Simply Audiobooks Helps Ontario Hospitals Bring Comfort, Entertainment to Ailing Patients
Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital is the first of ten Southern Ontario hospitals to receive an audio book library from Simply Audiobooks. The online audio book rental provider has committed $50k in audio books to Canadian health care facilities.
Toronto (PRWEB) June 9, 2005 -- Simply Audiobooks launched a charitable
campaign at Princess Margaret Hospital today, aimed at bringing the joy of
reading to Ontario health care patients. The Oakville-based audio book rental
provider has committed $50,000 in audio books to be shared between 10 Southern
Ontario hospitals.
Speaking to an audience of patients and staff
gathered at a concert for the Princess Margaret Hospital’s Diversional
Activities Program, Simply Audiobooks CEO Sean Neville kicked off two weeks of
donations by explaining the important role literature plays in enriching
patients’ lives.
“Books are vehicles that transport their readers to new
worlds where the imagination comes alive. They stimulate the mind and can take
you away from your stresses. Hospital patients in particular can benefit from
the positive effects of a good read, especially with books in audio format,”
said Neville.
Heather Hardie, Manager of Volunteer Services who
coordinates the Diversional Activities program at Princess Margaret accepted the
audio book library. “A simple gesture such as offering audio books to pass the
time can mean so much for patients. They tell how us how much it helps fill long
days, and how much easier they are to use than holding a printed book,” said
Hardie.
Neville will personally deliver ten audio book libraries to the
following hospitals throughout the region over the next two weeks. Each library
is valued at more than $5,000 and includes electronic listening devices to help
the hospitals make the donations more easily accessible to their patients.
Hospitals to receive the donations are:
Toronto: Princess Margaret and
St. Michael’s Hospitals
Barrie: Royal Victoria Hospital
Brampton: William
Osler Health Centre
Burlington: Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
Guelph:
Guelph General Hospital
London: St. Joseph's Health Centre
Mississauga:
Credit Valley Hospital
Newmarket: Southlake Regional Health Centre
Oakville: Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
This is not the first
time Simply Audiobooks has taken a proactive stance on community relations. In
January of 2005, the company answered a call from New Jersey State Assemblyman
Bill Baroni, delivering $10,000 in audio books to members of the New Jersey
National Guard serving overseas. Simply Audiobooks counts servicemen and women
in the United States as an important part of its member base, regularly
delivering audio books to personnel overseas through Army Post Office addresses.
Simply Audiobooks also donates regularly to school charities and
fundraising events on a case by case basis.
About Simply
Audiobooks
Simply Audiobooks is the largest online provider of CD audio book
rentals serving North America. Launched in 2003, the company was the first to
offer an unlimited rental model for audio books, with free direct-to-door
delivery and no late fees. Simply Audiobooks stocks thousands of titles in
multiple genres, including fiction, non-fiction, business, spiritual, classic
and children's literature. With offices in Toronto, Buffalo and Las Vegas,
Simply Audiobooks is the only audio book rental provider to service the United
States and Canada. For more information visit www.simplyaudiobooks.com.
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