Only three days left!!!!!!! Sunday, April 29, is the cut off for ticket sales to be eligible for the next early bird draw of the the 2012 Dream Home Lottery on May 4, 2012. The early bird prizes are a one carat diamond ring valued at $10,206, PLUS 5 pairs of weekend VIP passes to Bud Country Fever. For more information please visit the website at www.winadreamhome.ca
In the month since their move in the early morning hours on March 20, 2012, the Emergency Department has settled into the fully renovated space after a year in a temporary location. The renovations included increasing the number of trauma bays from two to four, an additional endoscopy suite and a dedicated intravenous therapy area. There are also 21 stretchers and a five-bed clinical decision unit for patients who are being cared for, but don’t need formal admission.
The QEII Hospital Foundation was proud to support the expansion of the Emergency Department with the purchase of equipment for the four trauma bays and the ambulatory care treatment area. The Foundation thanks all of the donors who made possible their contribution of $262, 125, towards the project.
The latest exhibition to be installed in the Courtyard Gallery is a series of quilts made by “Faye Oszli”. This name may sound familiar to many of you because Faye used to manage the Gift Shop here at the Hospital. Faye started her passion with quilts some 15 years ago. She went on to even open a quilt shop with her sister. Since moving to Grande Prairie a few years ago she may not have the shop any more but she still quilts as often as she can.
This exhibition will be up until the end of April.
A huge thank you to the County of Grande Prairie Fire Services for their support in making the 2011 Festival of Trees a success this past year. Their overwhelming commitment of 1100 volunteer hours of assistance, (wow, that’s over 45 days in less than a week!!!) setting up and taking down the venues for the event was truly remarkable and appreciated by not only the QEII Hospital Foundation, but by the thousands of attendees of the event. We look forward to working with this great organization again next year for the 2012 Festival of Trees.
The QEII Hospital Foundation now has Dream Home Tickets available for purchase at their office. Get yours by March 25, 2012, for the early bird draw on March 30, 2012, for a fabulous Maui Vacation Package. Tickets are 1 for $100, 3 for $250, or 5 for $400. The Dream Home Lottery is brought to you by the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie with a portion of the proceeds donated to the QEII Hospital Foundation.
A new feature this year has been the addition of the Take 50 Add-On. The winner takes 50% of ticket sales with a minimum payout of $40,000. Follow the jackpot as it grows at www.winadreamhome.ca. Take 50 Tickets are 1 for $10, 3 for $25, and 5 for $40. They can be purchased with a Dream Home Ticket or on their own.
A sincere thank you to Unique Home Concepts for their generous donation of $2,000 to the QEII Hospital Foundation. Butterfly, the QEII’s Therapeutic Clown, was available to accept this wonderful gift from Rebecca Newbury and her father Chris.
After another successful toy drive, Westjet arrived on schedule at the QEII Hospital with bags full of delights for the children. Amanda Pelletier, Darryll Walsh and Sharon Imlah-Matheson delivered the precious cargo of toys in time for the Holidays for youngsters and youth of all ages. With assistance from the QEII’s Therapeutic Clown Butterfly, the pseudo-Santa’s delivered toys to Seth and other children and youth spending time at the QEII. Thank you to everyone at WestJet for their thoughtfulness in bringing joy to the QEII.
The smile on Jaxon’s face said it all as Amanda Pierson and Stephanie Mare presented him with one of the many teddy bears donated to the QEII Hospital by Aéropostle. Thanks to the thoughtful donation, over $1400 in teddy bears will make it into the arms of children receiving care at the QEII. Liah and Liam, new arrivals to the world, have their very first newfound friends to watch over them as they dream.
Thanks to the combined efforts of the four Shoppers Drug Mart stores in Grande Prairie, its employees and customers, the Tree of Life campaign raised $ 7,382.00 for the QEII Hospital. These funds will go towards the purchase five Neopuff infant resuscitators for our NICU department with the remainder of funds supporting women’s health. The Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life campaign is a four-week program, held across Canada each autumn, aimed at raising funds to promote programming and resources to meet health needs of Canadian women.
Our sincere thank you to Shoppers Drug Mart, the employees and the customers for choosing the QEII Hospital as the beneficiary of your 2011 campaign!
Only 2 weeks ’til Gala – get your tickets soon! Includes a champagne reception, amazing 3 course dinner, premier viewing of the Festival and fundraising auction! Tickets selling quickly!