Volunteer Appreciation Tea

Thursday, April 25, 2013 was Volunteer Appreciation Day for the Kings County Memorial Hospital and Riverview Manor volunteers.

The volunteers were invited to attend an afternoon tea and entertainment in Montague.

Lisa Hurd (foreground) was
introduced by Jean Fallis,
Administrator, Riverview Manor

We were treated to a delightful performance by Lisa Hurd, who performed a one-woman play which deals with the problems of aging and loss of independence.  The play is called "Dance Like A Butterfly" by Aviva Ravel.

“I am passionate about the one-woman play I perform because it is a powerful tool which touches the hearts of all those who see it and, I hope, helps them to understand with compassion the feelings of elderly people and people who have lost at least some of their independence due to physical or other challenges.” 

"In all my many years of acting, I have never done anything which has given me back so much and I hope to be able to continue performing it to many more audiences for many years to come."

- Lisa Hurd

PEIAHA Semi-Annual Meeting

The Semi-Annual meeting of the PEIAHA will be held on April 27, 2013 at the Western Community Curling Club, Main Street, Alberton, PE.  We look forward to seeing you there!

PEI Healthcare Auxiliary Appreciation Day

The last Saturday in April was recognized as provincial Hospital Auxiliary Day one year ago by PEI Premier Robert Ghiz. The PEIAHA was presented with a certificate to acknowledge the honour.

Thank you to all our volunteers for providing your time and efforts to help your auxiliary raise funds for their hospitals.

News from the Kings County Memorial Hospital

The King’s County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presented the 2013-2015 Executive at their Annual Meeting held April 11, 2013.

Back row left to right: Rhonda MacLean, Secretary;Jeannie Garnham, Special Project Coordinator; Myrna Sorrie, Nearly New Shop Coordinator; Meribeth Dyck, Hospital Gift Shop Coordinator; Charlotte Crawford, Past President,

Front row left to right: Darlene Clow, Vice President and Linda Patterson-Gibson, President.

Missing from the photo is Howard MacNeil, Treasurer.

News from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary

 

The QEH Auxiliary was recently recognized by their Honours Frank Lewis, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward island, and Dorothy Lewis in conjunction with the QEH Foundation for reaching its $4 million milestone in donations to the QEH with a luncheon at Government House.  At the close of the luncheon, President Dorothy Johnston presented Her Honour Dorothy Lewis with a QEHA Lifetime Membership pin and certificate.

The QEHA has utilized the free Guardian newspaper ad offered to not-for-profit organizations, and an ad calling for volunteers for Lillibet’s and Royal Pantry Eatery has attracted a number of new volunteers.  We are certainly grateful to the Guardian for this service.

The QEH Auxiliary will be holding their annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on May 14, 2013.  Members and volunteers will be recognized for their contribution of volunteer hours (500 and over in increments of 500) with a pin and certificate.

Why We Should Record Our Volunteer Hours

I came across this information in my reading and I thought it was interesting because of what is tells us about how important it is to record our volunteer hours.

~ Linda Patterson-Gibson

"Here’s to Volunteers!  Statistics Canada reports that in 2010 nearly 23 million Canadians (84% of the over-15 crowd) donated a total of $10.6 billion to charities while 13.3 million volunteered 2.1 billion hours at their time and expense - the equivalent of a years’ worth of hours for 1.1 million full-time jobs." 

- Good Times Magazine – Dec. 2012

PEIAHA October 2012 Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the PEIAHA was held October 20^th in Alberton PE. with 45 in attendance. 22 PEIAHA Life Members and 6 CAHA Life Members were recognized.

The guest speaker for the meeting was Sandra Ramsay, a Counsellor with West Prince Mental Health and Addictions. She spoke about some of the information she offers and methods she uses when working with people with drug, alcohol and gambling addictions as well as individuals dealing with mental and physical abuse. This information could be useful to all of us as we all deal with difficulties in our life.

After lunch, we were entertained by ‘Annie’ (aka Wanda Dunbar) from the Centre Line Road. Appearing to talk to her friend Sarah on the phone, she proceeded to tell Sarah about the goings on in her community, with comedy and delight.

PEIAHA Life Memberships were presented to:

• Linda Patterson-Gibson (Kings County Memorial Hospital)
• Lillian Adams (Western Hospital)
• Phyllis Porter (Western Hospital)

Congratulations ladies, and thank you for your contributions to our organizations.
 

A workshop session was set up to discuss questions on subjects related to how the PEIAHA should proceed regarding funding and how money is used. A report on the information gathered from the four groups will be presented at the Semi-annual Meeting on April 27, 2013.

The five Island Auxiliaries and their members who were present for the meeting:

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary

Stewart Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

Kings County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

Prince County Hospital Auxiliary

Western Hospital Auxiliary

PEIAHA Life Membership Presentations

PEIAHA President Norma Getson presented the following members with their Life Membership.

Linda Patterson-Gibson, KCMHA

Lillian Adams, WHA

Phyllis Porter, WHA