Moose Jaw Health Foundation continues fundraising venture

Festival of Trees, Family First Radiothon among major events that continue support for local group

Even with a brand new, state-of-the art hospital that opened in 2015, there are always ways to improve health care in the community. For the Friendly City, that’s where the Moose Jaw Health Foundation comes into play. The local charity continues to hold a variety of events in support of the F.H. Wigmore Hospital on an annual basis, enabling the local health care facility to continuously improve their services and update their equipment.

That they were able to continue to do so despite the ongoing pandemic is testimony to the generosity of the community — even with everything that’s happened over the last year, funds continued to pour in regardless of lockdowns or restrictions that might have been in place. Take their largest fundraiser of the year, for example. The 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon was moved back to September as the pandemic forced a delay from their usual springtime efforts, but still managed to bring in $241,802 for critical care equipment, including new cardiac monitors, a telemetry monitoring system, defibrillator and crash cart, Holter monitor and chemotherapy chairs. They’ll be back at it against this fall, looking to add to the $4.1 million raised when the 15th annual Radiothon is again held in September. The 2021 Festival of Trees also proved to be a huge success in spite of going virtual for their annual gala auction. The trees were on display in the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre leading up to the event this year, and when it came time for the online auction on Nov. 21, $117,725 was raised for new urology surgical equip-

ment. That brings the total to $4.3 million raised through 29 years of Festivals. Unfortunately, other fun events like the Moose Jaw Charity Road Race, annual Hillcrest Golf Tournament, A Cold Night for Cancer and Little Princess Ball were cancelled, but plans are for all to return to the calendar in 2021. For more information on the Moose Jaw Health Foundation — including a look at their ongoing work and upcoming events — be sure to visit their webpage at www.mjhf.org and follow them on Facebook at MooseJawHealthFoundation.

The Family First Radiothon annual raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Health Foundation. The annual Moose Jaw Health Foundation Festival of Trees is a major fundraiser for the local organization.

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