Check in for Charity
MayÞeld Inn & Suites
donates portion of holiday bookings to GoodHearts
November 15, 2010
In the spirit of giving, MayÞeld
Inn & Suites is supporting the Edmonton organ transplant
community by donating a portion of its Christmas
period guest room sales to the GoodHearts Mentoring
Foundation Transplant
Housing Project.
The donation is part of the MayÞeldÕs Friends
in Need program, an annual initiative held
at all 20 Canadian facilities managed by SilverBirch
Hotels & Resorts. Under the program the
hotel offers low holiday rates and donates
$10 from each booking from Dec. 21 to Dec.
28.
ÒThis is the 11th year of Friends in Need,
and we are thrilled to have partnered with
GoodHearts.Ó says Grant McCurdy, MayÞeldÕs
General Manager.
GoodHeartsÕ work in helping transplant patients
treated at the University of Alberta Hospital
is such a worthwhile cause that our associates
were overwhelmingly in favour of supporting
this unique charity, adds McCurdy.
ÒWe are are grateful to the MayÞeldÕs Friends
in Need for helping GoodHearts,Ó says Silvio
Dobri, one of the groupÕs founders.
ÒSupport from community-minded organizations,
such as MayÞeld and SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts,
means a great deal to a small group such as
GoodHearts. We applaud the hotel associates
and the hotel guests for their generosity,Ó
Dobri adds.
GoodHearts gives food cards and gas vouchers
to transplant patients. The
support group is also raising funds to provide
temporary housing for hundreds of
transplant patients who must relocate to Edmonton
each year for the life-saving surgery.
Most organ recipients spend between two and
Þve months in Edmonton.
The Friends in Need program was started in
1999 and has distributed $900,000
to charities across Canada. The program aims
to raise $86,000 this year.
For reservations call MayÞeld Inn & Suites
at 780.484.0821. Complete listings of
hotels can be found at www.GreatCanadianHotels.com or call 1-888-4 CANADA.
Contacts:
Silvio Dobri
GoodHearts Mentoring Foundation
780.437.6810
info@goodhearts.ca
www.goodhearts.ca
Caroline Thomson
Director of Sales & Marketing
MayÞeld Inn & Suites
780.930.4038
cthompson@silverbirchhotels.com
www.mayÞeldinnedmonton.com
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