Tenaris executives meet with SAHF and NOSM University representatives to mark donation announcement. Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Tenaris has announced two donations totaling $200,000 CAD to support its community of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where its pipe manufacturing operations is based – a gift to the Sault Area Hospital Foundation and the introduction of a scholarship program with NOSM University.
The $50k donation to the Sault Area Hospital Foundation is in support of its Women and Children’s Health program which provides services and care to expectant mothers, newborns and children.
“We’re so grateful for the continued support of Tenaris,” said Executive Director of the Sault Area Hospital Foundation Teresa Martone. “Their gifts have helped our newest Saultites receive outstanding care at Sault Area Hospital, and their continued support will ensure these services can grow and evolve to support the ongoing needs of our community.”
Tenaris has had a longstanding partnership with the Sault Area Hospital (SAH) and Sault Area Hospital Foundation (SAHF), having invested $1M CAD in 2006 to help with the establishment of the Maternal Health Unit at SAH. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenaris also donated hundreds of N95 respirators and liters of hand sanitizer to the hospital.
The company is also partnering with the NOSM University to launch a scholarship program that will award a total of $150K CAD over three years to medical learners completing their residency in Sault Ste. Marie. Ten first-year and second-year residents at the university will receive a $5k scholarship to apply toward their residency training.
“We are grateful to Tenaris for their generosity and dedication to community. By supporting residents who are practicing in Sault Ste. Marie, we are better able to recruit and retain health-care practitioners that are needed to sustain healthy communities,” said Dr. Sarita Verma, President, Vice Chancellor, Dean and CEO at NOSM University.
“We are proud to contribute to help extend the reach of critical health care services and programs to sustain the well-being and future needs of the community, home to our growing employee base and their families,” said Ricardo Prosperi, president of Tenaris in Canada, who visited the hospital.
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