IT/NET

This year’s IT/ NET campaign will raise funds for the new Centre for Innovative Cancer Research (CICR) at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, at the General Campus.

IT/ NET’s goal this year is to help equip the CICR by purchasing a Cell Spinner.

Cell Spinner Function: Purifies cancer cells growing in the laboratory. Benefit: Before new treatments can be tested in patients, they must be tested in cancer cells growing in the laboratory. A cell spinner is a crucial piece of equipment that allows researchers to purify cancer cells, so that they can see how well they are killed by different therapies.

Click here to donate to IT/Net’s 2010 workplace campaign to raise funds for the purchase a Cell Spinner.

To learn more about the General Campus – Centre for Innovative Cancer Research click here.

Since 2004, IT/NET and its employees have raised $104,000 for the purchase of lifesaving equipment for critical and cancer care at The Ottawa Hospital and The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre.

Each Fall, IT/NET employees rally their fundraising efforts around the purchase of a piece(s) of equipment and together with their colleagues, contractors, friends and family they fill out pledge forms, sign up for payroll deductions, raffle, compete and have lots of fun reaching for their goal. These efforts have resulted in the purchase of the following pieces of equipment for The Ottawa Hospital and The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre:

• Tourniquet
• Stryker Stretcher Chair
• Bair Hugger
• Bronchoscope
• Transport Ventilator
• Chemotherapy Chair
• Blanket Warmer
• IV Pole with a pump

On behalf of all Ottawa Hospital patients and staff, thank you so much for your leadership and generosity! You have made a real difference for your community and your hospital.

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Make a difference in your community by starting your own workplace campaign! Visit our tools and resources section or contact Jessica Pancoe, Development Officer, at 613-798-5555, ext. 19829, or by e-mail at jpancoe@ottawahospital.on.ca