Donors taking pledges during the Radiothon on Saskatchewan's New Beach Radio and 105 CJVR in October. (Facebook/North Central Health Care Foundation)

By Mat Barrett

Year in Review

Year in Review: NCHCF Radiothon brings in over $54,000 for infant incubators

Jan 1, 2020 | 2:00 PM

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting stories of 2019, as selected by our newsroom:

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The North Central Health Care Foundation’s radiothon makes this year’s list of top stories.

In early October, it was announced that the NCHCF had completely fundraised for the digital imaging x-ray machine that cost about $510,000. Next on their list was infant incubators to go in the Melfort Hospital. The price tag there was about $60,000.

The radiothon was then held on Oct. 18, 2019 on Saskatchewan’s New Beach Radio and 105CJVR and was kicked off by a pancake breakfast at the Melfort Curling Club. Chair Peggy George said the support from the community is excellent.

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“People came out, businesses came out and brought their staff,” George told northeastNOW. “Which is an awesome thing to see, the staffs and businesses getting involved that way.”

The radiothon itself raised over $54,000 to go towards they incubators. Those have since been completely fundraised for and ordered.

The last radiothon held by the NCHCF was in 2017, and George said they thought having it every two years was better in the long run.

“We decided when we did it in 2017 that maybe skip a year,” she said. “It takes a lot of volunteers to pull off something like that, and we’re kind of a small group. So we decided to do it every two years.”

That means the next radiothon will be held in October 2021.

Looking ahead, George said they will be getting their wish list for 2020 soon and will continue to fundraise for new and improved equipment for the northeast health care system.

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