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THE COMMITMENT

TO CARE CAMPAIGN

Focusing Support Where It’s Needed Most

This year, CLH Foundation’s fundraising efforts will help
ensure that individuals who live in CLH Supported Living
Homes will continue to fully access the unfunded medical
supplies and essential items they need to thrive and
to remain healthy and well. Covering these unfunded
expenses has always been the practice of CLH, a
tradition and level of care that is unique to CLH. The
financial challenges of the past year have drawn
attention to the need for CLH Developmental Support
Services to find other ways to continue to cover these
costs without placing any financial burden on the
individuals themselves. CLH Foundation’s Commitment
to Care campaign will help meet that need.

You might be surprised – as we were! – to learn that many
basic medical needs are not covered or even considered
The GBay Gals Give chose CLH Foundation and the
through traditional government models of support, even Commitment to Care campaign as the recipient of their
though most supported individuals live on a very fixed spring 2021 donations: this remarkable group of women
income. This means that over-the-counter medication collectively donated $36,200, giving a tremendous kick-
and preparations, vitamins, meal replacements, hygiene start to our campaign. Thank you to each and every “Gal”!
products and other supplies are simply not covered. Board President Sarah Kitchen gratefully accepted the
Significant costs such as these would be difficult for donation on behalf of CLH Foundation.
anyone, and without the help of CLH, it is uncertain how
the 90 adults in our Supported Living Homes, many of of CLH, the cost of the prescription – at $800 monthly –
whom have complex medical needs, would be able pay would be an insurmountable barrier to this transformative
those costs. treatment.

For example, one CLH-supported individual requires Your generous support of Commitment to Care and
specialized feeding-tube food that costs more than $700 CLH Foundation will ensure that success stories like these
monthly. He has no ability to pay for this, so CLH covers can continue to be a reality – and that those who need
these costs month after month, year after year – and our help can continue to count on us. To learn more,
with this support this gentleman has thrived. Another make a donation, or become a monthly donor, visit
individual was suffering seizures when he came to CLH, www.clhfoundation.ca
with very limited ability to express himself. CLH pays for
his unfunded (but crucial) medication, and it has had the
most wonderful impact: his seizures have decreased,
and he is able to speak very well. Without the assistance

To learn more or donate towards
this campaign, visit www.CLHFoundation.ca

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