Legion donates $7,000 to Stratford General Hospital Foundation for cancer care bed

Frank Mathieson, Eric Ross, Ontario Command; Steve Zurbrigg, poppy chair; Cheryl Hunt, executive director, Stratford General Hospital Foundation; Ken Albert, first vice-president; Tom Soper; Mary Helen McIntosh, president of the Ladies Auxiliary; and Linda Hunter.

Late last week, members of the Stratford Royal Canadian Legion Branch 8 met with Stratford General Hospital Foundation executive director Cheryl Hunt to present a $7,000 cheque toward the purchase of a cancer care treatment centre bed.

“Thank you to the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies Auxiliary Foundation for their donation of $7,000 toward a hospital bed at our Stratford site,” Hunt told members of Branch 8. “This year, we will be donating more than $364,000 toward hospital beds. On behalf of your hospital, thank you for everything you do to support your community – it’s simply fantastic.”

All donations to the Legion support veterans and the community at large. The grant was made on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliary Charitable Foundation.