Medical students donate $30,000 to charity
Six charitable organizations in the province are a lot better off thanks to the generosity of Memorial's Medical Students. November's Monte Carlo Night raised $30,000, which was distributed in late January to the lucky beneficiaries. Donations of $6,000 each went to the Children's Trust Fund, the Alzheimer's Society, the Daybreak Child Care Centre and the Multiple Sclerosis. A further $6,000 was split between the Conception Bay South Early Literacy Program and Lake Melville's Books for Babies program.
Medical student Mark Norris said that the large amount of money raised was due to the generosity of local businesses and private donors in Canada and the U.S. He noted that Dr. Jim Hutchinson, Medicine, was particularly helpful in assisting the medical students in soliciting donations from pharmaceutical companies..
Attending the cheque presentation ceremony were (front L-R): medical students Karen Cross and Stephanie Griffiths; Maxine Reccord, CBS Literacy Program; Jackie Williams, Multiple Sclerosis Society; and Shirley Lucas, Alzheimer's Society; (back L-R): medical students Mark Norris and Chris Jackman; Robert Taylor, Children's Trust Fund; and Melba Rabinowitz, Daybreak Child Care Centre.
In addition to the major fundraising effort of Monte Carlo Night, second-year medical students also raised $625 through a bake sale and collection. Of this money, $450 was donated to food banks, $40 was used to buy gifts for the Happy Tree, and the remaining money was put towards gifts for staff in the Student Affairs Office (Medicine).
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