Campaign Leader Jenny Hogervorst (far left) with the Howick Mutual team of board members and employees.  (photo by Jackie Riggs) Campaign Leader Jenny Hogervorst (far left) with the Howick Mutual team of board members and employees. (photo by Jackie Riggs)
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Howick Mutual Donates To Wingham's 'Our Hospital, Our Future' Campaign

The community campaign to raise $4-million for the Wingham and District Hospital is almost at the halfway mark.

The latest pledge to the "Our Hospital, Our Future" campaign is from the Howick Mutual Insurance Company. The Board of Howick Mutual presented their two-year $50,000 pledge to the campaign team at the Wingham and District Hospital on Tuesday.

The "Our Hospital, Our Future" campaign supports the expansion of the Wingham and District Hospital, and the creation of a healthcare campus in the former Wingham Public School.

As of the beginning of April, the campaign team has received pledges totaling 47.5% of their goal.

Howick Mutual Insurance Company CEO Kevin Inglis says it is important for the company to give back to the community on behalf of their policyholders because "our policyholders are the same people we share the community with. We all go to the same churches, schools, play on the same sports teams, and certainly go to the same hospitals."

Howick Mutual is a long-time supporter of the CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon, a regular corporate sponsor of the Wingham and Area Healthcare Professionals Recruitment Committee and has been the lead sponsor of the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation’s Great Race fundraiser since 2013.

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