Thank you, Mr. Speaker and good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform Members of this House and the general public of the very significant and successful event which took place in our capital city this past weekend. I refer, Mr. Speaker, to the first Stanton Regional Hospital Foundation Telethon and hopefully that would be the first of many more to come. The event was held at St. Patrick High School and raised over $136,000 to go towards the purchase of equipment which will provide better health care services to all residents of the Northwest Territories.
Most of us, Mr. Speaker, got the opportunity to view the telethon from the front of our television screen and it was a fantastic opportunity for Members of my community and for others visiting my community to actually see what goes on behind the scenes. I would like to congratulate the organizers for a very well- organized and successful event. The organizing committee consisted of co-chairs Loretta Foley and Jerome Babyn from my community. There were approximately over 200 volunteers who participated in the event. I would also like to congratulate the public who came out to support the event and most of all the individuals, groups and organizations who contributed funds to the purchase of this equipment.
Mr. Speaker, the Foundation is now much closer to its goal of raising over $2 million for the purchase of equipment which will provide better health care services to the people of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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