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2005 News Releases
For Immediate Release - October 23, 2005
Rattle Me Bones Race Raises $50,000 for Ottawa Hospital
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – More than 1,100 runners
and walkers of all ages brought in $50,000 for patient care and
research at The Ottawa Hospital at this morning’s 2005 Rattle
Me Bones race. Now in its 12th year, Rattle Me Bones has raised
more than $350,000 for improvements at The Ottawa Hospital to date.
“I am thrilled with this year’s results,” said
Kent Woodhall, Race Director and Planning Coordinator at the Hospital’s
General Campus. “The success of Rattle Me Bones is thanks
largely to the efforts of the countless volunteers and to supporters
in the community.” Proceeds from this year’s race will
go toward improvements at the Hospital’s General Campus, including
the new Critical Care Wing, which will feature 17 state-of-the-art
operating rooms, a new Intensive Care Unit and a new Chronic Pain
Management Centre. Funds will also go to support leading-edge arthritis
research.
Rattle Me Bones features four components: a 10K race (Wishbone),
a 5K race (Funnybone), a 5K walk (Chickenbone) and 1K walk for kids
under age 10 (Jigglebone). It has been ranked the region’s
second largest local road race for several consecutive years, and
is one of the most popular and fastest growing timed races in the
area.
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is a multi-campus, academic
health sciences centre, serving 1.5 million residents of Ottawa
and Eastern Ontario, both in English and French. It provides care
for more patients than any other hospital in Canada, and boasts
specialty centres in cancer, heart, kidney and vision care, as well
as rehabilitation services. Working together with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa, and other partners,
TOH is gaining national recognition for high-quality patient care,
teaching and research. It ranks as one of the most efficient teaching
hospitals in the country. For more information, visit The Ottawa
Hospital Web site at www.ottawahospital.on.ca.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s mission
is to inspire and enable people to support the highest quality health
care at The Ottawa Hospital and world-class research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. For more information, visit The Ottawa
Hospital Foundation Web site at www.ohfoundation.ca.
For more information on our fundraising campaign, please
contact:
Carl Martin
Vice-President, Communications & Marketing, The Ottawa Hospital
Foundation
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 17840
Cell: 762-3432
camartin@ottawahospital.on.ca
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