Apr 7, 2017
Last fall, Stone Fence Theatre of Eganville toured up and down the Ottawa Valley performing a hilarious musical called High Times at the Heart Institute. Written by Ish Thellheimer, the play looked at the differences between American and Canadian healthcare through the eyes of several semi-fictitious patients at the Heart Institute. Shows were presented in Deep River, Pembroke, Eganville, Renfrew, Barry’s Bay, Almonte and Ottawa. The end result $21,000 was shared among valley hospitals and the Heart Institute.
Jan 16, 2017
Charlotte Searle (7) proudly donated $63.70 to Foundation Director Al Roberts last week. Charlotte raised the funds by selling her dollhouse and topping up the amount with some money she had already collected.
When asked why, her answer was quite simple. One of her schoolmates is battling cancer and she thought that it would help.
Thank you Charlotte for helping to support health care close to home.
Dec 13, 2016
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group, a home and auto insurance company focused on clients throughout Ontario, has announced their latest major community donation of $25,000 to Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor Foundation. Funded through The Commonwell’s C.A.R.E (Create a Ripple Effect) program, the donation will assist with the purchase of two new ultrasound machines for the local emergency and acute care hospital.
“The Commonwell’s donation will help ensure that each year hundreds of mothers will have access to state-of-the-art ultrasound images as part of their prenatal care at Almonte General Hospital,” said Mary Wilson Trider, President and CEO of Almonte General Hospital. “As will other patients being investigated for gynecological, urological, abdominal and vascular issues.”
Almonte General Hospital (AGH) is a 52-bed emergency and acute care hospital serving the Mississippi Mills region as well as Arnprior, Carleton Place, Ottawa, Perth and surrounding townships. The Commonwell’s C.A.R.E donation will help fund two new ultrasound machines to meet the hospital’s growing demand for ultrasounds and to replace aging equipment. This will not only cut wait times for medical and obstetrical ultrasound scans in half, but it will update the hospital’s equipment to meet the latest technological advances.
Our Commonwell staff and brokers live in the communities that they serve, so giving back locally has always been very important to us all,” said Tim Shauf, President and CEO of the Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group. “We’re truly honoured to work with Almonte General Hospital and support them in continuing to provide exceptional medical care to the area.” The Commonwell’s C.A.R.E (Create a Ripple Effect) program helps to fund vital charitable organizations in the Eastern Ontario communities that The Commonwell serves. Last year, the Commonwell donated over $575K to a variety of local organizations including hospitals, food banks, Big Brothers Big Sisters, youth services, Habitat for Humanity and palliative care. About The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group: Established January 1 st 2014, The Commonwell is a merger of three longstanding mutual insurance companies that has been built on more than a century of hands-on commitment to the local communities it serves. Since its founding three years ago, The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group operates on the same historical premise of its three legacy companies – maintaining a focus on local presence and service that builds strong long-term relationships for the benefit of the greater community.
“Our Commonwell staff and brokers live in the communities that they serve, so giving back locally has always been very important to us all,” said Tim Shauf, President and CEO of the Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group. “We’re truly honoured to work with Almonte General Hospital and support them in continuing to provide exceptional medical care to the area.”
The Commonwell’s C.A.R.E (Create a Ripple Effect) program helps to fund vital charitable organizations in the Eastern Ontario communities that The Commonwell serves. Last year, the Commonwell donated over $575K to a variety of local organizations including hospitals, food banks, Big Brothers Big Sisters, youth services, Habitat for Humanity and palliative care.
About The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group
Established January 1st 2014, The Commonwell is a merger of three longstanding mutual insurance companies that has been built on more than a century of hands-on commitment to the local communities it serves. Since its founding three years ago, The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group operates on the same historical premise of its three legacy companies – maintaining a focus on local presence and service that builds strong long-term relationships for the benefit of the greater community.
Jul 8, 2016
The Almonte General Hospital – Fairview Manor family including board members, staff, volunteers as well as AGH-FVM Foundation board members, volunteers and staff are today mourning the loss of one of the Foundation’s founding directors, Mr. Leonard Lee.
The Almonte General Hospital Foundation was incorporated under the Ontario Corporations Act on March 23, 2001. The applicants and first directors of the Corporation were Mrs. Mary Huggessen, former Hospital Executive Director Ray Timmons and Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee when on to co-chair the Hospital’s first major capital fundraising campaign, Quality Care for Life, with Mrs. Hugessen. The successful campaign, which took place from 2003-2008, helped fund the new Fairview Manor, which was expanded to 112 beds from 100, and saw renovations to the Emergency, Obstetrics, X-Ray and Ultrasound departments which were all completely modernized. Their efforts helped encourage generous community support totalling $4 million of the total $29 million cost of the redevelopment of the Hospital and Manor.
As a much sought after speaker in business circles across North American because of his successful founding and expansion of both Lee Valley Tools and Canica Design, a medical tool company, Mr. Lee contributed thousands of dollars to the campaign himself by redirecting his speaker’s fees to the Hospital and Manor Foundation. This was but one of the entrepreneurial ways Mr. Lee supported health care close to home, something about which he felt very strongly. Mr. Lee remained active on the Foundation board until 2011.
The AGH-FVM family extends condolences to his wife Lorraine, sons Robin and James, and their families.
At the family’s request, donations are being directed to the AGH-FVM Foundation.
Funeral Service details
Thank you Mr. Lee.
