March, 2004

CHCA donates $5,000 to Light the Way
Submitted by Vera Faulkner - Amherst Daily News
UPPER NAPPAN - President Marilyn Conklin presided over the March 11th meeting of the CHCA which was held at 7:30 pm in the Conference Room of the Cumberland Health Care Centre, Nappan.

There were 24 members present. The Auxiliary Prayer was repeated and the minutes of the Nov.13th, Sec. 11th, February 12th were approved as read and as well as the January 30th Executive meeting.

President Marilyn thanked everyone who helped make our Valentine Social a success and to everyone who got their annual reports in on time. Treasurer, Madeline Ryan gave the financial report.

The Auxiliary donated $5,000.00 to the Foundation's Light The Way Campaign and a letter of thanks was received from them. The Foundation's dinner will be Friday April 30th, 2004 at the Wandlyn Inn. There will be live and silent auctions and other fundraising projects. The cost for the dinner is $40.00 per person.

Membership Chair, Gwen Briand reported out membership is 100, consisting of 6 males, 94 females, 27 Life Members and 85 Charter members.

Gayle Janes presented the Treats & Treasures Gift Shoppe report for Viki Daley. Some of the highlights were: Gayle Janes, Marguerite Bishop and Vicki attended the Toronto Gift Show in January and Gayle, Marguerite and Linda Long attended the gift show in Moncton in February; there will be another Reader's Digest Book Fair March 22-23.

Thanks to volunteers and friends of the Auxiliary who have donated beautiful handcrafted items and thanks to all volunteers who make this a successful fundraiser for our hospital.

Gayle also presented the report on the Crema Coffee Shop for Vicki with highlights as follows: thanks to the Springhill Institution for the donation of a beautiful hutch; monthly prizes are drawn from full coffee cards which are punched when purchasing hot drinks; the food inspector gave the shop a 5 out of 5 rating; plans are underway to attend the 2004 food show in Halifax; gift coupons for $1.00 and $2.00 value can be purchased thanks to the staff and volunteers who are doing a great job and also thanks to the hospital family who support us.

Gayle stated that because of Vicki's unparalleled dedication and ability to provide support to her Committee, all members of that Committee continue to participate in their original capacity an to enjoy working together in spite of the many volunteer hours involved. (Thoughtful words for a very special person.)

Shirley McCully, Treasurer, Treats and Treasures Gift Shop gave her report as well as Heather LeMoine, Treasurer of Crema Coffee Shop. Two Cheques were presented to President Marilyn Conklin as follows: $20,000.00 from the revenues of the Crema Coffee Shop and $15,000.00 from Treats and Treasures Gift Shoppe. President Marilyn expressed thanks on behalf of the Auxiliary and congratulated the staff and volunteers of these two shops for their hard work. A photographer from Amherst Daily News was on hand to capture the event.

There will be an Education Seminar in Truro on April 15th, 10am - 3pm at the Howard Johnson Motel. Cost is $20.00 per member. Please contact Marilyn if you would like to attend. There will be a Highland Fling meeting on April 1st, 7pm at the hospital. We ask as many as possible to attend. Our next regular meeting is April 8th.

The annual meeting followed the March meeting. A minute of silence followed by a prayer was observed in memory of Linda Barteaux who died January 23, 2003 and Mae Welch who died July 25, 2003.

All reports were adopted as written. Rakesh Minocha, Vice President Operations with the Cumberland Health Authority thanked the Auxiliary for the fantastic management and operation of the Coffee and Gift Shops and also thanked the Auxiliary members for the volunteer work they carry out on behalf of the hospital.

We are saddened to learn that Dianne Duvar's father Herb Phillips, passed away; his funeral was held on Saturday at Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church.