Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation’s Spring Online Auction April 8-15
Submitted by BPHF Staff
March 20, 2023 – Spring has sprung and the Bruce Peninsula Hospital Foundation (BPH Foundation) office is bustling with Spring Auction preparations. This year marks the 28th anniversary of this much-anticipated annual event, and year after year, the auction seems to get bigger and bigger. Hundreds of auction items have been donated by all sorts of local businesses, artists, restaurants, contractors, and growers.
“I am pretty certain that our auction is the biggest fundraising online auction in Grey Bruce. We are so proud to feature the Best of the Bruce, and love the variety of items that our businesses have made available for bidding,” said April Patry, BPHF Executive Director.
The auction features a number of categories including, Backyard Paradise, Local Growers, Local Arts, Dining, Family Fun, the Great Outdoors, Pets, Travel, Vintage & Collectables, and lots more! Of special mention is a $5,000 gift certificate that can be redeemed at Wiarton Home Hardware Building Centre or the Design Centre, Air Canada has contributed two domestic flights anywhere in North America, including Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, and new this year, Peninsula Appliances has provided a Maytag Refrigerator valued at $3,399.
In recent years, another very special Christmas category has developed in which Christmas themed artwork and crafts made by local students are available for bidding. This year, we are happy to feature the senior art students of PSDS who created a number of beautiful winter landscape canvases.
Last year’s Spring Auction raised a record-breaking $40,600 which helped fund emergency eye care equipment, physiotherapy equipment, and patient room improvements for GBHS-Lion’s Head, and an ultrasound machine and Emergency Department renovations for GBHS-Wiarton.
As always, there is lots of need for support again this year. We are raising funds for a bladder scanner for GBHS-Wiarton, a nurse call system for GBHS-Lion’s Head, and an Echocardiography Unit for Regional Care.
The Spring Auction is available to preview and for early bidder registration beginning April 1st for one week, then the Auction goes LIVE April 8th at 7am and runs 24/7 until April 15th. Please help us ‘keep care close to home’ by virtually joining us at @ www.bphfoundation.com. Viewing, registering and bidding is easy. If you need assistance, please call April or Catherine at (519) 534-5856.
