CHEMO CARE LEADS LAKE OF BAYS COTTAGERS TO DONATE $1.66M TO HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AFTER SELLING FAMILY RETREAT
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
HUNTSVILLE — Linda McBurney and Rosemary Bolitho cherished life at their Lake of Bays cottage.
So last year when McBurney was going through twice-weekly cancer treatments she wanted to still enjoy seasonal stays in Muskoka.
She asked if the Huntsville Hospital had a chemo clinic where she could continue her treatment without arduous long-distance travel.
“I was surprised to learn the hospital offered a satellite chemo clinic,” said McBurney, who received care at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s northern hospital site last summer.
So when it was reluctantly time to sell the cottage, they wanted to support the community that brought their families and friends together.
As a result the long-time friends from Collingwood generously made a $1.66 million gift of a lifetime to the Huntsville Hospital Foundation with the sale of their beloved retreat.
“The cottage is located in Lake of Bays and it is important to us that the funds from the sale of the cottage remain in the community,” said Bolitho.
“Throughout life, family may live in different cities or even countries, but there is only one family cottage. A destination that brings family together,” she said in a HHF release.
“I am grateful for the care I received at Huntsville Hospital and happy to support a community that holds so many wonderful memories for us,” said McBurney.
“Receiving a donation of this magnitude does not happen every day,” said Katherine Craine, executive director of the HHF. “The generous donation is the largest non-estate (living person) gift from a donor in the history of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation. “We are forever grateful and thankful for the leadership and generosity of Linda and Rosemary. Thank you for choosing to allow the Huntsville Hospital Foundation to be a part of your legacy in such a meaningful way.”
“On behalf of the entire team at Huntsville Hospital, I would like to express my most sincere appreciation to Linda and Rosemary for this incredible gift and my gratitude for their compassion for our Huntsville site,” added Cheryl Harrison, MAHC’s president and CEO. “The historic and transformational gift from Linda and Rosemary will help ensure our community has access to the most advanced medical equipment, here.”
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