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Hospital auxiliary presents $50,000 as part of MRI commitment

St. Joseph's Health-Care Auxiliary has committed to raise $100,000 for the MRI for Estevan campaign.
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From left, St. Joseph's Hospital executive director Candace Kopec accepts a cheque from auxiliary members Darla Wilhelm and Valerie Hagel.  

ESTEVAN - The St. Joseph's Health-Care Auxiliary continues to pay off its latest commitment to the hospital.

The auxiliary presented a cheque for $50,000 to St. Joseph's Hospital executive director Candace Kopec during the auxiliary's annual Christmas tea and bake sale Wednesday afternoon at the Tom and Irma's Café. The money is the latest payment installment in the auxiliary's $100,000 commitment to the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation's MRI for Estevan campaign.

Coupled with the $30,000 the auxiliary presented in the spring, the organization has now paid off $80,000, and has $20,000 remaining.

Kopec said the auxiliary is a "pillar" of the hospital.

"You see it right when you enter the door [of the hospital]," Kopec said. "There's a reason why they're right at the front entrance, and it's because they're such an important part of this facility."

She noted the auxiliary is the largest in numbers in the province.

Kopec said Estevan is an incredible community, and the hospital is working hard so that people can have increased services closer to home, reducing the amount of driving people need to go to Regina or elsewhere for medical appointments.

The auxiliary will also present $500 to long-term care for a Christmas gift for the residents.

The auxiliary hosts tea and bake sales twice a year, one in the spring and another before Christmas.

The support shown at those two events, as well as revenues generated by the gift shop, help the auxiliary raise money. It also receives an allocation as a United Way Estevan member agency, and it receives memorial and estate donations.

The hospital's staff bakes items for the sale each year, too.

"That just shows the utmost respect we all have for the ladies' auxiliary," said Kopec. "Maintenance is right out as soon as they walk in, wondering what needs to be done. So that's pretty wonderful to see."

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