Your Gifts Make A Difference ANNUAL REPORT 2003-2004 Contents
A Message from our President1 & Executive Director 2003-2004 Board of Directors
The Capital Planning Process: From Donor Dollars to Medical Equipment Purchase2 Overview Director Profile:3 Norm Sauve Service Club Profile: Les Chevaliers de4 Colomb Conseil des Grands Lacs #7999 Our Donors Privacy5-12 Statement Friends Forever 13Monthly Giving Program Pacesetter Profile:14 Royal Bank Foundation Our15 Pacesetters 16-18In Loving Memory Major Donor19 Profile: CN The Gift20 Gala & Auction FUNdraising! inside back coverHow to Contact Us
Cover Photos Top: Mairaed Nicholls is one of hundreds in our community who comes to the hospital for dialysis treatment three times per week. Dialysis is a life-prolonging process for those whose kidneys are permanently impaired. It removes toxic materials from the bloodstream, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance. Your donations purchased four Renal Dialysis Machines at a cost of $31,000 each. Bottom Left: Don Mertes was one of many patients who required a cardiac monitor during his recent stay at our hospital. The monitors are vital to monitor a patient’s breathing, heart rate and rhythm, and blood flow. Your donations purchased more than 16 Cardiac Monitors at a cost in excess of $25,000 each. Bottom Centre: Linda Ervin was a patient of the Sault Area Hospital whom required the special capabilities provided by the Bariatric Shower and Tilting Wheelchair. Designed to accommodate the special needs of patients who are severely limited in their movement, they increase patient convenience and comfort. Your donations purchased a Bariatric Shower and Tilting Wheelchair at a cost of $9,055. Bottom Right: Tom Chevrier is one of numerous cancer patients in our community who has learned of the benefits of a chemotherapy Infusion Pump from Carol Allard, RN, Algoma Regional Cancer Care Program. The pump allows for a supply of a controlled amount of drugs very slowly into the bloodstream over an extended period of time. Proceeds from the 2003 Gift Gala & Auction allowed the Foundation to purchase eight Infusion Pumps at a cost of $5,600 each. Annual Report 2003-20041 “While much of the Foundation’s focus Message from James Melville, Board President is on equipment and funding, people are &