Earlier today at the Scarborough Health Network, Centenary Hospital, Margaret Birch Wing, Shaun Chen, Member of Parliament for Scarborough North, delivered a donation of $12,000 to Elizabeth Buller, President and CEO of the Scarborough Health Network, and Alicia Vandermeer, President and CEO of the Scarborough Health Network Foundation.
The $12,000 is a donation by the Stop COVID-19 Coalition, and it will be directed to the hospital’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
MP Shaun Chen: This latest donation builds on MP Chen’s previous deliveries to the Scarborough Health Network #HelpOurHereos campaign of 36,000 surgical masks, 9,000 N95 masks, and 3,500 face shields, all donated by local businesses. Now, MP Chen is mobilizing community members to donate to the Scarborough Health Network’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
Stop COVID-19 Coalition: To show frontline health care workers our support and appreciation, Dr. Joseph Y. K. Wong, Founder and Chair Emeritus, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, and past Chair, United Way of Greater Toronto, has partnered with different charity and community organizations, volunteers and municipal governments to launch #StopCovid19, a fundraising campaign to support our frontline healthcare heroes.
Scarborough Health Network’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund: Through the COVID-19 Emergency Fund, the Scarborough Health Network is seeking donations to help purchase medical equipment required to care for patients and families in response to the pandemic.
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“Now more than ever, it is important that we continue to support each other through these trying times. That includes supporting the incredible work of our hospitals and staff on the frontlines of the second wave. Thanks to Dr. Joseph Wong and the Stop COVID-19 Coalition, this $12,000 donation will go a long way to help SHN purchase much-needed equipment and supplies.”
– Shaun Chen, Member of Parliament, Scarborough North
“The entire team at SHN is grateful for this generous donation that truly demonstrates our community’s ongoing support of our healthcare heroes. MP Chen and STOP COVID-19 GTA have been instrumental partners in helping our health network during this pandemic.”
– Elizabeth Buller, President and CEO, Scarborough Health Network