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BY MOYA DILLON, THE INDEPENDENT WARKWORTH — Guests can have a great time while supporting a local cause at this year’s Black and White Ball. The annual Warkworth event is celebrating its fifth successful year in the community. Although funds raised from the gala normally go to the Warkworth Town Hall Centre for the Arts, this year all proceeds will be donated to The Bridge Hospice. Continue reading Warkworth Black and White Ball to benefit Bridge Hospice Goal only has $88,000 left to raiseBY MOYA DILLON, THE INDEPENDENT WARKWORTH — The board of the planned Bridge Hospice in Warkworth celebrated a successful year of fundraising that has them just $88,000 short of their goal. “A year ago we had $40,000 and a dream,” said board chairwoman, Dr. Cheryl Gibson at the hospice group’s Annual General Meeting, held on Sunday, April 25 at the Warkworth Town Hall Centre for the Arts. “Now we’re over $200,000 and hope to start building. This has been a remarkable year for The Bridge Hospice.” The volunteer initiative wants to raise $350,000 to build a residential hospice in Warkworth. So far the group has succeeded in collecting $138,500 and has also received pledges totalling more than $60,000, bringing the fundraising total to $205,581. Continue reading Bridge Hospice group aims to start construction Northumberland Today – 26 Mar 2010 The Warkworth Town Hall Centre for the Arts was filled to capacity on Saturday evening, March 20 for an elegant wine and cheese reception hosted by The Bridge Hospice. The hall was transformed by Bev Roy and her decorating crew into an upscale night club for the unveiling of the plans for a residential hospice to be built in Warkworth later this year. Background music for the evening was provided by jazz vocalist Chelsey Bennett of Campbellford, accompanied by Rob Phillips. Continue reading Bridge Hospice hosts friend-raiser reception By John Campbell, Community Press  Pauline Faull, Lynda Pecora and Rosaleen Dunne set the project in motion. All have an extensive background in palliative care. Warkworth – There’s one proposed Bridge in Trent Hills that hasn’t divided the community but has brought it together instead. It’s Bridge Hospice which held a wine and cheese reception Saturday in Warkworth to thank its supporters and to share its plans for Northumberland County’s first residential hospice. Unlike the controversy over where a new bridge is to be built in Campbellford, neither the site – nor the purpose – of Bridge Hospice is in question. It’s a one-acre serviced lot at the end of the Old Hastings Road at the north end of the village. Construction of the 1,500-square-foot facility is expected to begin in the fall with the opening to follow in the spring of 2011. Continue reading Reason to celebrate: hospice one year from opening By Ray Yurkowski, EMC Warkworth – Long-time Warkworth resident Aureen Richardson has donated $50,000 to the Bridge Hospice project and their fund-raising drive to build a three-bedroom hospice at Warkworth. It was a year ago when area icon and Order of Canada honouree Dr. Bob Stevens approached her with the idea says Richardson’s son, Ray. “You know mom, if you want to, you can afford to do this,” he recalls telling his mother. “I think it might be a good thing and the donation is because she’s always believed in supporting the local community. “If she thinks something is right, she says ‘let’s do it,’” he adds. And this isn’t a first-time act of benevolence from the local philanthropist. She helped out financially to bridge the gap between upgrading the Trent Hills Venture Van, which provides rides for anyone who is physically or functionally disabled, and the fund raising to pay for it. Continue reading Warkworth to be home to community residential hospice |
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