Annual Report - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Real People
Real Lives
Real Results
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ANNUAL REPORT 2007
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CONTENTS
A Year of Results ......................................... 4
Restart a Heart .......................................... 12
Real Lives. Restarted................................. 13
Real Dedication......................................... 16
Real Commitment – Supporters .............. 18
Real Heart – Top Fund Raisers................. 20
Real Compassion – Individual Sponsors... 21
Financial Information ................................ 24
About the Annual Report......................... 25
ON THE COVER
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Bernard Richards
Keegan Bannen
One early April morning, Shannon Bannen was feeding her seven-week-old son Keegan when he
started having trouble breathing. Knowing something was wrong she told her husband to call 9-1-1.
Within seconds, he stopped breathing altogether and his heart stopped beating. “That’s when I
started CPR on him.” Performing CPR saved Keegan’s life.
Celina McKinnon
When Celina was five months old, she started wheezing and stopped breastfeeding. Her parents
took her to a paediatrician who informed them that Celina had an enlarged heart and was in congestive heart failure. After surgery, hours later, Celina’s parents were holding her in their arms.
Now a happy and energetic seven-year-old, Celina loves to tap and jazz dance.
Kunal Chopra
Kunal Chopra was pulling into the driveway of his family home one February morning, upon returning
from the store, when he realized something was wrong. He couldn’t move his left side. He had
suffered sudden bleeding in the brain – a hemorrhagic stroke. After successful surgery, Chopra
was transferred to a stroke rehab program. “I’m still left with no sensation on my left side. Finer
motor skills are difficult. But you could honestly look at me now and not even tell what happened.”
Bernard Richards
Bernard Richards is an accomplished artist. A native of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Bernard
creates beautiful tropical scenery using oils and watercolours – with his left hand. That may seem
unremarkable except for the fact that he used to paint with his right hand. Five years ago, he had
a stroke that paralyzed his right side and silenced his voice. Now he expresses himself exclusively
through his art.
CEO Message
This year the Heart and Stroke Foundation
wrote another chapter in telling our story.
It has been one for the annals.
Two major themes dominated: consolidation and renewal.
Consolidation of our research goals was
confirmed brilliantly by a wide-ranging
series of initiatives.
Among the highlights of 2007 were a
major international conference on juvenile
obesity, the inauguration of a provincewide campaign to bring blood pressure
under control, and significant advances in
the rehabilitation of stroke survivors.
None of this would have been possible
without the scientific achievements of the
nearly 450 researchers and teams funded
by the Foundation. They are truly the
jewel in our crown.
But setting those jewels in place would
have been impossible without the generosity of Ontarians everywhere.
The Foundation this year became a major
presence in the public health arena – most
notably as the presence of new life-saving
Automated External Defibrillators in hockey
rinks and other public places attests.
To combat childhood obesity we are partnering with teachers, parents and kids to
secure a second physical education credit
for secondary schools.
To encourage heart-healthy eating we have
expanded the Health Check™ program in
your neighbourhood grocery store.
We want to build a heart-healthy environment by making our suburbs friendly to
walking and cycling.
How to sum it all up?
This year will go down as a tale of many
talents – of what happens when research
comes to fruition, of ordinary people
doing extraordinary things – of the power
that communities have when they put their
hearts into change. It’s quite a story. Enjoy.
So, to all our volunteers and donors, welcome to the next stage. We are renewing
our commitment and talents to better
target the goals of the Foundation in a
fast-changing world.
ROCCO ROSSI
Chief Executive Officer
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From the Chair
As I complete my first year as Chair of the
Board of the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Ontario, I look back on a truly remarkable experience. The learning curve has
been steep, but I have benefited from the
mentorship of some talented and wise
people and I thank them for their support.
My background is in the world of finance.
I used to think that nothing could ever
match the daily drama of Bay Street,
however, I now realize while living in two
very different worlds, they have more in
common than I had ever expected. What
is common is the excitement of helping
Canadians, whether in business or as
individuals, meet challenges and rise
above obstacles.
As I wrote these words and reviewed the
data from a year of research breakthroughs,
healthcare advocacy and strategic partnerships, I had the sense that exciting changes
are on the horizon. Changes that will literally change our world.
We are successful because across this
entire Foundation – from the Board, to
the staff, to our volunteers, we focus on
our priorities and we make every effort to
achieve the results we need.
responsibility remain the governance
watchwords of the Foundation.
This year, our primary objectives included:
developing and implementing a Diversity
statement; implementing the first year
of our strategic plan; ensuring the longterm success of the Heart and Stroke
Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery;
maintaining rigorous research funding
standards; initiating our new Board Mission
Committee; encouraging new research
initiatives (e.g., Areas of Investment in
Mission (AIMs) and placing AEDs). We are
on track with these priorities and I, along
with the Board, are grateful to the
Foundation volunteers and staff who have
taken these objectives to heart, and are
turning them into a reality.
