Mr. Speaker, Cambridge residents Val and Sheila O'Donovan recently donated $1 million to the Lisaard House Foundation, a new charitable organization establishing a hospice for terminally ill cancer patients.
Cancer patients who are too ill to be at home and who do not want to be in hospital will now have the option of staying at Lisaard House. The 6,000 square foot hospice located on 3.8 acres will provide large accommodations plus other living and meeting quarters making it easier for families and friends of cancer patients to visit and stay over.
The O'Donovans describe the donation as a gift back to the community. It is the generosity and kindness of people like Val and Sheila that has made Cambridge the caring community that it is. I call on all members to join me in thanking the O'Donovans for their incredible generosity.