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In December, Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation received a significant donation from a leading company in the financial services industry of The Battlefords, First Rate Financial Manulife Securities.
“Both Kelley and I believe in giving back to one’s community and our commitment to BUHF is one we both feel strongly about. The pandemic has made this a tough year for our frontline healthcare workers and we decided to augment our healthcare philanthropy by donating more and are happy we were able to gift BUH Foundation with a $10,000 cheque,” said David Dutton, partner and account representative of First Rate Financial Manulife Securities.
Kelley Bahrey, also partner and account representative agreed. “David and I sat down to discuss how we could help our community during this difficult time and we both wanted our support to go to where it really counts … helping our frontline healthcare workers do their job and that would be through better medical technology. The fact our donation supports the laboratory at BUH means exactly that.”
Claudette McGuire, executive director of BUH Foundation, said, “First Rate Financial has been a strong supporter of BUH Foundation and local healthcare through their sponsorship of our fundraising events for the past 20-plus years. Their generous donation will support our current capital campaign, ;Diagnostic Detectives: Solving your Health Mysteries,’ raising funds for new equipment and technology for the lab at BUH. This also includes a new piece of equipment that is used for diagnostics, including Covid-19, and can process samples more efficiently and provide faster results. Lab tests and their corresponding results are an integral part of diagnosing patients and providing the proper course of treatment. The dedicated lab team works behind the scenes to provide quality results to help provide the best care possible. The new equipment will capitalize on the knowledge and skills of the lab team and ensure they have the best to provide the best.”
