Rotary Clubs Join Forces For Hospice

Representatives of five area Rotary Clubs presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Erie Shores Hospice Campaign. This is the first installment of their commitment of $50,000 for sponsoring one of the patient rooms at the Residential Hospice facility to be built in Leamington in 2015. 

Five area Rotary Clubs came together on Oct. 27th for a group Rotary meeting at Colasanti's Tropical Gardens.  The five clubs - Amherstburg, Harrow, Essex, Cottam and Leamington - came together to present their first installment of a $50,000 commitment to sponsoring a "Rotary" Patient Room at the new Erie Shores Hospice Facility which will be built in Leamington.

Members of the Hospice Committee and Leamington District Memorial Hospital Foundation were also in attendance for this exciting event.  A cheque was presented in the sum of $10,000 and is a result of much hard work and commitment over the last five months by Rotary volunteers through fundraising barbeques and a fish fry dinner at the Leamington Tomato Festival and other community events and donations.

Future events and projects will be planned by the area Rotary Clubs over the next three to four years to fulfill their pledge to sponsoring a Rotary Patient Room.

Currently, about 40% of patients in need of the Hospice Facility in Windsor are from Essex County.  It will be beneficial to see the completion of the Erie Shores Hospice Facility, with 10 patient rooms available, to alleviate the longer travel times made by families and friends to be alongside their loved ones.

Rotary is a service club consisting of leaders in communities that volunteer and 'give back' to the local and global community in many ways.  Rotary's motto is"Service Above Self".

Photo: From left to right:  Martin Breshamer (Rotary Club of Amherstburg), Chuck Parson (Rotary Club of Leamington ), Bettie Kerr (Rotary Club of Cottam), Rotary Assistant Governor Julie Ricci (Rotary Club of Essex), Corrie Bramhall (Rotary Club of Harrow), Neil McBeth (Rotary Club of Essex, Hospice Campaign Directors John Cervini, Joan McSweeney and Cole Cacciavillani, and Bryan Meyer, Rotarian and Hospice Representative.