ELECTION RECAP Summing up the local provincial election results PAGE 4 Look inside today's special section for tips on safeguarding your home 4 PAGES FIRE PREVENTION www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 32 Pages 50 Cents (+GST) Hospital campaign faring well By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer The Georgetown Hospital Investing in Care -- Close to Home campaign had its first corporate pledge Wednesday. Georgetown Canadian Tire storeowner Tomas Kase announced a pledge of $100,000 to the campaign last Friday and employees of the store can make their own personal contributions through a payroll pledge. The store will also be running two campaigns to encourage gifts to the hospital campaign from its customers. As a result of the gift the Trauma/ Resuscitation Room and Family Quiet Room-- two highlights of the new Emergency Department-- will be named after Canadian Tire Georgetown. This is the first pledge from a local business to the Investing in Care -- Close to Home campaign. "It is a thrill to be part of this remarkable gift," said K.C. Carruthers, Executive Director of the Georgetown Hospital Foundation. "We are at the beginning of the biggest fundraising campaign in the hand for the presentation were (from left) Foundation board members Allan Kogon, Ken McDermot, Foundation Develop- hospital's history, and we will need everyment Committee chair Shelley Phipps, board member Fred Hel- one in the community to play a part. Mr. son, past chair Paul Armstrong, Georgetown Hospital manager Kase is showing remarkable leadership of Patient Care (ER) Shirley Andrechek, Georgetown Canadian with this investment in the hospital by Tire owner Tomas Kase and Canadian Tire store manager Tracey Canadian Tire of Georgetown." See CAMPAIGN'S, pg. 9 Craig. Photo by Ted Brown Tomas Kase, owner of Georgetown Canadian Tire store, recently gave members of Georgetown Hospital Foundation a reason to smile, as he announced the Georgetown store was donating $100,000 in support of the Investing in Care Close to Home Campaign for Georgetown Hospital. In addition to the $100,000 from Kase, employees of Canadian Tire in Georgetown can make their own personal contributions through a payroll pledges. On Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m · your window & door professionals · 163$)"4& '*/"/$*/( 5)4 &-4 6150 .0/ 0/ .045 .0% SS 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 16 times · 83"1 8 61 .0%&- :&"3 $36;& ."-*#6 &26*/09 7e HANDLE ALL INSURANCE work. 905-877-6944 33 MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD NORTH sTruck Accessories s5PHOLSTEry s(Eavy %QUIPMENT 'LASS s7INDow 4INTING 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown (905) 873-1655