Health Services Foundation
The Foundation had originally applied for grants through CFEP and the Wild Rose Foundation to help with the “Building on Success” expansion of the medical centre but both applications were refused. An appeal was not successful but Dale Gregory continued to lobby the government for financial help.
He said “I’m very pleased we got it. Provost deserves this money for expansion because this community has done so much to provide local health services. This will be invaluable to residents of this area for many years.”
In the fall of 1999 the Foundation added eight examining rooms, a lounge/lab and a bathroom to the existing medical centre to accommodate four physicians. At this time a mortgage for $165,000 was arranged. The addition and renovations were completed in January of 2000.
The Chamber of Commerce sponsored a fundraising gala which
The Foundation undertook a letter writing campaign targeting the oilpatch and other people also generously donated.
The mortgage was reduced by $49,000 from these combined efforts. With regular monthly payments made over the past year the mortgage on January 20, 2001 was $96,820.58.
The CFEP cheque will reduce it to $46,820.58, a viable amount for the Foundation to handle.
Provost and District Health Services Foundation is a non-profit society with charitable status and can issue tax deductible receipts for any donations received.
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