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This runway show by lauded designer Zac Posen was spearheaded by Suzanne Rogers’ Fashion for Passion Foundation and raised $150,000 for Holland Bloorview.
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RBC Wealth Management & RBC Insurance;
The Menkes Charity Golf Classic teed off to support Holland Bloorview Foundation for the first time, raising $62,500 for kids with disabilities.
Chairman and Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management.
Lesley Marks Senior Vice President and
Many generous corporate partners support Change for Kids. Thanks to our Founding Partners: City, Great Wolf Lodge and Scotiabank. Additional thanks to Cadillac Fairview, Canadian Tire, Captivate, Cineplex, Corus Entertainment, The Globe and Mail, Metroland, Rogers, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Sport Chek, Tim Hortons, Trillium Automobile Dealers Association and the Toronto Star.
Chief Investment Officer, Fundamental Canadian Equities at BMO Asset Management.
John Wilson
Country music star Gord Bamford presented a $10,000 cheque to support music therapy at the Hospital.
Chief Executive Officer; Co-Chief Investment Officer; Senior Portfolio Manager at Sprott Asset Management.
GMP Securities, a loyal supporter of Holland Bloorview Foundation events and initiatives since 1996, made a significant gift to the Change for Kids campaign, bringing their lifetime giving to $350,000.
Staff and campers from Camp Manitou raised $8,500 and donated their time to help keep the Spiral Garden in tip-top shape.
Elpida Gala
The Change for Kids campaign raised $580,000.
See more kid fundraisers, celebrities and partners at hollandbloorviewfoundation.ca.
To view our donors online please go to hollandbloorview.ca/donor_list
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Holland Bloorview welcomed a visit from some Blue Jays stars who put their skills to the test in a game of wheelchair baseball. Jays Care Foundation also provided financial support for Holland Bloorview’s Busy Bodies program.
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Change for Kids
You Create Change
Throughout 2015, donors can contribute to this initiative, which BNN and The Globe and Mail monitor and report on quarterly. Updates are posted regularly at changeforkids.ca.
Neil Selfe, Board Director and Chair of Change for Kids, has made a significant impact at Holland Bloorview since joining the Board in 2012. As the founder of INFOR Financial Group, he is a leader in both business and charitable work. Neil engaged corporations and individuals in all aspects of the campaign, including the new Change for Kids Investor Challenge. The Selfe Family Neil recruited the investment managers and got business media interests involved. Neil, his wife Chrisula and their children are all enthusiastically involved in changing the world for kids with disabilities.
Message from the Chair and the President and CEO
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Change for Kids Investor Challenge
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ANNUAL REPORT TO DONORS
Fundraising for Change
Three of Canada’s top investment managers have committed to help kids with disabilities by applying their skills and passion to grow invested funds donated by Change for Kids Investor Challenge donors for a period of one year, from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
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The Ethel V. Leaver Foundation gives $3.5 million to Holland Bloorview There is a lot of history between the Leaver family and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Dianne Richards, niece of Ethel V. Leaver, tells the story of how the family of longtime donors saw their connection to Holland Bloorview deepen in the 1970s, when a young family member was injured in an accident that resulted in a lengthy rehabilitation. This family has never forgotten the profound ways in which Holland Bloorview helped them recover. Now, the family has made a generous commitment to help change the lives of thousands of other children with disabilities. The Ethel V. Leaver Foundation donated a $3.5 million gift to Holland Bloorview to benefit autism research and to create the George, Ethel and Joyce Leaver Inpatient Unit. On behalf of the Leaver family and Foundation, Ms. Richards says, “We want the best for all the children at Holland Bloorview. I hope we can help as many children Joyce Leaver as possible.”
The Biggar Endowment Reaches Goal
Dr. Biggar
Bob Armstrong and Doug Biggar have been friends since their school days. While one pursued a career in finance, the other began a career in medicine. Years later, they would reunite, volunteering and working for Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. A former medical director of the Hospital, Dr. Biggar was an early pioneer in the use of the steroid deflazacort in the treatment of kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, while Bob raised money for the Hospital and stewarded the invested assets of the Foundation, which today are valued at $100 million. In 2012, with Doug thinking about retirement and Bob ending his long years of service on the Foundation’s Board of Directors, the idea of The Biggar Endowment emerged. Doug worked on the vision and objectives of the endowment while Bob was busy raising money with other friends of Dr. Biggar, including The Ward Family Foundation and The Harold E. Ballard
Foundation, who were significant donors in the early days of the endowment.
Dear Friends,
In December 2014, The Biggar Endowment reached its goal of raising $1 million thanks to a spirited matching campaign by the Armstrong family. Friends and client families spared no effort to rally for the cause. In addition to 116 individual contributions, the concert event Music Heals has raised more than $106,000 for the endowment over the past three years.
You will likely notice that our report to donors looks different this year, but we know that you will quickly see that the heart of it remains the same. As always, this report is more than just a retrospective look at the ways your generosity helped shape our year. It is a celebration of change. As donors who support Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, you make every day an opportunity to change the world for kids with disabilities.
Funding from The Biggar Endowment will help clinical investigators, like Dr. Laura McAdam, develop innovative programming to empower youth with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to live fulfilling and rewarding lives.
You make change possible. Come and walk through Holland Bloorview with us. You will see the profound impact of your commitment. Your support inspires our clinicians, scientists and staff who work tirelessly to create a better world for kids with disabilities. Most importantly, you help nurture every child and family that comes to Holland Bloorview. You give them more hope for the future.
An improved quality of life does not happen overnight. First, kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy need to believe it is possible. Then it will take a communal effort by the young person with muscular dystrophy and a network of supportive family, friends, physicians, health care professionals and service providers to make it happen. Many lives have been extended thanks to Dr. Biggar’s deflazacort treatment and his compassionate care of kids and families. One day Dr. Biggar may fully retire, but The Biggar Endowment will guarantee, for all time, that new and innovative strategies are developed for young people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This will ensure that they receive the support they need to have a better quality of life and live healthier, happier lives.
In December, Holland Bloorview Foundation launched a new Change for Kids digital fundraising campaign. Inspired by the health care teams at Holland Bloorview who change lives every day, Change for Kids gave people an opportunity to honour those who make a difference in their lives. The campaign focused on the #HBYOUfie, a new way to take a simple photo or video and turn it into a show of gratitude for the people around us who change our lives. Tennis star Milos Raonic created a #HBYOUfie and encouraged others to do the same. Milos Raonic Chatelaine’s Editor-in-Chief, Karine Ewart, donated and challenged her readers to create their own #HBYOUfie while Mitchell, a Holland Bloorview Ambassador, raised $1,700 for Change for Kids at his school.
This report is just the beginning of our conversation. When you visit the Foundation website, you will see more stories about the donors and partners who gave to Holland Bloorview this year with a heartfelt generosity that is truly inspirational. Thank you for everything you do to change the world for kids with disabilities.
Tracey Bailey President and CEO Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation
Jason Smith Chair, Board of Directors Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation
This year, Spirit Halloween raised more than $42,000 from in-store donations, and has raised an incredible $130,000 since 2011 for the Change for Kids campaign. Liam
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