The Gananoque Lions Club has donated $12,000 to support patient care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) over the past two years, helping strengthen health-care services for residents across the region.
Through donations made to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF), the club has supported two areas of care at KHSC: its eye clinic and the purchase of a neonatal brain monitor for the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
The contributions reflect the connection between Gananoque residents and Kingston's hospitals, with approximately 4,500 people from Gananoque receiving care at KHSC each year.
For the club, the donations are about helping ensure residents can have access to quality health care close to home.
The club's contributions were highlighted in UHKF's 2025-26 Annual Giving Report, which recognizes the impact of community donors on regional health care.
Keith Dempsey is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Brockville Recorder and Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.