“It’s a very, very good cause for the area,” said George Othmer, office manager at Royal LePage Best Choice Realty, of the Temiskaming Hospital Foundation’s Care Close to Home campaign. Some of the Temiskaming Shores-based office’s agents are donating $10 to the capital fundraising campaign for each real estate transaction in the past year. It’s an ongoing effort, said Othmer, at left, as he turned a donation over to Foundation board member Pat Willard-Inglis. “We’re hoping next year we’ll do better yet,” he said. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)