{"id":2280,"date":"2020-08-20T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhslp.com\/canterbury\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2020-08-20T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:24:14","slug":"richmond-native-blake-saunders-spearheads-fundraiser-for-nursing-team-at-canterbury-rehabilitation-healthcare-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canterburyrehab.com\/richmond-native-blake-saunders-spearheads-fundraiser-for-nursing-team-at-canterbury-rehabilitation-healthcare-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond Native Blake Saunders Spearheads Fundraiser for Nursing Team at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blake Saunders (right), with Canterbury care team members (left and center) Jennifer Hall, LPN, and Theresa Jones, CNA, who were among the 23 \u201cHelp our Henrico Heroes Now\u201d fundraiser beneficiaries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>GoFundMe Campaign and Additional Contribution Yield Nearly $7,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

HENRICO, Va., \u202fJuly 1, \u202f2020 \u2013\u202fRichmond native Blake Saunders set out to show appreciation and recognize the heroism of the nursing team at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. His effort yielded a successful GoFundMe campaign and partial match; this week, nearly two dozen nurses and certified nursing assistants who worked full-time during the height of the COVID-19 crisis received checks for $300. <\/p>\n

Simply put, the Henrico community answered the call put forth by Saunders\u2019 \u201cHelp our Henrico Heroes Now\u201d campaign, which raised $5,449. The Healthcare Heroes in Action Fund, a Florida not-for-profit that raised a quarter of a million dollars to help Heroes around the nation, donated an additional $1,451, bringing the total to $6,900. <\/p>\n

Saunders, a parole and probation officer who supervises the gang unit for the Department of Corrections for Henrico County, previously worked as a dietary aid at a nursing home. He noted this first-hand experience has helped him understand the sacrifice Canterbury\u2019s front-liners have made during coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen how hard nurses work under normal circumstances, and I recognize how truly heroic \u2013 and sometimes thankless \u2013 their efforts have been over the past three months,\u201d Saunders said. \u201cIn life, I feel that I\u2019ve taken more than I\u2019ve given. I knew organizing this effort to spread love and recognize the tremendous work of the team at Canterbury was an important thing to do.\u201d Saunders said he feels a particular connection to Canterbury, having been born in a house on Cambridge Drive \u2013 the street on which the skilled nursing facility is located. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith this contribution to Canterbury\u2019s direct care providers, we join with thousands in the Canterbury community and hundreds of thousands throughout the U.S., in saying thank you to our full-time nurses and nursing assistants for caring and doing your very best in the face of an international pandemic that has proven impossible to control,\u201d said Aaron Lichtman, a member of the Healthcare Heroes in Action Fund\u2019s Fundraising Committee. \u201cYou saved lives, lifted morale and always put your residents before yourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n

Henrico\u2019s local businesses, organizations, community groups and individuals have provided countless gestures of kindness and support for the care team at the skilled nursing facility throughout the last few months. Those include hand-made masks, trays of food, guardian angel pins, flowers and more, along with lawn signs, thank you cards and notes of encouragement.\u202f <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely grateful to Mr. Saunders for all he has personally done to recognize our nurses, and thank the Healthcare Heroes in Action Fund and the entire Henrico community for their support,\u201d noted Jeremiah Davis, Canterbury\u2019s administrator. \u201cWe are truly touched by the community\u2019s continued generosity and kindness.\u201d <\/p>\n

Canterbury in June marked a recoveries milestone, with more than 100 residents and\u202fcare team members\u202fnow cleared of COVID-19. The number of recovered residents and staff continues to grow, according to Davis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GoFundMe Campaign and Additional Contribution Yield Nearly $7,000 HENRICO, Va., \u202fJuly 1, \u202f2020 \u2013\u202fRichmond native Blake Saunders set out to show appreciation and recognize the heroism of the nursing team at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. 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