(Thursday, June 24, 2021, Chapleau, ON) The Chapleau General Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce a $10,000 donation from Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), which will help support Services de santé de Chapleau Health Services' (SSCHS) Grow Your Own fund.

"Grow Your Own is our health care staff recruitment and retention fund. Recruitment and Retention are top priorities at SSCHS, as well as one of the top fundraising priorities for the Hospital Foundation," said Foundation Coordinator Lindsay Briscoe.

Through this fund, SSCHS will aim to assist those who are currently pursuing, entering, or considering a career in a health care field.

"We are pleased to help support an initiative that will lead to sustaining the health and wellbeing of our community," said Tim Yanni, General Manager of the company's Chapleau sawmill, "It is more important than ever that our community retain caring, qualified and capable healthcare professionals."

Chapleau General Hospital Foundation outgoing Chair John Branchaud extends a sincere thank you to RYAM for their support and commitment to health care in the Chapleau area.

"We are incredibly grateful to RYAM for their generosity and for investing in our recruitment and retention efforts. With this money we will be able to work towards our goal of attracting and keeping quality health care professionals in Chapleau," said Branchaud.

Photo: Lindsay Briscoe, Foundation Coordinator; Lina Card, RYAM Human Resources Coordinator; Chantal Fortin, RYAM Health and Safety Specialist; Dawn Morissette, SSCHS CEO; John Branchaud, Outgoing Foundation Chair; Denise Portelance-Godin, Foundation Board Member.