By Sue Dickens for The Community Press
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Dr. Bob Stephens, chair of the hospice s fundraising campaign, accepts a cheque for $5,000 toward the Bridge Hospice from local author and historian Aureen Richardson. Photo by Sue Dickens/For Community Press
Warkworth – The Bridge Hospice is one giant step closer to reality Monday after receiving a donation of $50,000 from well-known local author and historian Aureen Richardson.
A target of $350,000 has been set and hopes are the hospice will be up and running this fall.
“It’s a much needed facility. I know what benefits this can provide for the community,” Dr. Bob Stephens, chair of the hospice’s fundraising campaign, said in accepting the cheque.
The hospice, which will serve the needs of the dying and their families in Northumberland County, has quietly been raising money the past year.
When approached by Stephens to see if she would be interested in donating to the hospice, Richardson’s response was: “If there are good things I can do I will help and I think this is a good thing.”
She has donated to worthwhile causes in the past such as the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and a Venture Van, for those with disabilities who need transportation in Trent Hills.
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