Shoppers Drug Mart

Last fall, four Shoppers Drug Mart locations (Pembina Village and Southpark, Pembina and Dalhousie, St. Vital Square, and Southglen Shopping Centre) teamed up to support the Victoria General Hospital through the Tree of Life fundraising campaign.

The Tree of Life fundraising campaign is a four-week program held by Shoppers Drug Mart locations across Canada each autumn. Each store raises funds for local health charities by encouraging staff and customers to purchase a paper leaf or apple for the store’s “tree”. A paper leaf may be purchased for a loonie, a maple leaf is $5, and an apple is $50. The campaign has raised over $7.1 million since 2002, and this year over 245 health charities across Canada will benefit from the proceeds.

The four south Winnipeg Shoppers Drug Mart locations raised nearly $5,000 in support of the Vic. Gifts like this make it possible for our doctors, nurses, medical staff, and researchers to have the equipment and training they need to provide the exceptional patient care for which the Vic is renowned.

These four stores were recently welcomed as members of the Victoria General Hospital’s 2011 Society, a distinguished gift giving club whose mission is to raise $1 million for priority projects within the hospital prior to the Vic’s 100th anniversary in 2011.

Special thanks to Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacist-Owners Stuart Bellingham, Charles Scerbo, Kerry Mitchell, and Jim Olynyk; as well as the many staff and customers who so generously participated in this campaign.