Foundation highlights of the year
Baycrest's Scotiabank Pro-Am hockey fundraiser on the move
Hockey enthusiasts had double the opportunity to team up
from both events will be directed to the Howe Fund, with the
with former NHL greats in the battle against Alzheimer's as
portion from the Toronto event allocated to Baycrest, and the
Baycrest's Scotiabank Pro-Am expanded to Edmonton, Alberta
portion from the Edmonton event allocated to Baycrest as well
this spring.
as researchers in Alberta.
Mr. Hockey™ Gordie Howe has also attached his name to the
Canada's largest annual fundraiser for Alzheimer's, the Pro-Am
Scotiabank Pro-Am through the establishment earlier this year
has raised more than $10 million over five years for care and
of the Gordie & Colleen Howe Fund for Alzheimer's. Proceeds
research in Alzheimer's and related disorders.
Edmonton Scotiabank Pro-Am top fundraisers Shawn Blustein
and Michael Schayer flank their draft pick, Paul Coffey.
(l-r) John Doig, presenting sponsor Scotiabank's senior
Vice-President of Marketing, with 2009 top fundraiser David
Schlesinger, hockey icon Gordie Howe and Baycrest Foundation
President Mark Gryfe.
30 Baycrest and baycrest foundation Annual Report 2009 | 2010
