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Irving Oil Donates $40,000 to Fuel the Care

Sixth year for program that provides fuel assistance when family member is ill
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- With a backdrop of family, friends and staff members of the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD), Irving Oil announced a $40,000 donation for the 2009 Fuel the Care Program on Wednesday at the Manchester, N.H., annex of CHaD. Fuel the Care provides fuel assistance to families who are making the trip between home and hospital while a child in the family is receiving medical care.

Irving partnered with CHaD in 2003, and Fuel the Care has since benefited thousands of families throughout New Hampshire and Vermont.

Dr. Steven Paris, M.D., [image-nocss] medical director at CHaD Manchester, said during the announcement that Fuel the Care allows families to be together during this stressful time. "Taking care of children is taking care of the whole family," said Paris. "So the Irving program is really a program from Heaven. It allows us to treat our patient's appropriately."

Dr. Pamela M. Hofley, M.D., is CHaD's southern region medical director. Hofley said CHaD serves two rural states, New Hampshire and Vermont, and at times families have to ask the question "how can I afford to get to the doctor." Fuel the Care, she said, helps answer that question. The program is vital, Hofley also said, because the "most frequent patients we have are babies in neonatal care or haematology."

Irving Oil spokesperson Lars Trodson said the company "has been honored to be associated with the staff at [ChaD] these past six years. The hard work is done here. When we hear the kinds of stories like the one Donna Vega told us today, we're very moved to be a part of their lives."

Founded in 1924, Irving Oil-based in Saint John, New Brunswick, in Canada and Portsmouth, N.H., in the United States-is a leading regional refining and marketing company that serves retail, commercial, industrial and residential customers in Eastern Canada and New England with a range of finished energy products and complementary services. The company offers fuel at more than 700 locations in Atlantic Canada and New England, including company-operated, leased and independent sites.

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