Montague Memories

SMH Auxiliary members Doreen Wooder, Kit Loschiuk, Thelma Phillips and Wanda Barlow travelled to "Montague The Beautiful" for the semi-annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Association of Healthcare Auxiliaries.  The PEIAHA executive provided the attendees with an informative and interesting meeting at the Montague Curling Club.  5 ladies were presented with life memberships and each auxiliary provided reports on their recent projects.  All 5 member auxiliaries are doing great work and raising lots of money for our Island hospitals.

Stewart Memorial Hospital Auxiliary appreciates the work of the auxiliaries at the two referral hospitals on PEI, the Prince County Hospital in Summerside and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.  Both auxiliaries raise hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to buy equipment and provide services. In recognition of their hard work on behalf of all Islanders, we occasionally make donations to each of these auxiliaries.  Kit Loschiuk (right) was pleased to present $1,000 each to QEHA President Kathleen MacDonald (left) and PCHA Vice-president Marie Salamoun-Dunne (center).

We thank them for their commitment to healthcare on PEI.

It was a lovely spring day to travel east to see old friends and meet new!

We Love Fundraising!

Our 24th Annual Valentine's Ball was held on Saturday, February 12 at the Ellerslie Legion Home #22.  We had a wonderful crowd who danced the night away to the great music from Old Habits.  Our community once again provided great support through buying 141 dance tickets, hundreds of raffle tickets and providing lunch for the evening.  We raised $2,210 for the hospital and this money has already been spent on the redecoration of the solarium.  Special thanks to all the businesses and individuals who donated raffle and door prizes.  The support for our great hospital remains so strong.

Our auxiliary members have also been raising some money for our provincial association, the PEIAHA.  We have been filling a "Wish Jar" at our meetings and it looks as though we are going to be having a lot of wishes fulfilled at the rate we are going!  Here's one of our Valentine's Dance helpers showing off our efforts:

PEIAHA Blog

News from PEIAHA President Linda Patterson-Gibson that she has set up a blog for the Association here on Blogger!  It can be found at www.peiaha.blogspot.com.  Great work, Linda!

PEIAHA Executive Visit

Our first regular meeting of 2011 turned into a party when we held a supper reception for the PEIAHA executive.  President Linda Patterson-Gibson and Treasurer Elinor MacLeod made the trip to Tyne Valley from the east while Vice President Norma Getson joined us from the west.

Our ladies provided a lovely meal and everyone enjoyed getting together for food and laughs on a dark January night.  The ladies stayed for our meeting and also updated us on what the PEIAHA have planned for the coming year.  Follow the link in the right sidebar to our Picasa photostream for more photos from this evening.

2011 Valentine's Dance

Stewart Memorial Hospital’s 2011 Valentine’s Dance will be held Saturday, February 12 at 8:30 p.m. at the Ellerslie Legion, 1136 Ellerslie Road.  Great dance music by Old Habits, lots of door prizes and a generous lunch will be served. This is one of the Auxiliary's major annual fundraisers and all proceeds will support hospital projects.  Tickets are $12 and available by calling Norma at 831-2956.

2010 Christmas Tea

Our 2010 Christmas Tea was held on November 17, a rainy day that made being together in the Tyne Valley Fire Hall that much nicer!  Thanks to those who came to the tea and purchased raffle tickets, baked goods and crafts, we raised over $2,300 for Stewart Memorial Hospital.

This was our first Auxiliary event in the renovated fire hall and it went very well.  There were many positive comments about the updated facilities, especially from those working in the kitchen: we all love the new dishwasher!

And a big thank you to our members for their hard work preparing food, crafts and working at the tea, and to community members who volunteered their time to prepare and serve food.

Special thanks to local decorating expert Shelly Campbell who donated her time and materials to transform the fire hall with her gorgeous Christmas-themed decorations.

We are all so lucky to live in such a generous and caring community.  Congratulations, everyone, on a job well done!

To view a few photos from the tea, click on the small photos in the right sidebar to go to the Auxiliary's Picasa album.

Annual Christmas Tea and Bazaar

Enjoying the 1985 Tea!

Our Annual Christmas Tea and Bazaar will be held Wednesday, November 17 from 3 – 5:30 p.m. at the Tyne Valley Fire Hall. Enjoy an afternoon tea, complete with a wide selection of delicious sandwiches and sweets, and shop at our bake and craft tables.  A Tyne Valley tradition for over 40 years!  Adults $7, Students $3, Children 6 and under free.