After pumping the breaks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corvette Club of Windsor shifted gears in 2022, making a large donation to Windsor Regional Hospital.
Their annual car show in June raised $21,000.
“It’s the most money we’ve ever raised at a car show,” says Bryan Hansen, chair, Corvette Club of Windsor.
The donation will help support the Paediatric Oncology Satellite Unit.
“We have a lot of friends, relatives, kids and grandkids that have been affected by cancer, and we thought this would be a good one to donate to,” said Hansen.
The Corvette Club of Windsor arranged a drive-by parade, Wednesday.
At least 30 Corvette’s did laps around the Met Campus to thank frontline staff.
To date, the club has raised $80,000 for Paediatric Oncology at Windsor Regional Hospital.
“We really appreciate this donation,” says Devon Lanspeary, program manager of Paediatrics.
“We’re actually seeing an increase in kids that we have to treat, so with this money we’re able to better service them and improve their experience.”
Paediatric Oncology is an outpatient clinic that sees children up to the age of 18 following their tertiary cancer care.
“They get lab work, treatments and transfusions, and for a lot of these families it saves them a trip to London,” says Lanspeary.
About WRH Paediatric Program
The Paediatric Program treats patients from newborn up to their 18th birthday. We care for a wide variety of children with a diagnosis ranging from medical, surgical, oncology to mental health issues. Some of the most common diagnoses are neonatal jaundice, bronchiolitis, asthma, and gastroenteritis.
The program is located at the Met Campus and includes a Paediatric Outpatient Department on 3 North and an Inpatient Unit on 3 East.
Source: Windsor Regional Hospital
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