The Century 21 Lakers are partnering with us for the 2025 season!

The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers are teaming up with the PRHC Foundation for the 2025 Major Series Lacrosse season! This collaboration brings together two legacy organizations in our region through a shared goal of supporting world-class care, close to home.

“The Lakers are all about community, and it doesn’t get more ‘community’ than supporting the doctors, nurses and staff at our regional hospital,” says Lakers board member Len Powers. “PRHC is where our families turn in moments of greatest need and the Lakers are excited to rally around the Campaign for PRHC and support our regional hospital.”

The Campaign for PRHC publicly launched in 2024 with $52.9 million raised to date. The goal is to help PRHC invest in state-of-the-art technology, bring new lifesaving services to our region, fuel innovation, and attract the best and brightest healthcare professionals.

Throughout the 2025 MSL season, PRHC Foundation team members and volunteers – the reImagineers – will be at Lakers home games, where fans can learn more about the campaign and how to get involved. The Lakers will be selling limited edition merchandise with proceeds from sales supporting the campaign.

The Lakers will also host a special PRHC Family Night on Thursday, June 26, when they welcome the Cobourg Kodiaks. PRHC staff will receive a promo code to purchase tickets at a discounted price. The Lakeshow will wear special Canada Day themed jerseys for the game and these sweaters will be auctioned off after the match in support of the Campaign for PRHC.

“The Lakers are a championship organization with strong community ties,” says PRHC Foundation President & CEO, Lesley Heighway. “Just like our regional hospital, they represent dedication, heart, and excellence. We know how strongly this community rallies around the Lakeshow and PRHC, so together, we can help reimagine healthcare in our region.”

Peterborough Century 21 Lakers PRHC Family Night

The Lakers are hosting a special PRHC Family Night on Thursday, June 26, when they welcome the Cobourg Kodiaks.
PRHC staff will receive a promo code to purchase tickets at a discounted price. The Lakeshow will wear special Canada Day themed jerseys for the game and these sweaters will be auctioned off after the match in support of the Campaign for PRHC.

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PRHC Foundation is part of Split the Pot community lottery!

We’re excited to announce that you can now support Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation through the Split the Pot Lottery!

With 73 hospital foundations across Ontario working together, Split the Pot is creating bigger prizes and more impact in our communities. Lottery players have the chance to win cash, and foundation partners across the province, like the PRHC Foundation, get the funds they need to continue changing and saving lives. 

With more prize winners and big cash and other prizes – including Early Bird draws and multiple chances to be a Grand Prize winner – there’s never been a more rewarding time to support PRHC Foundation and play the lottery. 

Visit splitthepot.ca to purchase tickets online and for more information on the prize breakdown, Early Bird deadlines, participating foundations and more. Or you can call 1-833-804-6262 to place your order over the phone.

Grateful family fundraising for pediatric cancer care expansion

Peterborough mom Victoria Wasson says a part of her will forever relive the day her son, Wyatt, was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. Two years ago at just eight months old, Wyatt received a scan on a donor-funded CT machine at PRHC which led to the diagnosis. 

Victoria shares, “On that day we were surrounded by the most compassionate and empathetic nurses and doctors. They immediately began to fight with us to save our son and to keep our family together.” 

Thanks to donors, Wyatt was able to receive some of his treatment at PRHC. This allowed the Wassons to stay close to home, pick up their daughter from school, and be home to have family dinner together. 

As of March 2023, Wyatt is in remission. Inspired by the expert, compassionate care he received, Victoria has launched a $5,000 fundraiser in support of pediatric cancer care expansion, one of the priorities of the PRHC Foundation’s $60 million Campaign for PRHC. The Wassons are dedicated to giving back as thanks for Wyatt’s care, and to help expand pediatric cancer care at PRHC so other children like him can receive their treatment there. 

Please visit the Wassons’ personal fundraising page to learn more about Wyatt’s journey or to make a donation.