Editor: One of the things I love about living in the greater Langley community is the commitment to local initiatives that I see all around town.
Just last month, I visited the farmers market; it was abuzz with locals supporting locals. Marvelous.
I am asking the people of Langley to support another local initiative, a drive to raise $50,000 for Langley Memorial Hospital.
Doctors and staff at the hospital have itemized a list of much-needed medical equipment.
Will you help give our doctors and nurses the tools they need to better respond to our families and our growing community? When you respond with yes and a gift, you will help purchase equipment that will be at work behind virtually every curtain in every department in the hospital.
Though I wish I didn’t, I know something about being behind the sky-blue curtain at Langley Memorial Hospital. I have journeyed with my husband, Brian, through his battle with prostate cancer.
I was there when we almost lost our grandson Jackson. He was only three-months old, just a wee one, when he contracted a virus that caused bronchitis and pneumonia.
I have also been the one in the wheelchair being rushed down the hall to the emergency department with atrial fibrillation, and then there were the times I had my knee replacement surgeries. All of these incidents have ended well. Very well.
I have the highest respect for the medical teams at Langley Memorial Hospital. We are truly fortunate to have exceptional health care in our community. We are also fortunate to live in a community that is willing to contribute to uphold an exceptional level of care.
Donor-funded equipment has been at work, to some degree, at Langley Memorial Hospital since the day the hospital opened its doors. Today, new, more advanced technologies have emerged, and professionals like our doctors and nurses need to have access to such tools in order to continue being able to deliver stellar results for individuals and families like ours — and yours.
Now it’s up to each of us. Our local hospital needs us and we need it.
I encourage you to support local initiatives. What can be better for us than to buy farm-fresh eggs from local producers and carrots that have grown in local soil?
Let’s also continue to include our hospital in our ongoing commitment to support local initiatives. Let’s keep Langley Memorial Hospital well equipped to better respond to our families and our growing community.
The items on the equipment list will only be purchased when you and I give. Please make a healthy donation.
Deanna Horn,
LMHF board chair
