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Hospitals of Regina Foundation
October 1, 2009
The Mosaic Heart Centre at the Regina General Hospital is about to receive the missing link to their Cardiac Program. The Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation have announced a $1.25 million donation to the Hospitals of Regina Foundation to establish an Electrophysiology lab: the first of its kind in the province.
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Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
~ August 27, 2009
The London-based Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada has received one of its largest donations from an unlikely source. It wasn't a corporate donor or high-profile philanthropist who gave $400,000 to establish a research fellowship, but the late Bill Nash, a quiet, hard-working Oxford County farmer who battled a tumour for years until his death in 2007.The William Donald Nash Brain Tumour Research Fellowship, announced at a University Hospital ceremony yesterday, is aimed at young doctors or PhDs who have recently completed their studies and want to focus on brain-tumour research. Open to applicants across Canada, it will be awarded every two years for the next decade, with the recipients getting $100,000 over two years to cover their salary while they work in an established lab.
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American Cancer Society
~ July 27, 2008
The American Cancer Society has received $8.5-million from an anonymous donor to support a five-year research program to investigate a genetic disorder that increases the risk of developing cancer, particularly thyroid cancer. The gift will establish a consortium of scientists with the aim of improving thyroid-cancer screening, monitoring, and diagnosis.
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Princess Margaret Hospital
~ June 3, 2008
$37.5 million pledge over five years from Linda Campbell, Gaye Farncombe and Susan Grange to Princess Margaret Hospital in Ontario. The gift will be recognized through the creation of the Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital and will support the hiring of high-profile researchers from abroad, the upgrade of the tumor bank and molecular analysis systems, and expansion of research into tumors and other areas.
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Tampa General Hospital
~ May 20, 2008
$2 million gift from Don and Erika Wallace to Tampa General Hospital to help fund the hospital's new emergency room trama center.
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St. Michael's Hospital
~ May 20, 2008
$2 million donation from BMO Financial Group to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto for the creation of the BMO Vulnerable Populations Unit, a new research unit centered on helping Toronto's inner city populations.
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BC Children's Hospital Foundation
~ May 11, 2008
$2 million corporate donation from BMO Financial Group to BC Children's Hospital Foundation to support the construction of the emergency department for a new Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
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The Chicago Lighthouse
~ Dec. 31, 2007
At nearly 94 years of age and the Lighthouse's longest continuous donor, Corwith “Corky” Hamill has committed to a $100,000 challenge towards the Bold Visions Campaign! The Hamill Challenge requires the Lighthouse to raise $100,000 from donors and friends between August 1 and December 31, 2007. Once the Lighthouse reaches the goal, Corky will contribute an additional $100,000 to the Bold Visions Campaign. His donation will help the Lighthouse's proposed building renovations and campaign goals become a reality.
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Texas Children's Hospital
~ Dec. 14, 2007
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held at Texas Children's Hospital for the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute just 8 weeks after the couple gave a record $50 million to help launch the world's preeminent collaborative institute to study and treat pediatric neurological disorders. Construction will begin in January, 2008.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
~ November 15, 2007
Stanford Financial Group Chairman and CEO Sir Allen Stanford and World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh joined Tony Thomas from St. Jude and Laurie Tucker, Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing with FedEx, to present a check for $1.76 million from the inaugural Stanford St. Jude Championship. The donation from the 2007 event held this past June is the largest contribution in the 34 years that St. Jude has been the exclusive benefiting charity for the Memphis PGA TOUR event.
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Mercy Medical Center
~ October 26, 2007
Representatives from the Fairhope Elks Lodge #1879, the Emblem Club #241 and the American Legion Post #199, recently gathered to present Mercy Medical with a donation of $5,005.32 in support of Project Lifesaver Baldwin County.
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Roswell Park Alliance Foundation
~ October 16, 2007
Roswell Park Cancer Institute's President Emeritus and Professor of Immunology, Thomas B. Tomasi, MD, PhD, has been named the first chairholder of the M&T Bank Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from M&T Bank to the Leaders for Life endowment campaign. This gift will provide an annual source of flexible and secure support for the most promising cancer research led by the M&T Bank Endowed Chairholder.
