Northeastern Ontario branches of the Royal Canadian Legion pooled their funds to donate $21,350 to the Northern Cancer Foundation at their annual District H meeting held in Sturgeon Falls last week.
The District H Legions, which include branches from west of Sault Ste. Marie east to North Bay, have chosen to raise funds for CT Scanner Suite technology upgrades in support of the new Lung Cancer Screening for People at High Risk Program.
The program is one of only three in Ontario and is expected to cost $500,000.
Over the last several years, the Legions have donated $645,000 to the Northeast Cancer Centre’s Brachytherapy Program.
