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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1989
Page
2
The Chetwynd General Hospital Auxiliary marked its 20th anniversary on October 18, 1989 with a roast beer dinner at Pine Valley Seniors Hall. Guest speaker was Mrs. Joan Hill from Mackenzie BC, and Darlene Gerry moderated the event.
May 1971 saw the first Candy Stripers meeting with service beginning January 1972. Margaret Grant, the first auxiliary representative on the hospital board, later chaired the board 1977 1981. The auxiliary won the 1977 National Photo Contest Lending a Helping Hand and changed its name to The Chetwynd Hospital Auxiliary in 1981. Since 1969 events like the Florence Nightingale Tea and annual Doll and Wardrobe Raffle supported hospital needs. The Gift Shop opened in August 1971 and fundraising funded items from nursery furniture to a cardiac monitor, surgical equipment, and the Psycotherapy Unit by 1989.
Mrs Vera Lekavy was awarded the Life Membership Award for twenty years of service to Chetwynd Hospital Auxiliary. The presentation was made by Hospital Auxiliary President Mrs Darlene Gerry.
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