Annual Foundation Dinner Sold out!!
AMHERST, NS (April 20, 2010) – If you were looking for tickets to attend the Cumberland Health Care Foundation’s annual fundraising dinner – a Red & Black Event - on Saturday April 24th, you may be out of luck. For the first time in years, the event has sold out.
“It’s been a terrific year for ticket purchases,” said Managing Director of the Cumberland Health Care Foundation Joe Gauthier, “we were wait listing within 4 weeks of ticket sales. Fortunately those who were initially on the wait list were able to be accommodated as final ticket and table confirmations were received. However as of this week, all available seats have been spoken for.”
Volunteers and artists have been gearing up for the past couple of months to support the Foundation dinner by donating works of art while the business community has also been pitching in with donations of gift certificates, products and services for the live and silent auctions that will occur.
Guests of the event will be hearing about the impact of the bursary program on future staff shortages while a nurse practitioner will speak on her choice of a health care career and what was involved. The Foundation will be awarding its annual Distinguished Service Award as well as its Volunteer of the Year Award. It is also pleased to have Jost Vineyards as its special sponsor for the evening with Patterson Law holding the lead sponsor position.
Proceeds from this year’s Foundation dinner will go to support the Cumberland Health Care Careers Bursary Program. Designed to help fight shortages of skilled medical professionals in Cumberland County, the bursary program helps students financially achieve their dreams of a career in health care. To date 23 students have been accepted into the program of which 12 are now employed in the Cumberland Health Authority district. An additional four bursary students will be completing their studies and returning to work in Cumberland this year.
The Cumberland Health Care Careers Bursary Program Fund provides an annual $5000 bursary to Cumberland County students attending post-secondary training for one of the identified critical areas such as nursing, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, physiotherapy and many others. Candidates then undergo screening for eligibility requirements and participate in an interview process as part of the application process. For each year the student is awarded the bursary the student then agrees to work an equivalent year within Cumberland County. Bursary participants are also guaranteed summer employment while in school to further assist with their career goals in healthcare.
Interested applicants for the Cumberland Health Care Bursary Program for 2010 should submit their applications to the Cumberland Health Authority (Human Resources) no later than Friday, May 28th, 2010. Application forms and additional information is available by calling (902) 667-5400 ext. 6237 or (902) 661-1090.
The Cumberland Health Care Foundation is a registered Canadian not-for-profit charity dedicated to enhancing the provision of a high standard of health care within Cumberland County by raising funds and supporting new and improved services, programs, equipment and facilities. For additional information, please visit our website at www.chcfoundation.com.
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