Cancer treatment centre will now become a reality
It's taken less than four years, but the generosity of Northlanders, including a $1 million bequest, has seen the ambitious plan to raise $3 million to build a new cancer treatment unit at Whangarei Hospital reach fruition.
Three years and eight months after the Northland Community Foundation (NCF) pledged to raise $3 million for the construction of a cancer treatment centre in Whangarei through Project Promise, the target has been reached and exceeded with the help of a $1 million bequest from an anonymous benefactor in the Bay of Islands.
Project Promise has raised $3.67million. Just two weeks ago it was tantalisingly close to the $3million target but still $383,000 short.
A Bay of Islands family made the million-dollar bequest to the NCF to guarantee the success of Project Promise and to ensure that Northland's new Jim Carney Cancer Treatment Centre, which will be built on the grounds of Whangarei Hospital, would have money to assist with cancer services in the future.