The Almonte General Hospital Fairview Manor Foundation received a $1.2 million donation last month from long-time summer residents Gene and Millie Simpson.
It’s the largest gift ever to the foundation.
The Simpsons made an initial donation while the hospital was being renovated in 2004, and since 2000 they’ve been traveling here from their Santa Barbara, California home to spend summers in Almonte, where Millie has family after growing up in Carp.
Foundation Board Chair Rob Scott called it a truly transformational gift.
They continue to raise funds for their $3.24 million CT scanner campaign.
Story by Grant Deme