No price tag is too high for a healthy community.

That was on display at Stanton Territorial Hospital Charity FoundationSA国际影视传媒檚 Denim and Diamonds event at the Explorer Hotel on Saturday evening. While the Foundation is still tallying its results, roughly 260 people attended.

Typically these events can raise anywhere from $50,000 to 75,000, according to Foundation executive director Patty Olexin-Lang.

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They money raised this Saturday will help purchase equipment, support patience and offer additional training for healthcare professionals at the hospital. In the past the Foundation has offered support to the dialysis unit, the mammography machine and other smaller pieces.

The $2 million from an anonymous donor this June, for example, will fund a three-year mental health program aimed at youth and children. The foundation is working with the NWT Health and Social Services Authority and the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, and is planning to have the program roll out in January.

Foundation donations can also go toward healthcare training like oncology for the professionals at Stanton Hospital. Additional training like that, typically offered only in the south, is rarely budgeted.

Support like the fundraiser can offer professionals these additional opportunities.

She added this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 fundraiser also saw purchases through a silent auction and the organizationSA国际影视传媒檚 catalogue SA国际影视传媒� additional items like a Kangaroo e-pump Enteral feeding pump for pediatrics. Olexin-Lang estimates at least one or two of these were purchased.

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On top of the fundraising, there was a praiseworthy meal. For salad, it was northern greens with fresh berries, candied pecans and goat cheese blueberry vinaigrette before the main course. Dinner was boar bacon wrapped beef tenderloin served with roast potatoes and vegetables. Dessert SA国际影视传媒� tiramisu cake with coffee SA国际影视传媒� followed.

Country-rock singer Ben Chase took the stage after dinner to entertain attendees well into the evening.

It was all evidence for Olexin-Lang of the support charity can garner even in lean times.

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