The Pal Mocha Shrine Club recently donated a total of $30,000 to three local hospitals. Dale Franklin, development officer for Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation; Rick Sinnamon, chair of Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation, and Ron Coghlin, chair of Listowel Hospital Foundation, attended the club’s December meeting and each received a $10,000 cheque to be applied to equipment needed for their respective hospitals. Palmerston will purchase a medicine refrigerator and medicine cart, Mount Forest a laparoscopic camera controller and Listowel a portable bladder scanner. “The Shriners are so proud to support our local hospitals and local children who require special medical treatment,” club officials state. The Pal Mocha Shriners, with members from Palmerston, Mount Forest, Harriston, Listowel, Wingham, Drayton and surrounding area, also support the Shriners Hospital in Montreal, a burn hospital for children. From left: front, Laverne Long, Don McPhail, Sinnamon, president Ron Faulkner, Franklin, Coghlin, Don Kritzer and John Green; back, Larry Hartwick, Terry Heise, John Westlake, Clarke Richardson, Brad Richardson, Jim Richardson, John Blue, Everett Scheeringa, Roe Crosskill, George Arlein, Warren Jack, Allan Cherry, Ron Bingham, Alvin (Curly) Wright, Gerald Metzger and Miles Dadson. Submitted photo
