Roberts Creek Legion members raised $2,500 at a tailgate sale April 8 held in the Legion parking lot as a fundraiser to help cover medical costs of Legion member Frank McElroy.
Event organizer Arwen MacDonald, artistic and administrative director of the Rogue Arts Festival, Diane Macintosh, former Creek Legion president, and Pamela Messner rallied McElroy’s friends and community members to sell personal and donated items with all profits going to him and his wife Heather Conn.
“I’m so moved by the generosity, kindness and care of our local community,” Conn said. “Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this event and helped make it happen.”
Legion bartender Gail Bland also solicited funds from Legion members and others April 6 at the Legion’s evening Brain Freeze trivia contest.
McElroy was diagnosed in early March with liver disease, cancer and diabetes and received emergency and critical care at Sechelt Hospital for about a month. As a U.S. citizen who had not yet completed his permanent residency application, he was charged U.S. visitor medical rates, which amounted to about $3,600 a day plus doctors’ fees and other costs.
Community members have contributed almost $16,000 to McElroy’s medical bills so far, thanks to a GoFundMe campaign. You can help by donating at www.gofundme.com/help-with-frank039s-medical-bills.
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