FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NORTH HALTON, ONTARIO, June 8th, 2023 –The much-needed fundraising efforts for the Townsend Smith Foundation (TSF) took another step forward as former Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette agreed to volunteer his time and talents on the charity’s capital campaign leadership team.
“Having proudly served Halton Hills as Mayor for almost two decades I know how important the work of charities like the Townsend Smith Foundation are to our community. Townsend Smith Foundation’s dedicated team has and continues to work tirelessly to bring a critical health program, a hospice residence, to North Halton” shared Rick.
Rick joins a growing number of community leaders who have stepped up to help TSF raise the ‘community share’ that is needed to build and operate a state-of-the-art hospice residence.
“For leadership volunteers like Rick who know how to engage community-minded people and businesses the work on TSF’s capital campaign is likely just a couple of hours every few weeks, but the importance of the role and work can’t be understated”, shared TSF Board Chair, Astrid Lakats. “Like it or not, critical health care facilities like hospitals and hospices don’t get built without fundraising from the community” noted Lakats.
TSF has secured the necessary property and zoning at the corner of Trafalgar and 5 Sideroad and now needs to raise the millions of dollars to build the hospice residence in the community. TSF’s goal is to offer the type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s pain and symptoms. It will also attend to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. The charity fully understands that under current provincial guidelines more beds will be needed as soon as possible.
TSF’s hospice care will prioritize patient comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering but will also support the needs of family and friends in a supportive environment.
Those wishing to learn more about hospice care for North Halton, the work of the Townsend Smith Foundation, or to offer support through a generous gift or as a volunteer are encouraged to visit https://www.townsend-smith.ca/donate/.
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About Townsend Smith Foundation
Working vigorously since 2012, the Townsend Smith Foundation, TSF, is a registered charitable organization with a unique mandate to provide the supports and education to those interested in hospice care, in the last stages of living, or bereaved. Our meaningful projects include free seminars to raise awareness for the need and benefit of hospice palliative care, support for caregivers, children and will planning, group discussions of death through death cafes, and honouring those who have passed through candlelight ceremony. TSF conducts research on hospice care and volunteers consistently engage our community on hospice care and its needs in North Halton with a key objective being to raise funds to build hospice facilities in North Halton.
For further information at Townsend Smith Foundation please contact
Ms. Theresa Greer, Executive Director
bod@townsend-smith.ca I 289.878.3407
For further information at Townsend Smith Foundation please contact
Ms. Astrid Lakats, Chair, Board of Directors
bod@townsend-smith.ca I 289.878.3407