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Mar 31, 09

Tulips for Tomorrow: spring blooms on display throughout Surrey

Surrey, B.C. – Tens of thousands of Princess Irene tulips – a symbol of support for Surrey Memorial Hospital – are now on display in a couple of dozen public locations.

This marks the second annual spring bloom of Tulips for Tomorrow – a campaign by Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation to support the hospital and beautify the community.

“Not only does this terrific initiative support the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, but it also contributes towards the effort to enhance the aesthetics within the City of Surrey,” said Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts.

Surrey firefighters, Surrey Crime Prevention Society, B&B Contracting, and other groups have volunteered their time to deliver tulip displays today (March 31^st) to locations throughout Surrey, including parks, community centres, and libraries. Further displays have been created around Surrey Memorial Hospital.

In all, close to 600 planter pots full of tulips that had been stored at Burnaby Lake Greenhouses during the winter are being showcased in April throughout Surrey. This includes a special display to recognize Foundation donors, which will be set up next week inside Guildford Town Centre at Centre Court.

“By donating to Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, you are accomplishing two goals,” notes Foundation Chair Jacy Wingson. “You are helping to ensure Surrey Memorial Hospital is equipped with some of the latest technology, and you are encouraging our Tulips for Tomorrow partners to continue to lend their efforts to beautify Surrey.”

Several local businesses have partnered with Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation to support Tulips for Tomorrow by providing at no cost the tulip bulbs, soil, planter pots, storage, landscaping, delivery, signage, and creative services. Visit www.tulipsfortomorrow.com for a complete list of Tulips for Tomorrow partners.

Foxridge Homes – a Qualico company – also joined the effort by matching dollar-for-dollar the first $50,000 donated during the fall of 2008. “Qualico is pleased to support a cause as valuable to the entire region as Surrey Memorial Hospital,” says Jake Friesen, Pacific Region Vice President of Qualico Developments and a Foundation board director.

Established in 1992, Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation has raised more than $50 million to purchase medical equipment, fund innovative programs, and support training and research.

The Foundation is currently involved in its largest fundraising initiative ever, a campaign to raise $15 million to replace the hospital’s Emergency Department.

The B.C. government has committed to funding the essentials of a replacement to Surrey Memorial Hospital’s current E.R. The Foundation’s $15-million campaign will ensure the new Emergency Centre is state-of-the-art.

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