Lindsay, February 17, 2006

Ross Memorial Hospital recently held their 2nd annual  “Valentine’s Day Food Challenge” in honour of this special day.  A challenge was issued to all RMH departments to collect non-perishable food items with the winning department having the honour of presenting the food to representatives of Kawartha Lakes Food Source.

“We wanted to do this at Christmas, but it gets too busy for our staff here at that time,” said Julia Bryan, Coordinator of Employee and Community Relations.  “This event was initiated last year by Amanda Marshall, RN of our ER and I was pleased to continue with this great new tradition.  I’m pleased with the amount of food we were able to collect for those in need.” 

The winners were the Emergency department, although most departments increased their amount of food collected over last year.  

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For more information, contact: 
Julia Bryan, Coordinator
Employee and Community Relations              
(705) 328-6246