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Last month we marked Community Hospitals Week in both Durham Region and Toronto, with special newspaper inserts and a radio campaign on Durham Radio, and it was a great way to celebrate local healthcare.
If you didn't hear the radio commercials, interviews, or see the special newspaper sections in Metroland newspapers, and find the links on our Facebook and Twitter pages, well, you are in luck. In this Foundation Update, among our other news items, we are giving you a chance to see what the campaign was all about.
It is also an opportunity for us to thank all of the supporting sponsors and partners in this activity, who made it possible. It starts with the leadership at Rouge Valley Health System for supporting the project in every way. Along with the hospital, we are grateful to the radio stations at Durham Radio, KX 96, 94.9 The Rock and 107.7 CKDO, for bringing a real voice to local healthcare, along with the team at Metroland for bringing the news to everyone in our communities and even beyond.
As you can hear and read in the links below in the Foundation News section, we are blessed to have an amazing team of medical staff, volunteers and donors who participated in the commercials and stories. And, finally, we must shine the spotlight on our corporate sponsors who made this possible through their sponsorship of the newspaper section: VanDusen Chevrolet, OPG, Tribute Communities,The Pickering Town Centre and Veridian Connections.
Let's keep the momentum going! Help keep community healthcare in the spotlight and share this with your friends and colleagues.
Sincerely,
Chad Hanna, President & CEO, Rouge Valley Health System Foundation
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Firsthand look 
at changes to
Urology Program
Rouge Valley Health System's Urology Program has a state-of-the-art new space to provide care, and donors, volunteers and staff were celebrated on Tuesday, April 12 at a special ribbon cutting event.
Guests were given an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the new Urology department and Diagnostic Assessment Units, as well as the Cystoscopy Suites, fully equipped with new equipment and technology, dedicated space for Urology patients and the brand-new prostate clinic. See all of the pictures here.
Pictured: Andrée Robichaud, RVHS President & CEO, with Dr. Greg Trottier, Dr. Jeffrey Spodek, Chad Hanna, Foundation President and CEO, Judith Barker, Foundation Chair and Dr. Zak Klinghoffer, officially opened the new Urology Suites at Rouge Valley Centenary hospital.
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Lead donors to 
In Our Hands
celebrated
A generous $50,000 gift to the In Our Hands campaign, from Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life, received special recognition, recently. As a generous community partner, the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation and the Surgical program at Rouge Valley Health System extend tremendous gratitude for helping build a stronger community for our patients and their families! See more from the event here.
Pictured: Foundation President & CEO Chad Hanna, with Rouge Valley President and CEO Andrée Robichaud, and Division Head, Urology, Dr. Jeffrey Spodek, accepted from John Di Cesare, on behalf of Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life.
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Bringing hope to  cancer patients
It was an amazing afternoon on Sunday, April 3, at the 4th Annual Healing Hope Brunch. Letna Allen-Rowe, (Ms. Letna) a breast cancer survivor and former patient of the oncology clinic at Rouge Valley Centenary hospital (RVC), hosted her annual fundraiser at Sts. Peter & Paul Banquet Hall, in Scarborough with keynote speaker Dr. Colette Rutherford, Program Chief, Obstetrics and Gynaecology at RVC. See pictures from the event here.
Pictured: From left in the back row are Ros Sagar-Lal, of the Foundation, Dr. James Chiarotto, RVHS Medical Director, Oncology and Mary Slavik of the Foundation. In front are the members of the Brunch organizing committee, Jennifer Taylor, Yanique Williams, Natalie Hanson, Letna Allen-Rowe, Sharon Barnett (behind) and Pam Joseph. The group raised an amazing $7,000 from the event to support the RVHS Cancer Care Program, presented on April 15.
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McHappy Day! 
It is a time honoured McHappy Day tradition for Rouge Valley Health System staff to join civic and community leaders in volunteering at local McDonald's restaurants and celebrate with customers.
This year's McHappy Day efforts, on May 4, helped further raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Toronto and support the Ronald McDonald Family Rooms at Rouge Valley Centenary hospital. To see more pictures, click here.
Pictured: The Bartlett family, owners of McDonald's Restaurant locations in Scarborough, and members of Rouge Valley Centenary hospital staff, took a moment from McHappy Day festivities for a group picture.
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Hundreds go for a Walk with Heart
Patients, families, volunteers and staff of the regional cardiovascular rehabilitation service held their second annual Walk with Heart fundraisers, April 23 at Rouge Valley Centenary and April 30 at the Civic Dome in Oshawa.
