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News
Healthkick Huron wins top
economic development award
Winning top hon-
ours for the
Healthkick Huron
project from the
Ontario Economic
Development
Conference shows
that Seaforth isn't
the only place to real-
ize that physician
recruitment is pivotal
to a healthy local
economy, says Paul
Nichol, manager of
the Huron Business
Development
Corporation (HBDC).
"Someone sees the
connection between
strong healthcare
and economic devel-
opment," he says, fol-
lowing the award's
presentation in
Toronto over the
weekend.
The Huron East-
Seaforth Community
Development Trust
and the HBDC were
co -recipients of the
award in the new cat-
egory of physician
recruitment.
Healthkick Huron,
originally known as
the six -pronged Skills
for Healthcare
Attraction and
Retention Pilot
(SHARP) project,
received $300,000 in
provincial funding in
2005 as well as a con-
tribution of $150,000
from the Seaforth
Community
Development Trust to
Gwen Devereaux, Paul
Economic Development
Huron.
promote healthcare
careers in Huron
County.
The project aimed
to encourage high
school students to
consider a healthcare
career, provide expe-
rience for youth at
local health facilities,
provide nursing
training for the local
workforce, create
temporary work
placements for recent
health graduates,
make the area attrac-
tive to international
medical grads and
create community
Susan Hundertmark photo
Nichol and Laura Overholt pose with the Ontario
Conference award won this weekend by Healthkick
ambassador teams to
promote the area.
"It was the innova-
tion of what we were
offering. The whole
strategy is around
doctor recruitment -
you need all of that to
attract doctors to the
area," says Gwen
Devereaux, creator of
the project and physi-
cian recruiter for hos-
pitals in Huron and
Perth counties.
Nichol adds that
another strength of
the project is the fact
that it was communi-
ty -driven.
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meal in one of our six restaurants and lounges, relax in our adult -only pool
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negotiations.
" A l l
small com-
munities are
facing the
same issues
and we set
out to set
this commu-
nity apart.
We were try-
ing to create
a buzz. We
wanted to
say, `If you
want to
practise
medicine in
a rural com-
munity, you
want to do it
in Seaforth,"
he says.
Devereaux
says she's
made sure that
physicians looking for
a practice know all
about the Healthkick
initiative, adding
that projects like
MedQuest - which
gives high school stu-
dents a taste of med-
ical careers during a
weeklong summer
camp - are particular-
ly exciting.
"Everyone recruit-
ing doctors speaks to
their beautiful com-
munities but we've
shown them some-
thing innovative and
new," says
Devereaux.
Close to 20
Seaforth community
members represent-
ing the hospital, the
trust and the munici-
pality, attended the
awards ceremony
over the weekend.
"Quite a hoot went
up when we were
announced," says pro-
ject manager Laura
Overholt.
"This award pro-
vides recognition that
we are doing some-
thing special here in
Huron County and to
receive this level of
award is outstand-
ing," she says.
by Susan
Hundertmark
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Buy 4 Duette
honeycomb shades and receive
a $100 Gas Gift Card!'
'With mail -in offer.
Offer valid from January t to April 30', 2007.
Limitations and restrictions apply
Hunterpouglas
Free Installation for a Limited Time!
Box Furniture
& Floor Coverings
We're open: Mon-Thurs 9-5:30, Friday 9-8, Sat 9-4
20 Main St. Seaforth (519) 527-0680
News
Healthkick Huron wins top
economic development award
Winning top hon-
ours for the
Healthkick Huron
project from the
Ontario Economic
Development
Conference shows
that Seaforth isn't
the only place to real-
ize that physician
recruitment is pivotal
to a healthy local
economy, says Paul
Nichol, manager of
the Huron Business
Development
Corporation (HBDC).
"Someone sees the
connection between
strong healthcare
and economic devel-
opment," he says, fol-
lowing the award's
presentation in
Toronto over the
weekend.
The Huron East-
Seaforth Community
Development Trust
and the HBDC were
co -recipients of the
award in the new cat-
egory of physician
recruitment.
Healthkick Huron,
originally known as
the six -pronged Skills
for Healthcare
Attraction and
Retention Pilot
(SHARP) project,
received $300,000 in
provincial funding in
2005 as well as a con-
tribution of $150,000
from the Seaforth
Community
Development Trust to
Gwen Devereaux, Paul
Economic Development
Huron.
promote healthcare
careers in Huron
County.
The project aimed
to encourage high
school students to
consider a healthcare
career, provide expe-
rience for youth at
local health facilities,
provide nursing
training for the local
workforce, create
temporary work
placements for recent
health graduates,
make the area attrac-
tive to international
medical grads and
create community
Susan Hundertmark photo
Nichol and Laura Overholt pose with the Ontario
Conference award won this weekend by Healthkick
ambassador teams to
promote the area.
"It was the innova-
tion of what we were
offering. The whole
strategy is around
doctor recruitment -
you need all of that to
attract doctors to the
area," says Gwen
Devereaux, creator of
the project and physi-
cian recruiter for hos-
pitals in Huron and
Perth counties.
Nichol adds that
another strength of
the project is the fact
that it was communi-
ty -driven.
THE GREAT CANADIAN WEEKEND...
...at Toronto's Entertainment Hotel! Shop your way through great
post -holiday deals at the Toronto Eaton Centre; enjoy a leisurely skate at
Nathan Phillips Square or take -in Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning
The Phantom of the Opera. And when the day is owl. enjoy a sumptuous
meal in one of our six restaurants and lounges, relax in our adult -only pool
and health club or pamper yourself with our in -mons spa service.
BONUS!! Stay a 3rd consecutive weekend night and
receive a complimentary $25 Canadian Tire Gift Card.
DELTA
CHELSEA
DOWNTOWN TORONTO
From jusl
s119.cos
Your room Is reedy
Call I -800 -CHELSEA (243-5732) or visit www.deltachelsea.com/canadian
Plus, "Check In To Win" at Delta, January 15 - April 13, 2007. Everyone's a winner!
'Weekend is defined as Friday & Saturday., 3rd day is defined as Thursday or Sunday. Subject to availability, conditions/restrictions apply, new bookings only.
Valid for slays from January 4 to April 29, 2007. 'f}ademark of CanadiarrTire Corporation Limited.
negotiations.
" A l l
small com-
munities are
facing the
same issues
and we set
out to set
this commu-
nity apart.
We were try-
ing to create
a buzz. We
wanted to
say, `If you
want to
practise
medicine in
a rural com-
munity, you
want to do it
in Seaforth,"
he says.
Devereaux
says she's
made sure that
physicians looking for
a practice know all
about the Healthkick
initiative, adding
that projects like
MedQuest - which
gives high school stu-
dents a taste of med-
ical careers during a
weeklong summer
camp - are particular-
ly exciting.
"Everyone recruit-
ing doctors speaks to
their beautiful com-
munities but we've
shown them some-
thing innovative and
new," says
Devereaux.
Close to 20
Seaforth community
members represent-
ing the hospital, the
trust and the munici-
pality, attended the
awards ceremony
over the weekend.
"Quite a hoot went
up when we were
announced," says pro-
ject manager Laura
Overholt.
"This award pro-
vides recognition that
we are doing some-
thing special here in
Huron County and to
receive this level of
award is outstand-
ing," she says.
by Susan
Hundertmark