The Close to Home Campaign has launched with a flourish. St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation announced today there has been a 6 million dollar anonymous donation for their drive to build a free standing residential hospice in Saskatoon.

Gene Dupuis, the campaign’s Honourary Co-Chair says there is do much more we can do to meet the needs of the dying and their families. The 6 million dollars is the largest single donation made to St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in its history.

St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has now raised 14.5 million dollars towards their 20 million dollar goal in the Close to Home Campaign for Hospice and End of Life Care.