The Friendship Lunch Committee recently made a $2,000 donation to the CT Scanner Crossroads Campaign.

The Friendship Lunch Program has been running for over forty years from September to June, and twice a month during July and August. Each lunch averages 80-100 participants and is a way to provide food, fun and friendship every Friday. Presently held at St. John’s United Church, 400 Prescott Street, Kemptville, it is open to anyone in the community at no charge. A donation box is available. Dedicated volunteers from five groups help make this program happen and include parishioners from St. James Anglican Church, Kemptville Pentecostal Church, Holy Cross Catholic Church, St. John’s United Church as well as the House of Lazarus.

The donation to the KDH Foundation represents “free will” offerings from the lunch participants.

Joanne Mavis, Executive Director of the Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) Foundation said she was thrilled to receive this donation to the CT Scanner Campaign. “We are very grateful for this wonderful gift from the community. We know that the CT Scanner will benefit all of us with a quicker diagnosis and treatment, closer to home.”

The KDH Foundation is one of three recipients of the Friendship Lunch Committee’s generosity which includes the House of Lazarus and the Salvation Army.

For more information and stories about the CT Scanner Crossroads Campaign and how you can donate, see Kemptville District Hospital Foundation's Crossroads Campaign