Re/Max of the Battlefords continues a 15-year partnership with the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation with a recent donation of $1,000.
For the last 21 years Re/Max has partnered with the Children's Miracle Network to support children and health care. As a part of this, Re/Max began partnering with BUHF and over the span of that partnership has contributed $15,965.37 to help children and their families in the Battlefords.
"We are so grateful to Re/Max and their agents who not only volunteer their time and attend foundation events, but choose to donate to pediatrics at BUH," said Claudette McGuire, BUHF executive director.
"We appreciate their support of this department as it enables us to provide added comfort and care to young patients and their families during, what could be, a stressful time."
Past purchases Re/Max has supported for pediatrics include a vital signs monitor, a syringe pump to accurately distribute required fluid, a transilluminator to assist in infant IVs and sleep chairs to make family members more comfortable during their stay.
According to a BUHF press release, pediatric admissions at BUH have risen since 2010, when a pediatrician was made available in the Battlefords. Prior to his arrival pediatric patients were required to go to a bigger centre for further treatment and care. Now there is an average of two to three pediatric patients at BUH at a time and more serious cases are able to be seen close to home.
"We at Re/Max are proud to support BUH Foundation and the work they do in our community to better healthcare," said Brian Maunula, owner of Re/Max of the Battlefords.
"Each year Re/Max agents donate a percentage of all sales that take place during the months of April, May and June. It is because of the generosity of our sales agents that we are able to make this contribution every year and I thank them for giving back and choosing to make a difference."
This year's cheque was presented during the Dinner on the Lake, a live auction package purchased by Re/Max at the 2012 Festival of Trees and attended by agents and their spouses.
