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F O U N D A TIO N WINTER 2015

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MIRACLES

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Under normal circumstances, giving birth to twin girls on December 24th would be the perfect early Christmas gift for first-time parents...

...but Callie and Cayden Reid were born prematurely at 27 weeks and spent the first four months of their lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Kingston General Hospital.

“I broke down in tears,” said the twins’ mother, Stephanie, “all I could think was, do babies even survive at 27 weeks?”

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR...

Let’s celebrate your successes, and ring in the New Year!

As we wrap up another whirlwind year of exciting activity in the foundation, it’s satisfying to pause and reflect on the many things that donors have been able to accomplish together this year.

• With your tremendous support, we have publicly launched our major fundraising campaign, laying the groundwork for the next round of redevelopment; • Because of support from donors like you, all of the community donations needed for phase one of the Centre for Patient Oriented-Research are now confirmed;

Denise Cumming, UHKF Executive Director

• The second Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at KGH will be online a year ahead of schedule, thanks to an outpouring of donor support; • UHKF was well supported by guests and sponsors of our fundraising events through the year, and honoured to be the beneficiaries of an amazing event hosted by our friends at the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital Foundation;

NEWSLETTER MAKEOVER: We’re making some exciting changes to your Foundation Report! Watch for the spring issue in March!

• We were able to grant more than $10.2 million to help fund patient care equipment, research, education and facilities that will continue to enable extraordinary, innovative healthcare for all of us.

We look forward to another amazing decade of honouring and celebrating your generosity, your commitment to outstanding quality of life, and our shared desire to ensure that we continue to have access to amazing specialized health care right here at home.

The best of the season to you and yours…

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UHKF Campaign Chair Susan Creasy donned the captain’s hat presented to her by past Together We Can Campaign Chair Ian Wilson as she unveiled the logo and details of our community’s next major health care fundraising initiative: the Extraordinary People, Innovative Health Care campaign.

$65M CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT THE CARE YOU DESERVE Kingston’s hospitals have a vision for the future, and our community has a key role to play. We all have the opportunity to be extraordinary, helping ensure our friends and family have access to the best quality, innovative health care On October 2, Campaign Chair Susan Creasy announced UHKF’s second major fundraising campaign—a $65-million initiative to benefit Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Hotel Dieu Hospital and Providence Care.

AREAS OF FOCUS:

“This campaign lays the groundwork for our the next major wave of redevelopment,” Susan said. At the time of the launch, $35.5 million had been secured. Today, with the incredible support of donors like you, that figure is in excess of $39 million!

• Emergency & urgent care

Several projects included in the campaign have been fully funded, including: • $6 million for purchase and installation of a second magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at KGH; • Phase One of the W.J. Henderson Centre for Patient-Oriented Research; • Expansion of eye clinic space at Hotel Dieu;

• Specialized acute care

• Ambulatory care • Diagnostics • Research • Long-term care • Ongoing equipment and education

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Joe Reid, Stephanie (holding Callie and Cayden), Debbie, Kevin and Ashley Montroy, Jules Green, and Jason Truesdell recently heard first hand the impact their gift will have on the Kingston hospitals.

SUPPORTING THE CIRCLE OF LIFE FrontRunner inspires generosity in care for all ages, across all healthcare sites.

When Kevin and Debbie Montroy and the staff at FrontRunner Professional Inc. decided they wanted to give back to the community, giving to Kingston’s hospitals was a meaningful choice.

The Montroy family knew the $50,000 gift had the potential to make a great impact, so they decided to help as many people as possible by giving to areas across all three healthcare sites.

“We are all privileged to have the greatest level of care and caregivers in the world right here in our area, but we cannot afford to take it for granted,” Kevin said. “Through ongoing community support we can all help ensure we always have this level of care available.

“As a proud grandfather of my amazing twin granddaughters, my family and I witnessed first-hand the level of care and commitment shown to them, and us, over their fourFrontRunner, a business that specializes in month stay at the NICU. It was this appreciafuneral services technology, made their gift tion and gratitude that inspired us to want to to reflect the “Circle of Life.” The pledge sup- do more.” ports the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and obstetrics at Kingston General Hospital, the Kevin’s daughter Stephanie, mother of the Urgent Care Centre at Hotel Dieu Hospital, twins, added that donations “buy lifesaving and the fund to redevelop Providence equipment that keep up with technology Manor, the long-term care home operated by improvements. And without that equipment, Providence Care. our babies may not have survived.” pg. 4 | WINTER 2015 Foundation Report draft 1.indd 4

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We are nearing completion of the Ear, Nose and Throat clinic relocation project and have upgraded many pieces of rehabilitation equipment at Providence Care. This is all in addition to ongoing equipment, research and education support across all hospital sites. Contact UHKF to find out more about how you can be involved in helping to build the future of care in Kingston.

