BrainMatters •Fall/Winter 2023 • 23
In October, Baycrest Terraces
resident Sophie Krausz received
the Retirement Homes
Regulatory Authority's Frank
Kajfes Resident Champion Award.
Baycrest's Defy Dementia podcast team visited
Halifax in August, with a public panel discussion,
interactive booths and demonstrations.
The second annual Mattamy Homes Bike for Brain Health in Support of Baycrest, June 2023
As part of the Women Friends
of Baycrest "The Art of Health
and Wellness" campaign, guests
visited Baycrest to attend the
opening night of WOMEN+
CONTEMPORARY: Celebrating
Jewish Women in the Arts.
The sixth annual Baycrest Charity Golf Classic at
Maple Downs Golf and Country Club, June 2023
Hon. Paul Calandra, former
minister of LTC (now Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing,
Minister of Legislative Affairs
and Government House Leader),
visited the Apotex Centre in June
following the announcement
of Baycrest receiving $139,896
in funding from the new Local
Priorities Fund operated by
Ontario Health.
Brothers for Life visited Baycrest in August to
meet with Baycrest's Holocaust survivors.
The Environmental Services
(EVS) team at Baycrest came
together to celebrate their
outstanding contributions during
EVS week in September.
Baycrest was honoured to
work with From the Depths to
host Holocaust survivors and
their families to participate
in the Survivor Torah Project,
in which Holocaust survivors
worldwide are getting the
chance to restore this Torah
scroll letter by letter.
Dr. Keri-Leigh Cassidy, Myrna Norman,
Dr. Allison Sekuler
Baycrest supporters went back
in time at Generation Next's
"Studio 54" 1970s Decade
Dance. The event raised over
$400,000 for Baycrest.
