Alison Smith
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A special message from the CGMH Foundation Board Chair:To our community of support, It is with a mix of heartfelt gratitude and bittersweet sentiment that we announce, effective June 30th, 2025, the retirement of our President and CEO, Jory Pritchard-Kerr, who has dedicated over 37 incredible years to building the Hospital Foundation. Jory was the…
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THE OPPORTUNITY – President & CEO, Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Foundation The Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Foundation is seeking a new President & CEO. Jory Pritchard-Kerr will be retiring in June 2025 after 37 years of dedicated and successful leadership of the Foundation. And she’s leaving a very solid organization in place for…
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L-R: CGMH Board Chair Barry Goodwin, Town of Collingwood Mayor Yvonne Hamlin, CGMH President & CEOMichael Lacroix, Deputy Premier and Minster of Health Sylvia Jones, Simcoe—Grey MPP Brian Saunderson celebratetoday’s announcement of a new hospital for South Georgian Bay. COLLINGWOOD, ON – December 12, 2024 Today, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones visited…
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Investing in Wellness – CGMH Foundation is looking for creative & innovative healthcare projects to give funding. Nov 18th, COLLINGWOOD ON: The CGMH Foundation’s Wellness Innovation fund supports innovative projects that focus on health and wellness in South Georgian Bay. The Wellness Innovation Fund has been established to provide seed monies, on an annual basis,…
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To everything turn, turn, turn The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is known for his concepts on change, famously coining the phrase, “the only constant in life is change”. As we enter the Fall season, a time for transition, a time for letting things go, we are able to find joy and comfort in all that…
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Beginning October 8th, women over the age of 40 can now self-refer for publicly funded mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP). This expansion will provide an additional one million women with easier access to essential screening services, facilitating early detection and treatment of breast cancer. CGMH screened its first newly eligible patient through…
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Update: With the Ontario Breast Screening Program lowering the self-referral age from 50 to 40, we’re now working to raise funds for two mammography units! This will help reduce wait times and ensure faster access to life-saving breast cancer screenings. You may have heard that the Ontario government is expanding the Ontario Breast Screening Program…
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Joe & Mary Dale Matanowitsch are the proud owners of the Candy Factory in Collingwood. They have been generous supporters of the CGMH Foundation for 11 years, and their monthly donations have helped purchase many different hospital tools throughout the years. Joe moved to Collingwood with his parents in the mid 1950s, all the way…
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Tharani Thulaseetharan, Medical Laboratory Charge Technologist We are not just a hospital. Within these walls is a community of compassionate individuals who give back by caring for our patients and by investing in CGMH. After all, we don’t just work here, we live and thrive in South Georgian Bay. This is home to our families…
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Recently featured on Collingwood Today: Craigleith Cares, and there’s a new charity to prove it. A new charity incorporated last year set out to prove that the community of Craigleith is populated by caring individuals who could be generous if given the chance. And with $120,000 raised in the first year, one of the founders of…