NEXT CHAPTER RIOCAN INVESTS OVER $1.1 MILLION IN BAYCREST'S GLOBAL VISION
Long-standing corporate partner RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is celebrating its tenth year as event sponsor of the Baycrest Gala; seventh year as a Scotiabank Pro-Am sponsor; and first year as a supporting sponsor of the Sex, Aging and Memory Conference. Through its support of these events which cross business, cultural and geographic sectors, RioCan is helping Baycrest move beyond our traditional donor base.
RioCan's philanthropic focus is to be supportive in communities where they do business, which includes many worthy organiza- tions across Canada.
President and CEO Edward Sonshine believes in Baycrest for very personal reasons going back over 20 years. "My father, Ben Sonshinez'l, suffered an event similar to a stroke during surgery," he recalls. "He spent four months at an acute care fa- cility. He was in a terrible state, with no real quality of life and not a very good prognosis. We were not prepared to give up
on him. Because of Baycrest's particular focus on brain health, we came here. My dad arrived at Baycrest on a gurney yet four months later walked out on his own steam giving us another four years together.
The second really important reason is the world renowned work Baycrest does with Holocaust survivors. I was so impressed to learn that when Rwanda experienced its own genocide and authorities sought out experts in how atrocities directly affect survivors as they age, they came to Baycrest."
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SCOTIABANK PRO-AM EXPANDS ACROSS CANADA RAISING OVER $20 MILLION TO DATE
With three Scotiabank Pro-Am tournaments running in 2011, it was a record-breaking year in which proceeds topped $5.1 million. As of May 2012, the Pro-Am has raised more than $20 million for care and research in Alzheimer's and related disorders, supporting Baycrest and the work of the Alzheimer Society of Alberta & Northwest Territories.
Back row (from left): NHL alumni Lanny McDonald and Wendel Clark and Scotiabank's John Doig, senior vice-president, Toronto Region. Front row (from left): The Doig Boys – second generation Scotiabank Pro-Am supporters – Cuan, Riley and Owen.
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