{"id":588837,"date":"2026-04-07T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588837\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:30:07","slug":"silent-auction-and-gala-aim-to-raise-1m-to-bring-new-hospital-to-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588837\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent auction and gala aim to raise $1M to bring new hospital to Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 900 guests helped raise more than $1.2 million for health care in Brampton and Etobicoke, including the Peel Memorial Centre upgrade project. (Photo: Osler)<\/p>\n<p>Brampton\u2019s\u00a0Holi Gala is returning for another year with a goal of raising $1 million for health care in Brampton and Etobicoke, including the Peel Memorial Centre upgrade project.<\/p>\n<p>The 13th-annual Holi Gala is this weekend in Brampton, bringing the community together for the William Osler Health System Foundation\u2019s signature spring event featuring food and live entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>And while the ticketed event has already sold out, there\u2019s also an online silent auction to raise funds for Osler health care projects, with packages including a Niagara Falls family adventure package, a dinner and art experience at the Art Gallery of Ontario, an introductory pilot lesson, jewellery, shopping excursions and much more.<\/p>\n<p>The auction ends on Saturday, and Osler has set a $1 million target for this year\u2019s event, with funds going towards turning the Peel Memorial Centre into Brampton\u2019s second hospital.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the items up for auction by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/trellis.org\/holigala\/auction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.trellis.org\/holigala\/auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Holi Gala has helped raise millions in support of William Osler Health System, including over $1.2 million last year. The funds have helped fund \u201clifesaving equipment and transformative hospital projects across our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario government has committed nearly $46.8 million in capital planning funding to build the new hospital.<\/p>\n<p>First opened over 100 years ago, the first Peel Memorial Centre had just 12 beds and a nursery in the estate home of William Elliot \u2013 a farmer and politician who represented Peel in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1882.<\/p>\n<p>The new hospital will also include a new multi-storey patient tower with up to 250 inpatient beds and the ability to scale up in the future, a new \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d ED, and an expanded post-acute care services that will help free up beds at Brampton Civic Hospital, the province says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 26,672 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,279,870 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    61 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you support Canada\u2019s Wonderland\u2019s new chaperone policy for teens under 16?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over 900 guests helped raise more than $1.2 million for health care in Brampton and Etobicoke, including the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-588837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}