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September has been an amazing month for the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation. Along with our annual celebration of the Legacy of Care Society's members, we also enjoyed a truly successful Mayors' Charity Golf Tournament, where we also celebrated the winner of the Foundation's Howard Sokolowski Award.
While you can read more about these events in the story reports below, I would like to take a moment to celebrate John DiCesare, who accepted the Howard Sokolowski Award, with his wife Tracy, for their ongoing generosity and support of the Foundation in recent years.
John is a member of the RVHSF Board of Directors and he has shown so much enthusiasm for his community hospital that in the end, he was a natural choice to receive the award. Read more about his contributions at our website to find out why we found him to be so worthy.
As always, thank you for your ongoing support!
Sincerely,
Chad Hanna
, President & CEO,
Rouge Valley Health System Foundation
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Mayors' Charity Golf Classic success
The premier golf event in Durham Region returned on September 15 and a full field of community and business leaders played in support of a new program at their community hospital, The Shoulder Centre at Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital.
Event co-chairs, Jim Witty and Vic Sgro, were proud to announce this year's event was a huge success with a full list of sponsors and a special tribute to Jerry Coughlan as the presenting sponsor of the 2016 Mayors' Charity Golf Classic! The tournament is now in its 21st year and has raised nearly $3 million for Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital. This year's event raised over $155,000 for The Shoulder Centre at Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital! Read more at www.myrougevalley.ca.
Pictured: From left, Terry Johnston, emcee, Vic Sgro, Co-Chair, Colleen Jordan, Regional Councilor, Ajax, Jim Witty, Co-Chair, John DiCesare, a Foundation Board member with his wife Tracy, Judith Barker, RVHSF Chair, Joan Wideman, RVHS former Chair, Mayor Dave Ryan, Pickering, and Chad Hanna, RVHSF President & CEO.
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Volunteer named 
Sokolowski
Award winner
The Mayors' Charity Golf Classic is an opportunity for the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation to announce the recipient of the Howard Sokolowski Award, presented annually to an individual who has shown great dedication to healthcare in the community.
"A regular at many Foundation events, John is quite often at the centre of all of the fun. An outstanding businessperson and champion for his community and hospital, he has made a mark on many of our special events in the past several years," said Chad Hanna, President & CEO of RVHSF, in presenting the award. "In his professional life he has grown his business substantially and is well-respected for what he provides to his clients. As a result, he has built a thriving financial services business over the past two decades." Read more at www.myrougevalley.ca.
Pictured: John and his wife Tracy received the award from Foundation Chair Judith Barker.
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P LA N N E D G I V I N G N E W S
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Le
gacy of Care 
members honore
d
The Rouge Valley Health System Foundation's Legacy of Care Society annual recognition event was held September 7 with a cocktail and garden party at the home of Gord and Ann Moore in Scarborough.
The Legacy of Care Society was created to honour donors of deferred gifts - bequests, gifts of life insurance and charitable gift annuities - during their lifetimes. Current members were congratulated and recognized by Foundation CEO Chad Hanna and Planned Giving committee members Frank Ortencio, Kevin Murdock, and Raj Thavaratnasingham (pictured).
Julie Kish, Interim Director, Mental Health, Rouge Valley Health System was the keynote speaker.
See all of the pictures from the event here.
To learn how to be a part of this wonderful opportunity to leave a lasting legacy to Rouge Valley Health System Foundation, in support of Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering and Rouge Valley Centenary hospitals,
contact Mary Slavik, Director, Planned Giving at
mslavik@rougevalley.ca
, or, 905-683-2320, ext. 1956.
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D O N O R N E W S
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Craft & fellowship gift 
Rowena Dunlop, of the Pickering Village United Church Tuesday Morning Craft & Fellowship group, recently delivered lap covers and baby covers to Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital.
The group has been meeting for about three years and donated 20 lap covers, five baby covers and over the years has donated about 150 items.
Pictured: Dave Stell, of the Foundation, received the blankets from rowena Dunlop, of the Tuesday Morning Craft & Fellowship group.
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F O U N D A T I O N N E W S
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Check out our newest newsletter
The Rouge Valley Health System Foundation is proud to provide you with our latest newsletter, chronicling many of the events and activities we've held in recent months.
Find out about the latest donations, special events and what's new at Rouge Valley Health System by picking up a copy at one of our offices, or click here to read the Community Giving newsletter online.
It is a great honor to share the many ways our donors and partners are making a difference in community health care at Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital and Rouge Valley Centenary hospital.
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O P P O R T U N I T Y T O S U P P O R T
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Get your walking shoes on!
Plan now to walk off your Thanksgiving turkey pounds by joining the Walk for Your Charity event, in support of the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation.
Register today to walk ($25 per person) and enjoy a barbecue and meeting many people supporting many charities! It happens October 16, starting at the
Picnic Shelter, Section C, Lakeview Park,
55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa. You can walk as little as 1.5 km or go the full 5 km distance. For more details click here, or contact Mary Slavik, Director, Planned Giving by email at mslavik@rougevalley.ca, or, by calling 905-683-2320, ext. 1956.
This event is sponsored by the
Durham Community Foundation
and all registration fees linked to RVHS Foundation are donated to support Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital. Register by October 12 to ensure a spot.
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H O S P I T A L N E W S
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RVHS creates palliative Care team
Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) has moved forward with its objective to create a palliative care team based on feedback from community focus groups held on end-of-life care between December 2014 and January 2015, and support from the RVHS Board of Directors.
The focus groups, led by Rouge Valley's volunteer Community Advisory Group (CAG), consisted of representation from community members, hospital staff, physicians, the hospital Board, and hospital senior management. Based on these groups, and a follow-up session to confirm the findings, the CAG published the Report on End-of-Life Care Patient/Family Experience in July 2015.
Several ideas for change brought forward by the focus groups, including the creation of a palliative care team at Rouge Valley, were contained within the report. A palliative care steering committee was formed at RVHS to oversee the implementation of these ideas.
Read the full story here.
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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
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OCTOBER
Pickering Professional Firefighters Assoc. Boot Drive
New for 2016: This is a two-day event! From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days,
Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 15,16 at v
arious plazas in
Pickering,
Help support
our local firefighters to raise money for
Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital.
NOVEMBER
Pickering Mayor's Gala
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Hosted by Mayor Dave Ryan, this year's theme is 'Old Hollywood: An Affair to Remember' at the Pickering Recreation Complex. Among the charities supported is Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital. Visit www.mayorsgala.com for more details.
Stay up to date on Foundation events. Bookmark our
Events page today!
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