An open letter to all residents of the Pontiac,
As a sitting board member and President of the Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation it has once again come to my attention that the rumour questioning whether or not all monies donated to the foundation do, in fact stay in the Pontiac, or are they transferred to Gatineau.
Without reservation, I can assure all residents of the Pontiac who have taken the time to donate to your Community Hospital that their monies are here to stay. These monies can and will be used for our hospital.

Under no circumstance is any money transferred to Gatineau.
As an example, over the past 10 years a total of $661,653.40 has been generously donated to assist in the building of our new dialysis unit. This unit is badly needed in the Pontiac and I’m pleased to report that the unit will be up and running later this fall. The money is currently held by your foundation in a GIC and will be released to help fund the unit as required.
I close by stating that should anyone have questions as to how the monies are distributed please reach out to me or to the foundation office and we’ll be more than happy to answer your questions.

Richard Grimard
President, Pontiac Community
Hospital Foundation