Can-do hospital raffles cars to help pay for new CT

When a community hospital needs a $1.9 million CT scanner, its foundation turns to its community.

At least, that’s what’s happening at Sault Area Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

“[W]hen this CT scanner is purchased and is helping diagnose patients of our community, we’ve all won,” says the volunteer chairman of “5-Car Draw,” one of the hospital’s grassroots fundraising efforts.

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Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.

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