A community favourite fundraiser is coming back to Moose Jaw to raise money for the Pediatric and the Women’s Health Units at the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital.
The Moose Jaw Health Foundation (MJHF), in conjunction with 800 CHAB, is throwing their 16th Annual Family First Radiothon. The Radiothon is taking place on September 8 and 9 for 36 hours, with the hopes to raise $138,000 for new medical equipment.
Over the course of the 36 hours, groups, organizations, and businesses will be taking an hour and attempting to get donations. These groups include but are not limited to the Mayor and City Council, Henderson Insurance, ACT/ UCT, and other small and big businesses.
Each year they choose a different area of the Wigmore General Hospital to fundraise for. This year they hope to raise enough money for; a new wireless fetal heart monitor, neonatal incubator, phototherapy blanket for the nursery, pediatric glidescope, and pediatric beds. If they receive extra donations, they hope to update the furniture in the waiting rooms and lobby.
In the past, the MJHF has raised money for the Dialysis Unit, Colon Rectal Cancer, Chemotherapy, Emergency Unit, Surgery Unit, Universal Care Unit, and Medicine Unit, each area of the hospital has been impacted because of the generous support of those in our community.
"This is everything good. It really highlights the best of Moose Jaw and the giving nature of people in this community. So, we are very fortunate to the foundation, to work with such a great organization like 800 CHAB, to do this every single year, and we are very thankful for it,” said Kelly McElree, the Executive Director of the MJHF. “It has touched and has reached so many people, throughout all of southern Saskatchewan, because it is not just Moose Jaw it is Moose Jaw and area."
Your support for the Pediatrics and the Women’s Health Units at our hospital would be appreciated. Families bring their children to Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital for a range of illnesses ranging from severe asthma attacks, flues, viruses, tonsils, Covid, appendectomies, severe colds, and broken bones. The staff at the hospital serves over 55,000 people in Moose Jaw and the surrounding communities. Every dollar raised during the Radiothon will stay in the hospital.
If you would like more information on the 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon visit, www.mjhf.org
You can donate to the 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon at https://www.mjhf.org/page.aspx?pid=298.