Gifts in Action

With the support of individuals, families, businesses and service clubs, the Foundation is able to invest in urgently needed medical equipment, important capital projects, and education initiatives. 

Our Giving Report for 2024/25

Patients, families, staff and the care team, students and volunteers, donors and the community - your experiences and your unique perspectives are what we mean when we say WE ARE THE ROSS. We get better together. 

You transform the patient experience with your support for advanced technology and medical equipment. You improve patient care and outcomes with funding for critical tools that are not covered by government funding. You grow services and spaces with gifts for expanded and modernized facilities. 

Together, we just publicly launched the largest capital campaign in our hospital’s history. And we already raised $21 million of the $25 million goal! We can all transform care for our growing community. 

Thank you for your generous response to our spring and holiday appeals. These efforts involved RMH Foundation board members, Erik Ellis and Tim Shauf and their families, whose healthcare experiences and care at the Ross encouraged them to share their stories and inspire support. Together, the Hometown Hospital – First Rate Care spring appeal and the Hopeful Moments holiday appeal raised $319,424 for priority projects at the Ross. 

These include the expansion of the community’s Emergency Department – a project that received Ministry of Health approval in November 2024. The expansion includes an additional Trauma Room with airborne isolation capacity and the creation of a Mental Health Emergency Services Unit where patients in crisis will receive safer and more private care. 

We have been honoured to highlight our donors’ stories, including the presentation of King Charles III Coronation Medals to two members of our donor family:  Nancy Hanna, founding member of the Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group, and Therese Scheer, whose fundraising events and golf days stretch throughout Kawartha Lakes. Congratulations to all of our community champions! 

We are profoundly grateful to all donors whose giving made it possible for the RMH Foundation to fund $2,500,000 of hospital needs in 2024/25, and we look forward to a very exciting year ahead!

Mona Malcolm-Sharman Erin Coons, CFRE
RMH Foundation Board Chair  RMH Foundation CEO  

You're the Silver Lining

We sincerely thank all of our donors for their gifts that will enhance patient care at the Ross, now and into the future. Your commitment is truly appreciated by all.

If you are interested in learning more about the equipment needs of Ross Memorial Hospital and how you may be able to help, please contact the Foundation office at 705-328-6146.