Jack Wruth and Doris Shank, co-owners of Re/Max Blue Chip Realty in Yorkton, Sask., are donating a house valued at $169,900 to The Health Foundation.

“We think the work the foundation does is very important for everyone who lives in this area,” says Wruth. “The other key reason we decided to donate this house is that we all know a new regional hospital is coming to Yorkton; we can all see it is needed. The existing hospital is old and out of date. It was not built to deliver the type of healthcare provided today. We wanted to help the foundation move the process forward, to help them create awareness of the need for a new hospital, and to help them begin the fundraising that will be needed.”

The couple suggested that the foundation establish a lottery with the house as the first prize. An application for a lottery license has now been submitted.

“Our team of agents can help to market the lottery and we at Re/Max have billboards and other marketing tools that will be useful and we will make available to the foundation,” says Wruth.

“This is an amazing donation and we are very grateful to Mr. Wruth and Mrs. Shank for their generosity; this is one of the largest donations we have ever received,” says Ross Fisher, executive director of The Health Foundation.