Two Hills Runs for X-Ray Equipment

Emily Mailhot Reporter

Vegreville News Advertiser

This year’s 16th annual walk/run for the Health Care Centre in Two Hills raised money for new x-ray equipment on Saturday, May 11th, with enourmous support from the Town, County, and people from the community.

The marathon gave options for as many kilometres as runners wanted to undertake, in 2.5 incriments. When they reached the finish line, they all went to the Two Hills Health Centre for a hot dog lunch served by the Ladies’ Hospital Auxiliary volunteers and final ceremonies led by site manager Tammy Tarkowski.

Tarkowski said that one of their goals is always to improve from the year before. “We get people to run by donation, and it’s great to see so many people raising money for the run this year.”

Some people walked or run, and there were people who brought their babies in strollers or dogs on leashes to join in as well. This year, the most donations overall were collected by the Coutu family.

Over the past many years, they have raised money for different things the Health Care Centre needs. In it’s earliest years, the run raised enough money to replace all the beds in the hospital with brand new. This year’s funds will go towards new equipment that’s needed for the X-Ray machine.

“They just need a few additions so they can do more specialized testing, so that people in need of certain emergency care don’t need to go into the city to get it.”