The Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation hit some paydirt in recent days, so to speak, thanks to CIBC and the Yellowknife Golf Club.
The foundation looks after the Run For Our Lives campaign, which received a financial shot in the arm late last month courtesy of a three-year financial commitment from CIBC worth $75,000. The sponsorship runs from 2021 to 2023, which may cause some to wonder why it was only announced now.
Patty Olexin-Lang, the foundationSA国际影视传媒檚 executive director, explained why.
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ItSA国际影视传媒檚 $25,000 per year for the three years, she added, and it will go toward the purchase of a new digital breast tomosynthesis machine for the hospital.
Olexin-Lang said about half the money has been raised to buy the equipment, but the hospital will go ahead and purchase it in the meantime.
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The Run For Our Lives is specific to the NWT and follows in the footsteps of the similar sort of organization in Yukon. The NWT version began in 2005 with the goal of raising money for breast cancer, just as the Run For The Cure does in the south.
Olexin-Lang said the Run For Our Lives was started because there was very little money coming back to the North.
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The golf club also handed over some funds to the foundation on Wednesday. A cheque in the amount of $18,430 changed hands courtesy of the MenSA国际影视传媒檚 F*ck Cancer Tournament that happened this past summer.
Shaun Morris, the clubSA国际影视传媒檚 president, said the proceeds came from entry fees, donations, sponsorships and silent auction bidding.
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It was an 18-hole tournament with every hole sponsored by businesses and organizations, he added.
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There was a womenSA国际影视传媒檚 version of the tournament, in honour of the late Robin Mercer-Sproule, held in July, which also raised money for cancer research; Olexin-Lang said that money is going toward the purchase of the mammography machine.
Morris said the menSA国际影视传媒檚 version was started because there isnSA国际影视传媒檛 any male-specific cancer program in the NWT.
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Olexin-Lang said the funds will be be used to promote menSA国际影视传媒檚 cancer awareness or purchase a piece of new equipment for the hospital that relates to menSA国际影视传媒檚 cancers.
