Cody-Rae Fowler continues to do what she can to help keep our local hospital strong.
The 18-year-old from Picton hosted a series of craft sales over the summer and donated $1,010 from the vendor table fees and raffles to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF).
Fowler, now a first year Practical Nursing Student at Loyalist College, lent her sewing skills to the fight against the spread of the coronavirus early on in the pandemic by making and selling over 1,750 face masks. She donated $3,210 from the mask sales in March of 2020 to PECMHF to help Back the Build for a new hospital.
Fowler loves to sew and operates Scrunchie and Go, an online shop where she designs, sews and sells hair scrunchies and pet accessories among other handmade items. When the gathering restrictions put in place throughout the pandemic began to ease, Fowler organized COVID-safe craft sales in outdoor locations throughout The County. Her scrunchies are now being sold in over 20 stores across Ontario!
“Cody-Rae’s efforts continue to be a labour of love for our hospital and the community,” said Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMHF Foundation. “She’s very passionate about helping people and giving back. She’s also helped so many people throughout the pandemic by making them feel safe whether it is through sewing masks or by hosting events with strict protocols in place. Cody-Rae is a young philanthropist who continues to invest in the future of health care delivery in Prince Edward County and we are so proud of her and her accomplishments.”
As the need for priority equipment never stops, the foundation is appealing to the public continue giving to help us raise $374,000 to support equipment purchases at QHC PECMH this year. Some of the equipment we are fundraising for includes bariatric stretchers, a defibrillator, a portable cardiac monitor and a new ultrasound machine.
Donations can be made through PECMHF’s website, www.pecmhf.ca, over the phone by calling 613-476-1008 ext. 4502 or by mail to 403 Main St., Picton, K0K 2T0.
THE ABOVE SUBMITTED BY THE PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
