More Than 500 Guests Raise an Impressive $545,000 Net at the West Island Palliative Care Residence’S 19Th Annual Valentine’S Ball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than 500 guests raise an impressive $545,000 net at the West Island Palliative Care Residence’s 19th Annual Valentine’s Ball Political, sports, media and entertainment figures among those showing their support at the West Island’s premier social event of the season KIRKLAND, Quebec, February 13, 2018 – An impressive $545,000 net was raised Friday evening, February 9th, at the West Island’s premier social event of the season – the West Island Palliative Care Residence‘s 19th annual black-tie Valentine’s Ball , held at the Pavilion-sur-le-lac of the Château Vaudreuil. With more than 500 in attendance, the Ball once again welcomed an array of guests who provide valuable ongoing support to the Residence, many of whom were political, sports, media and entertainment figures. Special guests included Jean-Marc Vallée, well-known award-winning Quebec film director, most recently honoured with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies; Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes quarterback legend, inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame; and Otis Grant, former WBO Middleweight Champion of the World. Joining local federal, provincial and municipal politicians was Quebec Health Minister Dr. Gaétan Barrette, whose ministry provides approximately one-third of the Residence’s funding, the balance coming from the community and fundraising events such as the Valentine’s Ball. Also present were four Quebec ministers: Martin Coiteux, Geoffrey Kelley, Carlos Leitão and Kathleen Weil, along with local federal MPs Frank Baylis (Pierrefonds-Dollard) and Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis) and the mayors of Kirkland, Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Senneville and the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds/Roxboro.
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