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St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
~ October 15, 2007
St. Michael's Hospital proudly announced a $20 million contribution Monday toward its trailblazing medical research and education facility that will bring novel treatments to patients and help save lives around the world. The funds, $15 million from the federal government and $5 million from private donors Arthur and Sonia Labatt, will support the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, composed of the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Centre in Health Care Education. Slated to open in 2010, the new facility will focus on developing novel therapies and better ways to bring best practices and research discoveries to patient bedsides faster than ever before.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation
~ October 12, 2007
One of the largest-ever individual donations for prostate cancer research will unite researchers across institutions and disciplines in the field of nanotechnology. This research team, created by the Prostate Cancer Foundation, will seek to develop a novel nano-medicine that can be given intravenously and delivered directly to targeted prostate tumors. The five million dollar gift by philanthropist and business leader David H. Koch was announced at the Foundation's Annual Scientific Retreat.
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Montreal Neurological Institute
~ October 1, 2007
Manulife Financial strengthened its commitment to Canadian healthcare today with a $1-million donation to the 'Thinking Ahead Campaign' at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI), affiliated with McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre.
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~ October 1, 2007
The Cyril & Dorothy and Joel & Jill Reitman Family Foundation announced today that they will donate $1 million dollars to the Montreal Neurological Institute's (MNI) 'Thinking Ahead' Campaign. The Reitman family has a long history of giving to the MNI.
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~ October 1, 2007
Dr. Brenda Milner, world-renowned pioneer in the field of memory research and faculty member at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University for over 50 years, announced today that she will donate $1 million dollars towards the MNI's 'Thinking Ahead' Campaign.
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St. Vincent Foundation
~ October 2007
The St. Vincent Health System Foundation has announced a gift of $1 million from the Tenenbaum Foundation of Little Rock. The gift has been used to purchase the da Vinci Surgical System at the St. Vincent Urology Center of Excellence at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The da Vinci is the first acquisition of robotics to become part of the Tenenbaum Robotics Suite, which will be located in the Urology Center.
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United Cerebral Palsy Associations
~ September 27, 2007
The Huntsville Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors' (HAIFA) presented a check for $10,000 to United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville & Tennessee Valley, Inc. on Sept. 27 at The Heritage Club in downtown Huntsville. The donation represents proceeds raised May 14 at the 15th annual HAIFA Golf Tournament at Cherokee Ridge Golf Course in Arab.
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MCG Health Inc.
~ September 12, 2007
That's been the mantra of Safe Kids East Central, led by the MCG Children's Medical Center, since its inception. And now, thanks to a $95,000 grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Safe Kids East Central can do that better than ever. The grant will be used to provide an injury prevention program to local schools. Known as Risk Watch, the school-based program helps teach children about eight risk areas: motor vehicles, drowning, fire/burns, falls, poisoning, guns, pedestrian/bike and strangulation/suffocation.
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Palmetto Health Foundation
~ September 10, 2007
Palmetto Health Foundation is pleased to announce Tom Bates' $1 million gift that will name the Day Hospital at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital. Bates, a retired financial consultant and auditor with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, made the gift after his friend, Mary Dailey, told him about the Children's Hospital project and encouraged him to visit in late July.
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Narsad
~ August 1, 2007
Stephen Lieber, co-founder of Alpine Woods Investments, the manager of Alpine Funds, is giving back through his involvement in NARSAD, a non-profit organization that benefits mentally ill people. All new contributions made to NARSAD, up to a total of $1 million, made by September 17, 2007, will be matched by the managers of Alpine Funds.
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Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation
~ July 9, 2007
A team of physicians and scientists, led by Nagi Kumar, Ph.D., director of Nutrition Research at Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and associate professor in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida, have received a $3.6 million grant over five years from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study the effect of Polyphenon E, a drug developed from green tea, in preventing progression of early signs of prostate cancer.
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Los Angeles Free Clinic
~ June 21, 2007
The Los Angeles Free Clinic has received the largest gift in its 40-year history, a $3 million from the Annenberg Foundation for a new Children & Family Health Center. The Annenberg Foundation's funding is the lead gift in the Clinic's 40th Anniversary Campaign, which has raised a record-breaking $17 million, exceeding its original goal by $2 million.
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Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation
~ June 9, 2007
Key Town of Markham and Markham Stouffville Hospital Figures and one very important guest - Mr. Carman Lewis - celebrated a $250,000 donation toward the Hospital redevelopment on behalf of Mr. Lewis with a reception at the Hospital on June 9. The Hospital recognized the gift with a naming opportunity in its Urgent Care Area, through which Mr. Lewis chose to honor his late wife, Margaret. The area is now called the Urgent Care Area, generously supported by Margaret and Carman Lewis.
