Campaign Results

A Year to Remember…2006/07 Highlights

• Hundreds celebrate the Heart & Soul Campaign Launch as John Wilkinson MPP and Honorary Heart & Soul Campaign Chair addresses an enthusiastic crowd as the $20 million goal is announced.  Honorary Chair Cynthia Dale sang in tribute to major donors, and the thousands of donors who have already given from their hearts, saluting their support for the campaign with a heart warming rendition of Born to Live.
• Municipal Support is Phenomenal!! The City of Stratford unanimously votes to support the Heart & Soul campaign with a commitment of $5 million. Lead municipal gifts include $625,000 from Perth East, $500,000 from the County of Perth, $400,000 from West Perth and $242,000 from Perth South. The Town of St Marys commits $300,000.
• The Stratford Rotary Club names the new Mental Health Unit with a pacesetting pledge of $200,000.
• The Hospital Auxiliary Association of the Stratford General Hospital continues to raise money towards their $1 million pledge for essential medical equipment including a $500,000 digital mammography machine!! This year’s pledge installment is $113,000, with $13,000 to purchase two warming cupboards.
• The Christmas mailout and campaign newsletter raise a record breaking $292,000 from some 1,600 donors. The Tree of Giving is filled with hundreds of caring messages from people from throughout Huron, Oxford, Perth and beyond.
• The campaign is at $14.5 million in cash and pledges towards the $20 million Heart & Soul goal. A tremendous group of Campaign Cabinet members pose in front of an Ambulance in OR greens…the first step to reaching goal.
• Special events have a tremendous impact!! The Festival City 10k run nets $10,000 towards cardiac equipment thanks to the efforts of run organizers Physiotherapy Alliance and Stratford Sports Medicine. The 2006 Hiller Royal LePage golf tournament raises $16,500 bringing their total to just over $80,000. The Stratford Country Club’s 24HR Charity Marathon of Squash raises $30,000 for PACS taking their total to $155,000. 
• A salute to the Stratford Festival of Canada 2006 Company for A Grand Night-Family Portraits which raised $55,050 to purchase equipment for cancer diagnose and surgeries.