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Philantropy
More Free Trips for Cancer Patients

THE BETTY RIEL FOUNDATION WILL COVER THE COST

OF 13 TRIPS PER PATIENT

Mona ROCHON
The Betty Riel Foundation has recently means, of course, that more volunteer drivers
announced that it will now be able to fully are needed. Especially in the Ormstown area,
fund thirteen trips for cancer patients living in volunteers are desperately needed. Call
the Haut-Saint-Laurent, and needing SABEC at 450-264-1131 if you would like to
transportation to Montreal hospitals for volunteer. SABEC is also the place to call if
treatment. As of last year, the Foundation was you need transportation to get to a hospital
able to pay for eleven trips per patient. This is for cancer treatment. The Betty Riel
good news for cancer patients in this region. Foundation will cover the cost of those
13 first trips.
Mrs. Riel created her foundation thirteen
years ago with the aim to provide free trips to The Foundation’s annual fundraising events
all cancer patients in the Chateauguay Valley will be held again this year. The walkathon will
who needed treatment in Montreal hospitals. be held on June 2nd, while the triathlon will
Last year, the Foundation paid for 600 trips, be on August 25th. The Annual auction, which
betty Riel with Minister of
costing approximately $43,000. was held for the first time last December, will
Employment François Blais,
likely take place again later this year. You may
upon receiving her
The success of last December’s auction visit the Foundation’s Facebook page for more Hommage Bénévolat-
means more trips can be added for each details. n
Québec award.
patient, ensuring proper treatment. This

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