Alberta Health Services has launched a “toys for tickets” campaign to take the sting out of a parking ticket and provide toys for children in hospital.
Anyone who received an AHS-issued parking ticket in November can donate a new unwrapped toy with a value of at least $25 before Dec. 13 rather than paying their fine, according to an AHS press release.
“The campaign was so successful last year in Calgary and Edmonton that we decided to expand it this holiday season across the province, including at both the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge and the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital,” says Michael Stanford, executive director of capital management, for the AHS south zone. “In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, we felt this is a good way to give back and make some of our patients’ time in hospital a little brighter.”
Toys should be in the original packaging and appropriate for children from newborn to 17 years. The toys will be donated to the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation and Medicine Hat & District Health Foundation and given to children in hospital.
