Letter from CHF

Best Care. Most Hope. Across our Region.

A second home – that’s how many patients and their families refer to Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario. Through their health care journeys, they come to know it as a place that they can trust and feel safe in during the most difficult times in their lives.

When a child’s life is threatened, our medical professionals have the expertise to offer world-class care.

Children’s Health Research Institute is the third largest hospital-based child health research institute in Canada and is a program of Lawson Health Research Institute with affiliation to Western University. There are 111 scientists and associate scientists working to uncover the causes, cures and long-term effects of childhood health challenges. In doing so, they will be able to provide tangible outcomes that result in enhancements to preventative efforts, care, therapy and children’s overall health and well-being.

Creativity. Passion. Community.

The CAISA Fashion Show brings all these elements to their fashion show year-after-year – to the delight of audiences and for the benefit of sick children in our community.

As you put your hands together tonight to commend CAISA Fashion Show for another awe-inspiring event, please take a moment to also recognize them for their incredible philanthropy. Over the past 21 years, CAISA Fashion Show has worked diligently to raise more than $386,000 to strengthen children’s health care in our community. They are truly an inspiring group of young leaders and we at Children’s Health Foundation are honoured to be their charity of choice.

Year-after-year, their generosity positively impacts the children served by our health care partners: Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, Thames Valley Children’s Centre and Children’s Health Research Institute. CAISA Fashion Show has chosen, this year, to support ground-breaking research that will build our understanding of complex diseases. With this information, scientists will then be able to establish better treatments for kids or perhaps, in future, find cures.

Thank you CAISA Fashion Show for your commitment to improving the future of children’s health and helping children and families during their greatest time of need.

Sincerely,

R. Scott Fortnum, MA, CFRE, ACFRE