Hundreds of walkers enjoyed the wonderful days supporting the program. Over 750 walkers over two walk days raised over $81,000 and you can still donate. For more information or to make a donation, check out the website at www.walkwithheart.ca. See the RVC walk pictures here, or the Oshawa pictures here. |
The Shoulder 
Centre launches
on the web
On April 20, 2016, members of The Shoulder Centre Cabinet & the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation celebrated the launch of www.theshouldercentre.ca.The website was only made possible thanks to a generous donation of time and talent by Search Engine People. Known for its international reputation of being a digital marketing leader, this Durham-based company jumped at the chance to support their local community hospital. Pictured: From left, Dr. Jesse Slade Shantz, an orthopaedic surgeon for The Shoulder Centre, with campaign cabinet members Steve Mackey, Jennifer Osborne, Jim VanDusen and Ash Khan, at the website launch, April 20, at the head office of The Search Engine People in Pickering.
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Auxiliary lead 
the way again
Surgeons in The Shoulder Centre recently took the opportunity to show their appreciation to the Auxiliary to Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital for their $50,000 donation to the Centre. Many volunteers work side by side with the staff, caring for patients who come through the hospital's doors.
Pictured: Drs. Lobo, Slade Shantz and Gallay, in the back row, recently hosted an education breakfast where they recognized members of the Auxiliary to thank them for the generous gift.
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P LA N N E D N E W S
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Please consider a bequest to
benefit patient care at Rouge Valley
You can tailor your bequest to the hospital and/or program area that is important to you. For a specific bequest the clause in your Will might look like this:
To pay to Rouge Valley Health System Foundation the sum of $............ to be designated to the Ajax and Pickering hospital for the (name) program.
Or,
To pay to Rouge Valley Health System Foundation the sum of $............ to be designated to Centenary hospital for (name) program.
Your bequest will directly benefit patient care.
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Community Hospitals Week celebrated in April 
Rouge Valley Health System Foundation marked Community Hospitals Week in Durham, April 4 to 10, with a newspaper and radio campaign, celebrating local health care. And on April 28, the Scarborough Mirror and Toronto's Metroland newspapers marked Community Hospitals Week in their communities with the second annual special newspaper insert, which included a feature on Rouge Valley's paediatric clinics.
To access or share a digital version of the Metroland Durham Region Media Group's special 12-page section, distributed to 177,000 homes across Durham Region in the April 7 editions, click here. To view the Toronto section, click here. The Durham section is a great example of collaboration and Rouge Valley Health System is well represented, with full-page features on The Shoulder Centre, Regional Cardiac Rehab program Surgery and opportunities to pay tribute to loved ones. The goal is to raise awareness to the excellence in healthcare available to Durham Region residents, close to home. We also encourage you to participate in our social media by visiting our Facebook or Twitter pages and sharing the various stories and links to videos and news reports. Finally, have a listen to the audio files for the commercials that are running on Durham Radio this week. Along with links to interviews you will find on our Facebook page with CKDO's Terry Johnston, you can hear the commercials that are running throughout the week here: patient Shafa, corporate sponsor Jim VanDusen, nurse Lisa McVety, Tom Hanna of the Ajax Legion and nurse Megan Johns.
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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
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Rouge Valley Centenary Bed Race
This year's Bed Race, Friday, May 27, 2016, returns to the Town Centre Plaza, just north of the 401 on McCowan Rd. Look for more details at www.bedrace.ca to register a team or support a team with a donation. This year's race theme is The Walking Bed. Be among the survivors at the finish line! For more information, contact Danielle at ddeluca@rougevalley.ca.
JUNE
Gates Open Home & Garden TourThe homes of the Scarborough Bluffs will swing their front gates open to welcome guests for a fourth year, Saturday, June 18, 2016, in support of the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For ticket information, contact Emily at emoorhouse@rougevalley.ca, or visit the website at bluffsgatesopen.com.Zumbathon!Saturday, June 18, 2016, $15 per person, from 1-3 p.m. at Pickering High School, Ajax in the cafeteria. Click here for more details or email info@evergreengrowth.ca, the1sstanley@gmail.comor call Samantha, 647-957-0228 or Audrey, 647-290-8113. JULY
The Invitational
(SOLD OUT!)
The 2016 Invitational golf tournament will be held July 18, 2016, at Cedarbrae Golf & Country Club. The tournament is geared towards serious golfers and will support the In Our Hands Urology campaign for Rouge Valley Health System. Limited sponsorship opportunities remain, contact Danielle at ddeluca@rougevalley.ca.
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