Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity - Transformational gift announcement supporting paediatric brain & mental health
Donation supports SickKids VS Limits Campaign
TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Media are invited to join the SickKids community in the celebration of an announcement of a transformative gift to support paediatric brain and mental health. This donation will enable advances in paediatric brain health and development, as well as child and youth mental health by bringing together a critical mass of multidisciplinary expertise needed to tackle the brain's unparalleled complexity.
Join us in announcing this incredibly generous gift, acknowledging its donor, and celebrating its vision: healthy minds start here.
Launched in October 2017, the SickKids VS: Limits campaign is a six-year, $1.5 billion fundraising campaign, the largest in Canadian health care history. A key element of the campaign involves re-imagining the SickKids campus, including building the new Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower on University Avenue. To date, the campaign has celebrated reaching its one millionth donor and surpassing $1.3 billion raised.
When: |
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 |
Where: |
Note two outdoor locations as follows: |
Pre-event photo opportunity |
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10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. SickKids front lawn, 555 University Avenue |
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Lead donor, SickKids patient family and SickKids representatives |
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Media announcement event |
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11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Remarks will begin at 11 a.m. sharp |
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Shangri-La Hotel |
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188 University Avenue, Garden Terrace |
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Who: |
Lead donor, who will share their personal connection to mental health |
Marlowe Cuss Doyle, 12, (neonatal stroke survivor) and her dad, Declan Doyle |
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Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO, SickKids |
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Ted Garrard, CEO, SickKids Foundation |
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Dr. Steven Miller, Head, Division of Neurology and Centre for Brain & Mental Health, SickKids |
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Dr. Suneeta Monga, Associate Chief of Psychiatry, SickKids |
Note: SickKids Foundation is following COVID-19 safety protocols and masking, physical distancing and other measures will be in place. Attendance at both the photo opportunity and the announcement event is limited to speakers, guests, media and staff who are fully vaccinated. Proof of vaccination is required.
SOURCE SickKids Foundation
For more information, to confirm attendance or to arrange interviews: Sandra Chiovitti, Media Relations, SickKids Foundation, 416.553.4198, [email protected]
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