Beattie Foundation backs C-K Hospice

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Jack Morrison, president of the James A. Beattie Foundation, centre, presents the cheque to Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation staff Jay Smith and Jodi Maroney.

The James A. Beattie Foundation of Wardsville has shown its support to families that utilize the Chatham-Kent Hospice by making a $50,000 donation this year.

To date, the Beattie Foundation has donated more than $130,000 to support local families who access care at the C-K Hospice.

The Foundation, created in 1958 in memory of James A. Beattie, has a long history of community giving to childrens’ and seniors’ charities in the region.

“The Beattie Foundation, in their quiet and unassuming way, continues to make a big impact in Chatham-Kent. We are very grateful for their care and compassion towards local families as they say good-bye to their loved one” Jodi Maroney, executive director of the hospice foundation, said in a media release.

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