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IMPACT                     OF GIVING 2020









      GIVING TUESDAY

      DECEMBER 3, 2019


      The Foundation participated in Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving
      following Black Friday & Cyber Monday. With a goal to raise $20,000 to
      purchase 50 patient slings, we took to email and social media to share the
      message and ask the community to get involved. Thanks to a generous
      $10,000 matching gift from Nick & Marina Boudouris (owners of OPA
      Catering & The World Famous Dock Lunch restaurant), and 65 generous
      donors, the campaign successfully raised $26,500 and the hospital was
      outfitted with 50 new patient slings in the spring of 2020.







                                               COVID-19

                                               RESPONSE FUND



                                               With COVID-19 on everyone’s minds, our community stepped up with
                                               incredible support for Georgian Bay General Hospital. Donations of Personal
                                               Protective Equipment (PPE) helped ensure our staff and patients remained
                                               safe, at a time when PPE supplies were stretched across the country. Local
                                               restaurants and businesses stepped up to provide beverages, meals
                                               and snacks to fuel our teams while they worked tirelessly to adapt to new
                                               procedures and pandemic preparedness. And, our appeal letters to you, our
                                               valued donors, were met with incredible response, with more than $85,000
                                               raised to help our hospital fund critical equipment such as additional IV
                                               Infusion Pumps, vital signs monitors, medication carts and a call bell system.







      GIVING TUESDAY NOW

      MAY 5, 2020


      Giving Tuesday Now was organized as an emergency response to the
      COVID-19 pandemic, giving the Foundation the opportunity to raise funds
      for some of the critical equipment purchased to prepare the hospital to
      respond to a potential surge of patients. Five patient beds were required
      to create a separate ICU surge space, at a cost of $60,000. When Conrad
      & Donna Huber heard about the campaign, they were excited to offer a
      matching gift of $30,000 to help us reach our goal. In less than 24 hours,
      thanks to the generosity of our community, nearly $80,000 was raised to
      address this and other COVID-19 preparedness equipment purchases.
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