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La Chapelle Education Fund Recipients

Each year, the GBGH Foundation awards monies from the Gail La Chapelle Education Grant and Bursary Fund for nursing staff to continue their education. The Bursary provides $1,000 in funding for RNs & RPNs advancing in their senior year of Nursing or pursuing a Masters. The Education Grant provides financial assistance for courses including palliative care, trauma nursing, advanced cardiac life support, perioperative nursing, critical care nursing and wound care. This year’s recipients received a total of $5,000 toward continuing their education and growing their skills.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

Bursary Recipient:

Elizabeth Gorecki        BScN

 

Education Grant Recipients:

Alannah Eberschlag                RPN-BScN Bridge

Emily Barber                             RPN-BScN Bridge

Erica Easterling                        RPN-BScN Bridge

Izabella Stochmal                    RPN-BScN Bridge

Jane Mendoza                        Cardiology Nursing

Shalana Desroches                  PeriAnesthesia Nursing

Sherri Conohan-Thayer            RPN-BScN Bridge

Stephanie Caruana                CC1; TNCC

Valerie Quesnelle                    BScN

Erika Weber                              RPN-BScN Bridge

Jennifer Thorney                      Masters Nursing & Leadership in Professional Nursing Practice

Samantha Noon                     OB Nursing

Sean Tackaberry                      RPN-BScN Bridge

Weber Manufacturing gives $25,000 to Kickstart Your Heart

On February 4, 2022, Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. announced a $25,000 gift to the Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) Foundation’s Kickstart Your Heart campaign.  The gift will fund the purchase of a crash cart, equipped with a life-saving defibrillator for GBGH.  Weber Manufacturing has committed a total of $50,000 to the GBGH Foundation in the past year, including a $25,000 gift to the Power of Giving Virtual Gala in August 2021.

“From a business perspective, we support the hospital because of the community and the impact it has on our employees and their families,” shares Chris Edwards, president of Weber Manufacturing. “They live, work and play in this community and the senior team [at Weber] wants to support the community, and what better place than our local hospital.”

Supporting local health care is also important to Chris personally as he was born and raised in Midland, and GBGH has been there for him and his family when needed.

“Since 2007, we’ve been involved with the GBGH Foundation through the smile cookie program, ‘working for my hospital’ and the annual gala,” says Chris. “But in 2013, when I attended the Breakfast of Champions, and learned that the government does not fund the purchase of equipment for the hospital, I knew we had to take the initiative to do more.”

In total, Weber Manufacturing has given more than $75,000 to the GBGH Foundation, helping to support the most critical equipment and technology requirements over the years.

“Through this gift, Chris has demonstrated how much he cares about our community, and the health and safety of his entire team at Weber,” says Nicole Kraftscik, executive director, GBGH Foundation. “This investment in life-saving equipment will have a lasting impact on the care provided at GBGH, and we are deeply grateful for his remarkable generosity.”

The Kickstart Your Heart campaign runs from January 31 to February 14, 2022, and all gifts are being matched by Conrad & Donna Huber (up to a total of $100,000). Those wishing to learn more can click here or call the GBGH Foundation at 705-526-GIVE (4483).

To watch a message from Chris Edwards, visit: https://youtu.be/SkZgKnta280