Confederation Landing was transformed into a family fun center
over the weekend as part of the IWK Health Centre Foundation’s
Children’s Miracle Network Telethon. This year marked the 25th
year of the telethon and Prince Edward Islanders stepped up to
contribute over $149,500 to the Foundation.
APM have been raising money for the IWK Telethon year-round
through casual wear Friday’s. By providing a donation to the
fund in this manner, employees at ,
Storemark and MacLean’s Construction raised two thousand
dollars. Early on in the initiative Tim Banks offered to match
any donations achieved by the staff and together APM was very
pleased to present to the IWK Telethon for Children a cheque
this year in the amount of $4,000. APM is proud to play a role
in the support of this very worthwhile cause.
Neila Roberts, an employee of APM’s Storemark manufacturing
company, and her son Morgan were present at Confederation
Landing and took a break from the activities to make the cheque
presentation on behalf of APM to the IWK Telethon for Children.
Also on hand at the event were a number of APM staff including
Heather Nelson, Heather Joudrie and husband Calvin, Wendy Quinn,
Ann-Marie O’Rourke and Phil MacDonald who were busy volunteers
on the phones accepting pledges from people all over Prince
Edward Island.
The day was an exceptional one with a tremendous community
presence at the Landing and the volunteers were high-spirited as
they competed for the highest donations and all those who shared
stories of those who have benefited from the IWK Children’s
Health Centre. Challenges came in to get others pledging, people
called for information on how to get their donations in, and
other donors shared their tears of appreciation as they called
in their pledges.
Established in 1996, the IWK Health Centre Foundation is a
charitable organization dedicated to helping the IWK provide the
best care possible to Maritime families by raising funds to the
Health Centre.
The IWK Health Centre Foundation raised over $5,400,000 through
the 25th Annual IWK Telethon for Children. “We are extremely
excited and thankful to all of our donors who made this happen,”
said Robbie Shaw, president of the IWK Health Centre Foundation.
“This weekend we raised a record breaking amount. We’d like to
thank everyone, partners, donors, patients and caregivers, who
have made the 25th anniversary of telethon such a great
success.”
Donations made through this year’s telethon will help purchase
priority medical equipment, fund ground breaking research and
support special programs like bilingual services. The 25th IWK
Telethon ran on CTV from 7PM on Saturday, May 30 through to
6:45PM on Sunday, May 31 and was broadcast live from the IWK
Health Centre and remote sites in Saint John, Sydney and
Charlottetown.
