Thank you for continuing to share our vision of protecting Canada’s natural spaces and
the wildlife that make them their home. Your generous gift to the nature
Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is continuing to make a difference. It’s providing new
hope to vanishing wildlife and habitat – like the Swift Fox, dashing across the plains, or
the North American Badger, peeking out from its burrow.

We appreciate that you’ve chosen to partner with NCC to ensure we continue to protect
Canada’s rich biodiversity and expand our more than two million protected acres (over
800,000 hectare). Your latest gift will help us continue to identify our beautiful and
important land cape from coast to coast, and create a safe haven for many of Canada’s
endangered, rare and threatened animal and plant life.

Enclosed is your receipt for income tax purpose. If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact our supporter service team at 1-800-465-0029 or at 416-932-3202. We
encourage you to vi it our website at www.naturecon ervancy.ca to keep updated on our
work and to sign up for our e-bulletin, The Leaflet.

Once again, many thank for your generosity and for playing such a vital role in the
conservation of our natural heritage. We owe our great success to you!

Sincerely,

John Lounds
President & CEO

Dear Sandy & Tatiana Hutchens,

On behalf of the Board of Directors, volunteers, staff and all of
those battling leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and
myeloma and their families, thank you for your generous
donation.

Through your gift, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of
Canada will continue to fund the most promising Canadian
research until a permanent cure is found.

Your support is greatly appreciated. Thanks to you, we are
getting closer everyday.

Yours truly,

Robert Rollwagen
Chairperson, National
Board of Directors

Nancy Allen
President

Thank you so much for your loving gifts, chosen from our “Gifts of LIFE”
catalogue. Through gifts like yours, children will walk, go to school, play with friends, see a
mother’s face for the first time – parents and families will receive the tools they need to grow
their own food.

For your reference, below I’ve included a list of the gifts of LIFE that you ordered. I’ve
also enclosed a card to match each gift you gave. I hope they remind you of the ways you’ve
set children and families free … for life!

Together in His service,

Ed Epp
Executive Director, cbm Canada

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hutchens,

Thank you very much for your donation to Mount Sinai Hospital. We are so
fortunate that you have placed your trust in Mount Sinai and that you are committed to
the health and well-being of our community.

Gifts like yours truly make a difference. They help to ensure that our patient-care areas
and medical equipment are state-of-the-art, that the babies born here have the best
chance at a healthy future, and that our healthcare team have the tools they need to
provide the very best comprehensive care.

Our patients and their families count on Mount Sinai Hospital for support, for leading-
edge treatment, and perhaps most importantly, for hope in their time of great need.
Because we can count on friend like you, our patients can count on us. Thank you
again for your generosity.

Sincerely,

Chris Carter
Director, Annual Giving

P.S. Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation is pleased to recognize our caring community of
donor in a variety of ways, including in print and in our online annual report, listed by
giving level. For the purpose of public recognition your name will be listed as follow
Sandy and Tanya Hutchens

If you would like to make changes to your recognition name or if you have questions
regarding your gift or the enclosed tax receipt, pleas contact the Foundation

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Wrana, winner of the Premier’s Summit Award for Medical Research! Read about the prestigious honour bestowed last night on this Lunenfeld Senior Investigator and Mary Janigan Research Chair in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Another great research success story centres on the announcement of $22 million in funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation for the Lunenfeld research teams of Drs. Andras Nagy, Tony Pawson and Colin McKerlie. In celebration of Leave a Legacy Month, Mount Sinai psychiatrist Dr. Virginia Wesson discusses her decision to take an extra step in her support of the Hospital. You can still buy tickets to one of the season’s most glittering events, the Auxiliary Gala on May 25, to see Lionel Richie and support technological advancements at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai is up and running – and walking! – for September’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2010; registration and fundraising information is here. If you’re planning a wedding or shower, check out our beautiful Wedding cards.

York Central Hospital uses a team approach to delivering health care.

During your stay, depending on your needs, you may be seen by a variety of medical and associated health professionals – medical and surgical specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, respiratory therapists, technicians and technologists, social workers, and more. Our volunteers also enhance our services and support excellence in patient care.

Team Members
Each member of our team is committed to putting your needs fi rst, and collaborating with each other in order to provide expert and compassionate care. Here’s a look at some of their roles. We encourage you and/or your family to ask them any questions about your care throughout your stay.

