b'placed in the patients eye and that the procedure was nottoleratedwellespeciallywhenthepatientwasin pain or distress.Enter the future of eye-care tonometers, one that does not require an-esthesia and is much less distressing to the patient, nowhereatPortPerry Hospital because of your community support.iCare tonometer********************************************* Id like tonish with a message about another kind of donationOn April 7, we took part in National Green Shirt Day inspired by 21 year old Logan Boulet, who died tragically in the Humboldt Broncos hockey team Paddles up, Port Perry! accident.Logan went on to save six lives as an organ donor.If you arent yet an organ donor, or you want to Paddles up, Port Perry! check that you are registered for organ donation, visit Port Perry fun and fundraising is on the horizon, andyourworkplaceteam,yourbeadonor.ca. Its as easy as that.wed love your help.After a hiatus of two years due toextended family, your friends atSincerely,COVID, the Port Perry Dragon Boat Festival is back! Thethe gym, sports team, or any group, and for June 18, turnRachel Agnoluzzi, CEO, PPH Foundation event is an amazing day, enjoying Port Perrys waterfrontthem into Dragon Boaters. I guarantee youll have a greatwith a bit of healthy competition for long time paddlersday and can help raise some funds for two important local and novices alike.causes. No experience required!Mark your calendars for June 18, start to put your teamVisit pphfoundation.ca or call our oce at 905-985-together, and register up to 20 paddlers, or enter in the7321 ext. 45580 to learn more. new Community Intro Team category for up to 12 pad- ***************************************** dlers, at alkame.ca/festivals/port-perry. In other exciting news, the project to bring CT to Port The Port Perry Festival has a long history, dating backPerry continues on track with late fall 2022 as the goal. to 2004 when the Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivors asThe project team has done their due diligence to select the a breast cancer fundraiserrst organized it. Bill and Carolright CT option for our hospital andapprovals are Gondor and Lively Dragon took on the event a few years nal later with bene ciaries becoming the Port Perry Hospitalunderway so that construction planning can begin.Foundation and Scugog Lake Stewards. The Here for You campaign included funding to ensure In 2019, the event transitioned to the care of Alkameotherhighneedmedicalequipmentwasntdelayedin Dragon Boat out of Pickering, Owners Katy and Scott havethe course of bringing CT to Port Perry.One small but demonstrated a strong commitment to bringing dragonmighty piece of equipment has just arrived, a state-of-the-boating to our community, along with the fundraising thatart tonometer used in emergency eye-related visits.When takes place for our hospital and our lake. This year, ScugogEmergephysicianDr.Westbrookbroughtthisneedto Township has generously waived permit fees to help themy attention, I learned that eye concerns in Emerge were festivalnd its feet following COVIDs impact. a frequent occurrence, that as part of an eye assessmentGreen Shirts, l-r: Amanda Martin, Occupational Therapist; Rachel Now we need your help by getting involved.Wrangleinter-ocular pressure was used to rule out glaucoma, andManns, Manager, Medicine and Jane Heath, Respiratory Therapist.that our tonometer at Port Perry required anesthesia to be Trusted firms working together to serve Scugog.Now offering Human Resources Accounting Law Wealth HR Solutions consulting services!formerly Scugog Accounting andMichael L. Fowler Law Office24FOCUS - MAY 2022'