The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon ends Thursday afternoon.
Money raised goes to providing equipment at the new facility which opened a couple of months ago.
Brynn Boback-Lane is the president and CEO of the Children’s Hospital Foundation. She says it is so great to have the hospital now operating. “The amount of pride that I have and the people that work here have and the patients and families have is because of the Saskatchewan generosity, right from the heart.”
Brynn Boback-Lane says anyone can be affected by having a child go to hospital and if that happens, there is now a place in Saskatchewan to go. “I don’t know a person in my circle of friends that haven’t been touched by a family member or a neighbour or friends that haven’t had an incident where a child needs to go into a hospital, there’s been an accident or expecting moms are at risk.”
620 CKRM is getting reports of corporate donations and personal ones, including a young Estevan boy who made a big donation himself.
Gage Goetz was a high-risk pregnancy, delivered early by c-section and had multiple heart defects at birth.
He wanted to help and raised $30,000 for the radiothon and Saskatchewan Heart Kids. “I sold my steer and my choke and halter at a 4-H auction and also by Facebook donations and cash.”
The radiothon ends at 5:00pm Thursday. Call 306-352-KIDS or click here to donate.
(With files from Mackenzie Read)