* Attending Physician – The attending physician is fully informed of your health needs, and is in charge of your complete medical care while you are in the hospital. As needed, this physician orders medication, tests or treatments; works with the rest of the team to give you the best possible medical care; and refers you to specialists within the York Central Hospital.
* Nursing Staff – They ensure ongoing assessments of your condition; administer and monitor treatments and medications; discuss, co-ordinate and provide teaching and education related to your health and care needs. As well as bring any questions or concerns forward to your physician or other health care professionals.
* Nursing Manager – The nursing manager is responsible for overall care and staffing on the patient care unit.
* Social Workers – Social workers can help you and your family to cope with the impact of illness, injury and hospitalization. These health care professionals provide counseling; facilitate discharge planning; and can help you link with a wide range of community resources and supports to ensure continuity of care.
* Registered Dietitians: Registered Dietitians provide you with nutritional care and education, including assessing your nutritional requirements and monitoring nutrition care plans.
* Physiotherapy – Physiotherapists assist you in improving and maintaining your physical abilities. This includes assessments, setting goals, and the services to help you in your recovery.
* Occupational Therapy – Occupational therapists are sometimes called in if your independence has been challenged by a disease, accident, disability, or other condition. Through assessments, treatment, and education, these professionals help you to learn or re-learn how to carry out daily living activities.
* Pharmacists – Pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care and medication management services. They review, dispense and monitor all medications ordered for you in hospital including home medications to ensure you receive the best possible results from your regimen. Pharmacists also counsel you about your medications during your hospital stay and when you are discharged.
* Speech-Language Pathologists – Speech-Language Pathologists assess your speech, language and swallowing abilities. They provide education and develop treatment and management plans to help facilitate your recovery.
* Other Staff – During your hospital stay, you may encounter several other staff (from the lab, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, etc.) who contribute to your diagnosis or treatment. Please don’t hesitate to ask any of these staff, or your doctor, questions about your treatment or tests.

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, which causes thinking and memory to become seriously impaired. It is the most common form of dementia. (Dementia is a syndrome consisting of a number of symptoms that include loss of memory, judgment and reasoning, and changes in mood, behaviour and communication abilities. Related diseases include: Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Lewy body Dementia.)

The disease was first identified by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906. He described the two hallmarks of the disease: “plaques” – numerous tiny dense deposits scattered throughout the brain which become toxic to brain cells at excessive levels and “tangles” which interfere with vital processes eventually “choking” off the living cells. As well, when brain cells degenerate and die, the brain markedly shrinks in some regions.

Image of tangles and plaques

The image below shows, a person with Alzheimer’s disease has less brain tissue (right) than a person who does not have the disease (left). This shrinkage will continue over time, affecting how the brain functions.

To restore the gift of sight to people living with genetic forms of blindness.
Our Mission

To find the causes, treatments and ultimately the cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and related retinal diseases by supporting research and public awareness.
Three Decades of Funding Groundbreaking Vision Research…

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a Canadian health charity that was founded in 1974 by a small group of families intent on finding a cure for the disease robbing their children of sight. At that time retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and other retinal dystrophies were thought to be incurable. Undaunted, these families enlisted the support of Canada’s leading medical scientists and set to work collecting money for vision research. From these humble beginnings, The Foundation Fighting Blindness has grown to become Canada’s leading private supporter of retina research, having given more than $16 million to groundbreaking eye research taking place at universities and hospitals across the country. To view our Investment in a Miracle click here.
Pushing the Frontiers of Medical Science to Find Cures…

Over the last 30 years, The Foundation Fighting Blindness has funded dozens of research discoveries to identify the causes of genetic forms of blindness. Today, these discoveries have helped bring scientists to this very exciting time in vision research. Today marks the first time that a treatment exists to prevent vision loss and restore some vision for those with an eye disease called ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – and the first time human trials exist to reverse blindness in certain patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). To read more about the latest discovery, please click here.
Building a Supportive Community to Fight Blindness…

The FFB is not just an organization, we are a community. Diverse and thriving, we represent hundreds of volunteers, thousands of individuals and families affected by retinal eye diseases, thousands of motorcyclists who fight blindness on our behalf and scores of Canadian scientists seeking cures for blindness.

A cure is in sight. It is just a matter of time.

Mission Statement

Yonge Street Mission is called to demonstrate God’s love, peace and justice to people living in economic, social and spiritual poverty in Toronto.

As a not-for-profit Christian faith community, we acknowledge that every person is created in the image of God and has inherent value and dignity.

We assist as many people as possible to experience full participation in society.

We do this by:

1. Responding to basic human needs.
2. Inspiring people to achieve their full potential.
3. Offering services, programs and networks of mutual support, which enable those in need to improve their lives.
4. Providing opportunities for people to hear and respond to the Christian message of God’s love and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
5. Assisting individuals and families to break the cycle of poverty in their lives.
6. Being a catalyst for healthy change within the community we serve.
7. Encouraging those we serve to participate in, and contribute to, the life of their community.
8. Cultivating a godly, committed and qualified team of staff and volunteers.
9. Developing strategic partnerships with churches, individuals, agencies, governments and businesses.