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Trenton — It’s been a long membership drive but the Our TMH committee is in the final stretch, looking for the final 1,250 members to reach the 20,000 membership goal. Sharon Urquhart, Our TMH membership drive chairperson, continues to work hard to reach the goal. She said there are now membership boxes in banks and credit unions throughout Quinte West and Brighton and there are a number of upcoming events volunteers will be attending to garner more membership support. Urquhart and volunteers will attend the Batawa Community Centre for the Senior’s Expo on Nov. 3 and will be back at the centre on Nov. 9 for the Trenton Memorial Hospital (TMH) Foundation’s Fashion for Foundation event. “I’m pretty excited, I think that we will not have a problem in getting the members, I think it’s achievable by the end of this year,” said Urquhart. Since the membership drive began in June 2016, Urquhart said the community has really warmed up to the committee and shown great support. “In the beginning people did not want to talk to us, people thought we were totally crazy” she said. “A year and four months later we have people seeking us out to get memberships, I have people calling my house asking where they can get the cards.” Now that the TMH advocacy committee has played a large role in ad-
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Our TMH’s Sharon Urquhart stands with the updated membership drive monitor at Quinte West city hall. Erin Stewart/Metroland
vocating for the hospital and helped to keep services in Trenton, Urquhart said many community members think it’s awesome. “People are congratulating us, I’ve had people hug me, shake my hand and tell me what a wonderful job our committee has done,” she said. With the mandate to preserve, protect and enhance services at TMH, Urquhart said the committee’s success comes from always staying true to the mandate with a clear goal for
the hospital. “It’s been a busy time, but it’s a very satisfying thing to do,” she said. Mike Cowan, Our TMH chairperson, said the 20,000 goal is significant because it represents 40 per cent of the population of Quinte West and Brighton. “Twenty thousand being obtained in a short period of time shows the community support. We’re a duly recognized organization, we represent a lot of people and that’s a very signifi-
cant number,” he said. “It shows everyone, whether it be a politician or a bureaucrat with the ministry of health, we are a significant group, they have to listen to us now.” Our TMH will continue to obtain more memberships after the goal is reached. Keep an eye out for Our TMH volunteers running the membership drive at grocery stores throughout Trenton.
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