MOUNT Miriam Cancer Hospital in Penang is inviting food stall ope-rators and sponsors to participate in its upcoming biennial charity food and fun fair.
Themed ‘Chin Ho Chiak’ (Hokkien for ‘truly delicious’), the fair aims to raise RM500,000 for the hospital’s Needy Cancer Patient Fund.
For a good cause: Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital aims to raise RM500,000 at the fair for its Needy Cancer Patient Fund. Hospital Corporate & Communications Manager Jenny Ooi said the fair was an important fundraising activity, especially with the rising number of cancer patients seeking treatment at the hospital every year.
“Being a non-profit hospital, it is now increasingly expensive to operate a cancer hospital.
“With the increasing number of cancer pa-tients being treated in the hospital through the years, it puts a heavy burden on our resources and we therefore depend heavily on revenues generated from patients’ fees and more so on community support,” Ooi said in a statement on Friday.
She added that the Needy Cancer Patient Fund was set up to provide medical subsidies to deserving and needy patients.
“Despite escalating treatment costs, the hospital has always en-sured that each patient is given the best possible treatment option regardless of his financial status.
“Yearly, an average of more than RM700,000 is disbursed for this cause,” she said.
The Chin Ho Chiak food and fun fair is scheduled for April 15 at the hospital’s premises on Jalan Bulan, Tanjung Bungah.
Ooi said the hospital was seeking individuals and organisations to sponsor or set up food stalls, donate to the fair or assist them in selling tickets at RM20 per booklet.
All monetary donations will be issued with a tax exempt receipt.
For more information, call Mount Miriam’s Community Relations De-partment at 04-8907044.
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