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Michael Garron Hospital’s East End Eats

When you think about a community hospital, it’s challenging to find one as beloved as Michael Garron Hospital (MGH). Serving nearly 400,000 individuals in 22 distinct East Toronto neighbourhoods, MGH has devoted its programs to meet the community’s changing needs, making the hospital the heart of the east.

The devotion to MGH has resulted in a rather enviable problem for the hospital: many young East End professionals have sought to volunteer to give back to their neighbourhood hospital but without a clear place to put those donations to work.

So in 2019, George Tory, a member of the Board of Directors with Michael Garron Hospital, along with Shannon Moon, the hospital’s Vice President of Annual Programs, Events and

Operations, came up with the unique idea to create the MGH Impact Council. Its mandate is to engage young professionals in fundraising activities supporting MGH. COVID-19 delayed the initial launch of the Impact Council, but the group reconvened in 2021 to develop its first event: East End Eats.

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The event includes a tour through the Queen and Broadview area to sample local food and drink pairings with an after-party at the historic Broadview Hotel.

Proceeds from East End Eats support elevated patient care, equipment and programs that benefit all East Enders. From there, hospital staff, nurses, doctors, administration will be invited to submit project ideas, and the Impact Council will choose one to fund.

The Richards Group is proud to be a sponsor of East End Eats.

To join us and the Impact Council in making the East End a healthier, happier community, visit mghf.ca/eastendeats