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October 31, 2024
Vol. 12 No. 43
CT Scanner campaign receives donation from Kemptville Quilters Guild
Seen here at the KDH Foundation office, (l-r), Joanne Mavis, ED, KDH Foundation, with members of the Kemptville Quilters Guild, Elaine Lang, Teresa Harrison, Guild President, Nancy Grundy and Wendy Campbell who presented $5,550 to the CT Scanner from their Spooktacular Tea and Quilt event.
by Lynne Clifford-Ward A “spooktacular” $5,550 donation to the CT Scanner Crossroads Campaign was recently delivered to the Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) Foundation office by members of the Kemptville Quilters Guild (KQG). This donation resulted from the Guild’s “Hallowe’en Spooktacular Tea and Quilt Event” orchestrated by a corpus of local volunteers on October 5. Joanne Mavis, Executive Director, KDH Foundation, was delighted with the gift to the Campaign. “This is wonderful! Every day we get closer to our goal of $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the hospital. We urgently need this diagnostic tool close to home. We sincerely appreciate this donation from
October 31, 2024
Seen here at RBC Kemptville are members of the Kemptville Quilters Guild receiving a $1,500 donation to the CT Scanner Campaign from the RBC Community Fund for the Guild’s Fascinators’ Workshop. (l-r) Wendy Campbell, Sherron Walls and Samantha Rivet-Stevenson from RBC, Teresa Harrison, Joanne Mavis, ED, KDH Foundation, Nancy Grundy and Elaine Lang.
the Kemptville Quilters Guild and thank everyone in the community for their support of this event.” Upon arrival at St. John’s United Church, guests selected handmade fascinators to wear in their hair. They were made by members of KQG and staff from RBC Kemptville who had secured $1,500 from the RBC Community Support Fund for the Fascinators Workshop in support of the CT Scanner Campaign. The room was beautifully decorated with autumnal themed quilts and wall hangings made by local quilters. During the formal programme, knowledgeable commentary was provided by quilter Nancy Grundy. The North Grenville Community Theatre entertained the two sold out Teas with a pumpkin
skit. KDH Auxiliary, along with the KQG sold raffle tickets for the king size jewel tone quilt with all proceeds going to the CT Scanner. Jodie Prosciak, a member of the Guild, made the quilt and personally sold 600 tickets. One Spooktacular Tea guest remarked enthusiastically that she hopes the Guild hosts a tea next year. She plans to organize a table full of friends from work because this one was so much fun! Teresa Harrison, President of the Kemptville Quilters Guild, said, “the event could not have happened without the support of so many, including husbands who helped with transporting materials and setting up, Linda Carnegie and her catering expertise, Elaine Lang who led the
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Fascinators Workshop and Connie Parsons, who assisted Elaine and organized the quilt Raffle Tickets, Rosemary Bennett who made 200 crab apple jelly jars for guests to take one home, Cathy Raina who organized the Community Theatre group, and so many other volunteers who helped bake, make sandwiches, serve tea and clean up. My special thanks to Samantha Rivet Stevenson and Sherron Walls from RBC Kemptville for their ongoing community support. We are so pleased with the event’s results and our Guild’s donation to the CT Scanner Campaign.” For more information and stories about the CT Scanner Crossroads Campaign and how you can donate, see Kemptville District Hospital Foundation (kdhfoundation.ca)
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