An Evening of Wine, Cheese and Fundraising
The Lachine Hospital Foundation’s 6th annual Wine & Cheese Soiree held on May 11 raised a record $100,000 for the foundation’s $3-million The Best Care for Life Campaign. RBC was the event’s headline sponsor and contributed $25,000. Tony Loffreda (left) of RBC, and the event’s honorary president, presents the cheque to Mr. Spinelli, Jacques Filion, chairman of the Lachine Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, and Claude Briault, president of the Wine and Cheese organizing committee 2012.
Montreal, May 17, 2012 – The Lachine Hospital Foundation raised a record $100,000 at its 6th annual Wine & Cheese event held on Friday, May 11. The funds are earmarked for the foundation’s $3-million The Best Care for Life Campaign for the renovation and modernization of the Lachine Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. To date the Foundation has raised a total of $2.6 million.
More than 400 people attended the annual event, which this year paid a special tribute to Noël Spinelli, who served as chairman of the Foundation’s board of directors from 1988 to 1999. Spinelli continues to be involved in many different causes in Lachine and the Greater Montreal Area.
“This year’s event was once again a resounding success,” declared Jacques Filion, chairman of the Lachine Hospital Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We can’t thank our community partners enough for the continued support they have shown throughout the Foundation’s fundraising campaign as we work hard to improve the Lachine Hospital.”
The evening was sponsored by RBC and featured the distinctive wines of Italy paired with local Quebec cheeses, along with a silent auction and raffle that contributed to the fundraising total. Notable attendees this year included:
- Tony Loffreda, Head, National Client Group, Quebec & Regional Vice President, Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank
- Noel Spinelli, Guest of honour
- Isabelle Morin, MP for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Lachine
- François Ouimet, MNA for Marquette
- Normand Rinfret, Interim director general and CEO of the MUHC
- Claude Dauphin, Mayor of Lachine and Honorary President of The Best Care for Life Campaign, Lachine division,
- Edgar Rouleau, Mayor of Dorval
- Stéphane Tétreault, Cellist, First Prize winner in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Standard Life-OSM 2007 Competition
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About the Lachine Hospital Foundation The Lachine Hospital Foundation raises funds to support the redevelopment of the Lachine Campus, including both the hospital and the Camille-Lefebvre Pavilion, a long-term care facility. Once renovated, these facilities will better serve the community through single patient rooms, specialized equipment and other improvements. The new campus will also become a centre of excellence in geriatrics, bariatric surgery and ophthalmology. www.fondationhopitallachine.com
About the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and The Best Care for Life Campaign
One of the world’s foremost academic health centres, the MUHC offers exceptional and integrated patient-centric care, research, teaching and technology assessment. Affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University, it is highly committed to the continuum of care in its community. The partner hospitals of the MUHC—the Lachine Hospital, the Montreal Chest Institute, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital and The Montreal Children's Hospital— value multidisciplinary service throughout the lifespan, innovative technologies and practices, strategic partnerships and leadership in knowledge transfer. The MUHC is currently carrying out a $2.35-billion Redevelopment Project on three sites—the Glen, and Montreal General and Lachine hospitals—designed to provide healthcare professionals with an effective environment in which to ensure patients and their families get the best care for life. The sites are also anchored in best sustainable-development practices, including LEED® and BOMA BESt guidelines muhc.ca/construction
The Best Care for Life Campaign is an unprecedented philanthropic effort aimed at raising the funds needed to complete the McGill University Health Centre’s Redevelopment Project as well as the Capital Development Plan. muhc.ca/cause
For More Information
Stephen Huebl
Information Officer
McGill University Health Centre
Phone: 514-934-1934 Ext. 71224
stephen [dot] huebl [at] muhc [dot] mcgill [dot] ca