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Volunteers will always play a key role at Baycrest A message from Dr. William Reichman, President & CEO, Baycrest Health Sciences B aycrest volunteers are essential to our ability to deliver excellence in care, education, innovation and research daily. Last year, Baycrest's 2,000 volunteers spent nearly 90,000 hours collectively donating their time to engage with clients, patients and staff. That is an amazing contribution of effort and dedication which helps make our campus and programming so special. Our research related to healthy brain aging shows that older adults experience health benefits through volunteering. Volunteers make a tremendous difference in the lives of others and Baycrest is making a difference in their lives as well. Looking back on 100 years of Baycrest, our history and evolution would not have been possible without the community volunteers who founded our forerunner, the Jewish Old Folks Home, and those who supported us every step of the way since. With an unwavering commitment to helping others, Baycrest's volunteers continue to show us the way forward. I know you will continue to set the standard for volunteerism in the years ahead. On behalf of Baycrest, I want to thank you, our volunteers, for helping us add life to years. Through your time, enthusiasm and support, you help us provide solutions to the changing needs of an aging society. Together, we are continuing our journey to enrich the lives of older adults now and in the future. 2 volunteer VOICE The Volunteer Voice is produced once a year for volunteers of Baycrest. Contributors: Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf, Shari Nepom, Janis Sternhill, Tehila Tewel, Cindy Weiner, Johanna Wieting. To contact us, please address comments or ideas to the editor at: Baycrest Volunteer Services, 3560 Bathurst St. Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1 416-785-2500 ext. 2572. volunteer@baycrest.org Volunteers (centre, l-r) Murray and Adrienne Levinter and Lou Stillman z"l with Executive VP Joni Kent (left) and President and CEO Dr. William Reichman (right) during Volunteer Appreciation Week. A valued human resource A message from Joni Kent, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Human Resources Officer B aycrest has existed as a place motivated by altruism through the efforts of volunteers for more than 100 years. It is the result of a proclamation by community philanthropist Slova Greenberg, who in 1913 first rallied neighbourhood volunteers to solicit donations because she refused to allow seniors with nowhere else to go to be forced to sleep in the local park. Over the years, Baycrest volunteers have participated in a multitude of ways by sharing their unique skills and talents. Today, volunteers are a valued human resource, integral to our organization, impacting nearly every department and involved in virtually every area across our campus. Some of our employees discovered their careers with us through their volunteer efforts. We have seen what a century of volunteerism can do and look forward to witnessing how much more it will achieve for generations to come.

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