GOAL: $65,000,000 RAISED: $39,000,000

UHKF has a talented campaign team including (back, L-R) Board Chair Colleen Lawrie, Dr. Don Taylor, Chair Susan Creasy, Art Salvalaggio, and Treasurer Atif Malik. Front (L-R) Peter Merkley, Sandra Taylor and Michael Ross.

FrontRunner, from page 4...

Government funding alone cannot supply all the equipment needed across Kingston’s three healthcare sites, and staff depend on the generosity of community donors, such as FrontRunner, to fund lifesaving equipment.

“With funeral service being an integral part of the caregiving team in this area, it is my hope that my colleagues and area funeral homes will also consider supporting the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation campaign so that collectively we can all make a difference towards this very worthy cause,” Kevin added.

If you are inspired by FrontRunner’s generosity, visit uhkf.ca to find out how you can also support the circle of life.

“This is a meaningful way to celebrate David’s life”

During his final years of life, David Ingimundson and his loved ones saw that major renovations were needed to the Emergency Department at KGH. The Ingimundson family has taken steps to do something about it by making a charitable gift of shares to spark improvements for the future.

Make a difference through a gift of charitable shares.

Contact Zoë MacKenzie at 613.549.6666 ext.4953

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Miracles, from page 1...

“Their hands looked just like adult hands, scaled down,” added the babies’ father, Joe Reid. “They had wrinkles on their knuckles and everything, but the whole thing was the size of a thumbnail.”

After spending a few precious moments with their parents in the delivery room, Cayden and Callie were whisked to the NICU where they were hooked up to special live-giving technology to help them breathe and to measure their vital signs.

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Callie and Cayden each needed support from ventilators to help them breathe.

The NICU is almost always home to at least 15 babies in need of care, and staff members need access to specialized tools and equipment for these tiny patients.

Government funding alone cannot supply all the equipment needed, so the NICU also depends on the generosity of community donors to fund lifesaving equipment.

Stephanie and Joe are happy to have their girls home after four months in the NICU at KGH.

To find out how you can help babies like Callie and Cayden, visit uhkf.ca/miracles.

YES! I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR HOSPITALS...

Cut out this form and mail to: University Hospitals Kingston Foundation, 55 Rideau Street, Suite 4, Kingston ON, K7K 2Z8

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HOSPITAL STAFF AND FAMILIES SHOW THEY CARE We Walk For Your Comfort and Care raises more than $32,000 for special funds.

You don’t have to look far to find staff members in our health care organizations who take extra steps to help their patients, clients and residents. On Oct. 3, they did this quite literally through participation in the first-ever joint hospitals fundraising event organized by UHKF. More than 100 staff members collected pledges and took part in the We Walk for Your Comfort and Care, raising more than $32,000. These funds are shared between the organizations and are to be used to support people who are facing extra financial stresses due to their health care needs.

THANK YOU to all participants and sponsors who made the We Walk a success!

“IT WAS GREAT TO GET HOME” After spending four months at KGH, David Simpson was able to return home, with a little extra support All David Simpson needed to get home after a partial amputation of his leg due to complications from diabetes, was the final $1,300 needed to have a ramp constructed at his home.

Without a ramp, there was no way he could be discharged. In the days following the We Walk event, a social worker at KGH connected him with a special patient support fund – the same type of fund that We Walk supported! In the next week, David was making plans to return to his home of 33 years.

He’s now home with his family. “Relief,” is what he says he felt, thanks to the special fund that enabled him to return home. “It was great to get home. You have no idea the feeling.” pg. 7 | WINTER 2015 Foundation Report draft 1.indd 7

David waves farewell to his nurses as he heads home.

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INSPIRING OUR COMMUNITY Your foundation is in excellent hands under the strong leadership of these extraordinary volunteers! Introducing the 2015-16 Board of Directors In September, the 2015-16 Board of Directors was confirmed. Members include (back row, l-r): Vice Chair Andrew Bonham, Elizabeth Wilson, Treasurer Brent Wilson, Sherri Roberston, Michael Ross and Tom Buchanan. Front row (l-r) Michel Longtin, Chair Colleen Lawrie, Pat McCue and Executive Director Denise Cumming. Not pictured are Jacquie Costron, Pierre Gaumond and Larry Macauley. You can read more about our Board members at uhkf.ca/about/board/

PROVIDENCE CARE HOSPITAL The construction of Providence Care Hospital is still on track and expected to be open for patients by spring of 2017.

55 Rideau Street, Suite 4 Kingston, Ontario, K7K 2Z8 Tel 613.549.5452 Toll-Free 1.866.549.5452 Web uhkf.ca Charitable #820218147 RR0001

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