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2 FOCUS - JUNE 2016 Thank you Bona Via Dear Editor THUMBS UP to the great folks at the Bona Via Pizzeria in Port Perry. We just completed a 4H pizza club and wanted to show our members a commercial operation in action. While most such businesses tend to shy away from accommodating us the staff at Bona Via welcomed us with open arms letting each of our seven girls tour their facility as well as making their own pizzas from scratch. They also gained some insight into the behind-the- scenes activities such as food storage and the scrupulous hygiene practices necessary to run a successful business. Kudos to Bona Via Pizzeria for their community involvement. They also make great pizzas Randall Gail Johns Blackstock Please send us your letters. We ask that you keep them to a maximum of 250 words although shorter is often better. Be aware that we cannot publish negative letters about individuals or businesses. Submit to focusfocusonscugog.com Help us find a cure Dear Editor My name is Heather Beacock and I am the walk coordinator for the Durham Walk for ALS. Our 10th annual walk is taking place this Saturday June 18th at the Port Perry fairgrounds. I got involved with the ALS Society 12 years ago when my Dad was diagnosed with ALS. I began volunteering for the ALS Society and hosted two benefit concerts in Palmer Park. I then took over organizing the Durham Walk and that year I lost my Dad to ALS. It is a neurodegenerative disease where the nerve cells that control your muscles die leading to loss of mobility loss of speech and eventually impact the ability to breathe. The Durham Walk for ALS in the last 9 years has raised 801250. 60 of the proceeds raised goes to Durham clients to support them while living with ALS and the other 40 goes towards finding a cure. I have hope that if we keep raising money and awareness for ALS there will one day be a cure for this awful disease. Hope to see you all at the 10th annual Durham Walk for ALS For more information visit www.walkforals.ca or contact me at heathermoore4hotmail.com or 905-809-4091. Heather Beacock Port Perry As the OwnerPublisher of Focus on Scugog and a long time resident of Port Perry I have heard and witnessed many stories news items and first hand accounts of how fortunate we are as a community to have the calibre of hospital we have for a town our size. Never for a moment did I think that I would get such a birds eye view of just how lucky the residents of Scugog are. Just six weeks ago I was rushed into our hospital and within hours was undergoing emergency surgery for a very serious problem. I had never been in a hospital before and my stay turned out to be 9 days long which I hear is very unusual in these times. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the entire hospital staff for the superb care I received as well as the many family and friends who turned out in droves to help and support me. From Dr. Westerbrook in Emergency to my surgeon Dr. Wang and his team I cannot thank you enough for your patience and understanding in dealing with all the fears and questions associated with facing the unknown. You came to see me every day and dealt with never ending questions from family friends and myself. And the nurses - I dont know if I met you all but I sure did seem to meet different people almost daily. I want to say as loudly as possible that the nursing staff at our hospital is amazing. I dont have the room to name you all but just let it be said that you do an incredible job in what I often saw to be difficult circumstances. Your efficiency your humour your patience and your joy at every step of my recovery was humbling. From the front desk onwards my experience at hospital was exceptional. I was dealt with kindness at every turn and I found the level of care in these times of cutbacks to be caring professional and way above any imagined expectations. The medical staff deserves a huge amount of respect - you certainly have it from me. I wish a heartfelt thank you to all the staff at the hospital and I would be remiss if I did not say the same to all the family friends co-workers and Focus customers who sent flowers kind words visited often and kept my spirits up. A very special thank you to the Focus staff without them you would not be reading this magazine. Thank you is not a strong enough word to extend to all the people who helped me through this most frightening time. Unfortunately it will have to do. Sincerely MaryAnn Fleming A Heartfelt Thank You TO LAkeridge Health Port Perry Hospital ...................... More letters on page 23