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St. Marys Memorial Hospital hosts grand opening for newly refurbished gazebo WENDY LAMOND Independent Reporter
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After speeches, members of the Carter family, the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, the St. Marys Healthcare Foundation and DDB Carpentry joined together for a photo in front of the newly renovated gazebo at the hospital where patients, staff, family and friends can sit and enjoy a beautiful space.
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The gazebo at the St. Marys Memorial Hospital has been beautifully redone, making it a welcoming space of comfort for those visiting family and friends as well as for the staff. The project was made possible through a group effort between the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, the St. Marys Healthcare Foundation and the Carter family. The Carter family generously donated towards this project in memory of their parents, John and Marg. John Carter was the St. Marys hospital administrator from 19641991. The work was expertly done by DDB Carpentry, who also donated two benches inside the gazebo. From the gazebo, visitors can see the beautiful gardens and window boxes the St. Marys Horticultural Society donated and maintains. The ceremony that took place on Thursday, June 4, as a thank-you to the Carter Family, started with a welcome from auxiliary member Janis Fread, who shared some information on how the project got started. Communications manager for the health-care foundation Bernice DeDecker then spoke about the foundation’s role in helping make this project come to fruition and introduced board members. Past chair Cindy Bilyea talked about the Carter family, thanking them as well as the auxiliary for their efforts in fixing up the tired gazebo. “Thank you to the Carter family so much for contributing and helping the auxiliary and foundation in a great joint effort to improve the experience for the patients,” Bilyea said. Peter Westlaken of DDB Carpentry spoke to the crowd on how the positive vision of all of those involved prevented the gazebo from being torn down and giving the contractors an image of what the architecture and colours could look like, enhancing its character.
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