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Louise Marshall Hospital foundation receives Legion donations

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Updated August 12, 2020

Louise Marshall Hospital foundation receives Legion donations — Legion command contributes - The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Branches and Ladies Auxiliary recently donated $6,500 to the Mount Forest Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation. From left: Mount Forest Legion Branch 134 president Ken Thompson, Ontario Command first vice president Derek Moore, and foundation directors Ed White and Terry Ellison. Submitted photos

MOUNT FOREST - The Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) recently presented two donations to the Mount Forest Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation (LMHF), in support of funding equipment for the hospital.

The combined gifts – a $6,500 grant from the RCL Ontario Command Branches and Auxiliary Ladies Community Foundation and a $2,000 grant from Branch 134 from its Poppy Fund – fully cover the cost of a cardiac ultrasound probe for Louise Marshall Hospital.

The grants were approved earlier in the year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Legion and LMHF representatives were unable to meet.

“The LMHF is tremendously grateful for the continued generosity of the Royal Canadian Legion” foundation officials state.

“In times like these, it has been a tough go for charities of all stripes, and the support of our community groups goes a long way towards helping the Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation fulfill its mandate to provide funding for capital equipment at our local hospital.”