Tofield Health Foundation Celebrates Culture

Tofield Health Foundation Celebrates Culture

Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser

On Friday, September 27th, the community in Tofield stepped up to share cultural foods, decorations, and more at the Tofield Cultural Days fundraiser.

Held at the Tofield Community Centre, the annual event partners with other Cultural Day events throughout the province to give communities the opportunity to celebrate differences and try something new together. In Tofield, this meant a multi-cultural dinner provided from several members of the community, decorations provided by Busy B in Tofield, and a fundraiser for the hospital. This year’s dinner was nearly sold out with over 100 people in attendance.

This year, the Tofield Health Foundation presented their recent RhPAP week, in which nursing and medicine students from the University of Alberta were welcomed into billet homes in the community so that they could see what a life in rural medicine is all about. The students enjoyed skills sessions, small-town living, and the Tofield Bull Bash; many reported wanting to practice medicine in a rural centre after graduation.

At the dinner, the Tofield Health Foundation also reported on the success of their bicycle for two, which has a seat on the front to help non-mobile or disabled patients at the health centre travel around town with the help of one able person to ride behind them.

After dinner and presentations, guests were welcome to stay for dessert and an evening of live music.