Rotary adds support to PRH tower

Members of the Rotary Club of Penticton have pledged more than $250,000 towards the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s campaign to provide medical equipment for the new Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Club spokesman Ben Amos said the initial intent was to raise $250,000, which included a $100,000 donation from an anonymous individual club member to jumpstart the campaign. This gift was to be matched by other club members and their families for $100,000. The club itself will add a further $50,000 from its fundraising initiatives.

Individual club members have already surpassed their $100,000 goal. Amos is delighted by the quick response to the PRH Patient Care Tower campaign.

“I find it hugely gratifying,” he said. “I want everyone looking at this great new place, to be able say: ‘I’m a part of it.”