Skip to content

Santa Breakfast raising funds for mental health unit

Hundreds took part in the Skookum Asphalt Santa Breakfast at the Sternwheeler Hotel on Nov. 26 for the 19thannual Northwestel Festival of Trees, which is a fundraiser for the Yukon Hospital Foundation (YHF).
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_1
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)

Hundreds took part in the Skookum Asphalt Santa Breakfast at the Sternwheeler Hotel on Nov. 26 for the 19thannual Northwestel Festival of Trees, which is a fundraiser for the Yukon Hospital Foundation (YHF).

From Nov. 24 to Dec. 3, YHF puts on a variety of events, culminating with the Grand Ball on Dec. 3, to raise funds in supporting the creation of a $1.5-million 12-bed mental health unit at Whitehorse General Hospital. The festival’s title sponsor, Northwestel, has donated $90,000 towards the unit.

Much of the fundraising comes from the auctioning of specially created Christmas trees that are donated by many Yukon businesses.

Mike Thomas, Courtesy of the Yukon Hospital Foundation

31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_2
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_4
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_3
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_5
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_6
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_7
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_8
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_221202_YKN_front_santabreakfast-cmyk_10
(Mike Thomas/Courtesy of Yukon Hospital Foundation)
31182750_web1_cmyk-_1