Ready, set, dough! Smile Cookie is coming back to PRHC April 28-May 4

We dough-n’t know about you, but we’ve been crumbling with excitement waiting for this sweet week! From Monday, April 28 to Sunday, May 4, Smile Cookie returns to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre cafeteria’s Compass Canada Tim Hortons location.

These aren’t just any cookies—they’re cookies with a cause! 100% of the proceeds from Smile Cookie sales at the PRHC location will be donated to the PRHC Foundation, helping fund the equipment and technology that support life-changing care at our regional hospital every day.

Thank you to Compass Canada Manager Warren and his team who make this fundraiser a success every year. And of course, a massive thank you to all the cookie lovers and supporters who keep the smiles going strong!

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.