A thank you to groundbreaking sponsors

Groundbreaking for the new health-care complex and Walker Family Cancer Centre took place April 28 when Minister of Transportation and MPP for St. Catharines Jim Bradley joined hospital officials, community members, fundraising volunteers and health-care partners for the official ceremony. It’s Our Time fundraising campaign patient heroes on four excavators officially broke ground with help from operators from Walker Industries, Matt’s Excavating, Rankin Construction and PCL Constructors.

The groundbreaking event was an opportune time for the NHS to introduce its new partner and event sponsor Plenary Health Niagara as a corporate citizen in Niagara for at least the next three decades.

Plenary Health Niagara is a partnership between Plenary Group and Borealis Infrastructure. The partnership features specialist health-care, construction and finance personnel and has as its sole focus the delivery of the project on time and on budget and its successful physical operations over the next 34 years.

In addition to Plenary’s sponsorship of the groundbreaking event, many other suppliers and partners provided donations, preferential pricing and a collaborative spirit to help make this celebratory community event a reality:

• Niagara Tents and Events (venue)
• The Green House (floral design)
• Pick Ontario, Van Geest Bros. Limited, Meyers Flowers, Prins Grow Inc., Northend Gardens, Willy’s Greenhouses, Northend Floral Inc., Pioneer Flower Farms and My Bouquet (flowers)
• Design Electronics (audiovisual services)
• Omni Media (professional editing and camera services)
• ADF Design Group (graphic design)
• Speedpro Imaging (printing)
• An Affair to Remember (food and beverage)
• Orchestrations (event coordination)
• St. Catharines Transit (shuttle transportation)
• City of St. Catharines (parking logistics)
• Niagara Regional Police Service
• Walker Industries, Rankin Construction Inc., Matt’s Excavating and PCL (excavators and operators)
• PCL (site grading and logistics)

“We are grateful to Plenary Health Niagara and the many other supporting sponsors who made this wonderful day happen,” said NHS President and CEO Debbie Sevenpifer. “The community participation and support was overwhelming with the number of suppliers who donated services and products.”

Sincere thanks are also extended to the Province of Ontario, the Regional Municipality of Niagara, the City of St. Catharines, the City of Thorold, the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the It’s Our Time Campaign fundraisers and donors, local hospital foundations, our health-care providers, and the thousands of people who have played a role in achieving this milestone for Niagara. «