An Estevan couple will leave a tremendous legacy through the generosity they are showing to different organizations.
Members of the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee (NERNH) were honoured receive word that former Estevan residents Tom and Irma Trofimenkoff have left a large legacy gift to be used to replace the outdated nursing home in Estevan.
“We are considering this generous couple as our local angels, providing this thoughtful gift, just at Christmas,” says Don Kindopp, chairperson of the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee.
The six-figure bequest is the first of two installments, which will be added to the $8.3 million already in trust to build the new nursing home.
The exact figure of the donation will not be released, but it has been confirmed that this is the largest single donation by a family to the new nursing home fundraising efforts.
The committee continues to wait on approval from the provincial government to move forward with the project. The new nursing home committee needed to raise $8 million of the initially projected $40 million cost to be in the queue for long-term care projects; the funds have been in place since January 2015.
Irma Trofimenkoff’s mother was a resident of the present regional nursing home in the early 1990s.
“A bequest of this size validates our efforts,” says Kindopp. “This project is very meaningful to the people in Estevan and region and these angels have inspired us to intensify our campaign.”
Tom Trofimenkoff died in April at the age of 87, while Irma died in August at the age of 83. They were married for 47 years.
Other organizations in the region will also benefit from their generosity.
The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
