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The Season of Giving

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This Christmas season, staff members of Alberta Health Services, Public Health/ Home Care/ Rehab and Mental Health office decorated their tree with new socks, toques, scarves and mittens.  Half were presented to the Christmas Bureau and the other half here are being presented to Donna of the Crisis Association byBonnie Litwin,  representing Alberta Health Services.

A.L. Horton School Christmas Concert

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This picture shows the Ukrainian Bilingual Class singing Christmas Carols and recitation It was a packed house with no standing room when the children from Kindergarten to Grade 3 performed for their annual Christmas Concert. It was titled “A Bugz Christmas” a unique tale of Christmas full of laughs and music. A good time was [...]

Warmth for the Needy

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St. Martin’s Kindergarten Students pictured from (left to right) Mrs. Zacharkiw (ECS Teacher), Austin Beida, Selby Labuschagne, Jeanathan Cheremshynski, Rhoegen Donaldson, Joanne Veldkamp (behind). As part of our ‘Seasons of Advent’ last week our students brought in items for winter warmth, to help those in need in our community.

Strawberry Tea Forever

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By Rosanne Fortier “Heritage House” had a “Strawberry Shortcake, Tea, and Bake Sale” on “December 3, 2011”. Many volunteers made this event possible. What an occasion it was!  Two hundred and fifty people attended. You could see why because the décor from the hall would make anyone feel comfortable. The napkins were red and the [...]

Century Park Donates

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Pictured above are (l to r) Paula Arychuk, Virginia Badger, Dolores Goselwitz, Rod Kisiek, Joanne Veldkamp representing the Christmas Bureau, Diane Schlachter, Delia Camantigue and Phebes Tingson. The donation was for $150.00 from the Century Park Health Care Aids, LPN’S and Cooks of the AUPE Local 47, Chapter 17.

Local Youth Bowls for Bronze!

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Vegreville Youth Bowlers between the ages of 4 and 8 competed in the Provincial Dino/Pee Wee Fax In Tournament.   Boys and Girls competed across Alberta and sent in all results toEdmonton, Bowl Alberta office. Here all results were analysed and accounted for. Vegreville’s very own youth bowler,LowenCave, 5 years old won the Bronze Medal forAlbertain [...]

Vegreville Garden Club News

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The Vegreville Garden Club members and guests enjoyed a delicious pot luck supper on November 28th, at the Vegreville Sunshine Club. This was the final meeting of the year and once again, those present proved that not only were they great gardeners, but they were great cooks too! After the meal and a hasty clean-up, [...]

Jennie Kucherawy Turns 100

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Pictured is Jennie Kucherawy at her 100th birthday party. By Dan Beaudette A very nice celebration to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jennie Kucherawy was held at the Mundare Heath Center with family, residents and staff on hand. Dave was the MC and gave a little talk about his mother. He said, “Mon is a [...]

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Donate to Help Vegreville Get a Portable Ultrasound Machine

The Hospital Board is taking donations through paypal to help raise funds for a portable ultrasound machine. The new machine, the Sonosite M-Turbo, is a high performance mobile ultrasound machine that doctors hope to use as a diagnostic tool in the hospital to speed up diagnosis times in patients, allowing doctors to make accurate, informed decisions about patient care in shorter time periods. The mobile ultrasound unit can be applied in areas of care such as Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Women’s Health, Cardiovascular Disease Management, Surgeries and more. With support from the community, this incredibly valuable tool can be added to the list of ways that St. Joseph’s General Hospital works to bring the community better health.

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