s cheque presentation, Frank Fender, Shelburne Rotary Club President, announced the Club would make an additional multi-year commitment to the Campaign of $12,500.

“We challenge others in the community to make a contribution prior to the ground breaking in January 2015 that will enable our hospital to expand to meet the growing needs of our community,” said Club member and Hospital Board member Bill Waite. “The Rotary Club of Shelburne made the very first pledge to the Commitment to Care Campaign,” says Joan Waechter.

“Their generosity will help expand patient programs and services, bring leading edge technology into the hospital, and help more people in Dufferin-Caledon receive the care they need close to home,” added Foundation Executive Director Joan Burdette. “By supporting local health care in this way, the Rotary Club of Shelburne are truly embodying the credo of ‘Service Above Self.’”

Since 1987, the Rotary Club of Shelburne has donated $112,595.03 to Headwaters Health Care Centre. With the announcement of the additional pledge, the Rotary Club of Shelburne’s donation will reach $125,000.

The $16 million Commitment to Care Campaign will invest $5.5 million to redevelop, renovate and expand the outpatient Ambulatory Care Area and add additional surgical capacity, and purchase $10.5 million worth of cutting edge medical equipment and technology to support those programs and services.

To date over $13 million has been donated through the generosity of those in our community. For more information, or to make a donation, please visit www.hhcfoundation.com