It’s been a wonderful year. Our successes
have primed us for the year to come, but
we cannot rest on our laurels. I believe
the Foundation must continue to enable
researchers to explore new worlds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular medicine.
This knowledge, when applied, will
change the lives of individuals, families
and communities, and assures us the best
is yet to come.
I believe that our Board must play an integral role in this process of advancement,
keeping pace with our research initiatives,
supporting new ventures into advocacy
and partnership.
The Board will vigilantly ensure that fairness, transparency, accountability and
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MIKE LECLAIR
Chair of the Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike LeClair – Chair of the Board and President, Barry Cracower, Dr. Margaret Rand, David Garland, Irfhan Rawji,
Allan Reynolds, Dr. Marlys Koschinsky, Donna Parr
Missing from the picture: Frank Anderson, Past Chair, Dr. Heather Arthur, Dr. Guy Beaudin, Olga Cwiek (retired)
Shafiq Ebrahim, Dr. Ross Feldman, Colleen Johnston, Paul Nelson, Dr. Anthony Graham, Honorary Director,
Foundation Secretary, Pauline Wijeyesekera
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A Year of Results
RESEARCH ACHIEVING REAL RESULTS
More than 50,000 strokes and 75,000 heart attacks occur every year, and
are the cause of one in three deaths in Canada. For more than 50 years,
Canadians have looked to the Heart and Stroke Foundation to fund vital
research in prevention, treatment and recovery of the devastating effects
of heart disease and stroke. We continue to meet that challenge, funding
world-class heart and stroke research in Canada – research that saves
lives. But millions of Canadians are still at risk, and will be for generations
to come. There is still so much more to do.
Identifying the factors that increase the
risk of heart disease is the critical first
step in its prevention.
Understanding that metabolic syndromerelated factors such as abdominal obesity,
diabetes, abnormal blood cholesterol and
high blood pressure are leading contributors to heart disease, we are funding
ground-breaking research into the determinants of metabolic syndrome to help
better understand how these factors
relate to one another and increase the
risk of heart disease.
LIFESTYLE LINKS TO HEART DISEASE
At McMaster University in Hamilton,
Dr. Sonia Anand (see photo above) is
conducting the EpiDREAM Study, a large
international study of approximately
15,000 individuals. The objective of the
study is to identify key lifestyle and sociocultural factors that are associated with
the development of four major metabolic
syndrome-related risk factors.
Dr. Anand and her team are examining
lifestyle factors such as dietary intake and
physical activity as well as socio-cultural
factors like income, employment, marital
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status and ethnic origin to understand
how these act as determinants of metabolic syndrome. The study goes further
to investigate interactions between
environmental factors and genetics.
FOCUS ON THOSE AT RISK
At McMaster University in Hamilton,
Dr. Ayra Sharma is identifying risk factors
such as diet, exercise and metabolic
products in hopes of explaining why
Canadians of South Asian origin are at
a greater risk than those of European
descent for developing diabetes and
heart disease.
In this project, Dr. Sharma and his coinvestigators will study a variety of risk
factors, from diet and exercise to metabolic products in the blood, to try to
understand the differences between
these two major ethnic groups. Findings
from this research may help shape advice
given to South Asians to help them
prevent diabetes and heart disease.
From prevention to recovery, the
Heart and Stroke Foundation is funding
the research that is bringing real results
to Canadians everywhere.
“My ultimate aim is to enhance our understanding of stroke on the human brain
and generate knowledge which will help scientists and therapists in the field of
rehabilitation help people recover their language ability. As a result, their adjustment to society and their quality of life will improve.”
DR. ARPITA BOSE
to help their patients reintegrate into their
communities and improve their daily activities. Video conferencing is a practical and
efficient way to deliver the MOST program.
Through this telehealth system, people with
stroke and their care partners in remote
areas are connected to the help and support they need, when they need it most.
FILLING THE GAP IN
NORTHERN ONTARIO
Many stroke survivors have difficulty with
resuming their ‘normal’ lives. The daily
activities of living become challenging, if
not impossible for many. And for those
living in remote areas, the problem is exacerbated by a lack of programming, health
care, human resources and isolation.
RESTORING LANGUAGE
AFTER STROKE
In Windsor, Dr. Arpita Bose and Dr. Lori
Buchanan have been awarded a three-year
fellowship grant from the Heart and Stroke
Foundation to support their work in
determining how patients can recover
speech and language skills after a stroke.
Approximately one-third of stroke survivors have difficulty in understanding or
producing language as a result of the
brain damage they have suffered. The
condition is called aphasia. Drs. Bose and
Buchanan are examining how patients’
ability to recover various speech and language skills evolves at different times
after stroke, and what can be done to
help them communicate better.
Dr. Maria P.J. Huijbregts (see photo
above), a Foundation-funded researcher at
the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in
Toronto, is helping to fill the gap for stroke
survivors in Northern Ontario. Moving On
After Stroke (MOST) utilizes video conferencing technologies to connect people
with the resources they need to aid in their
recovery. Through video conferencing,
healthcare providers in remote areas collaborate with facilitators in larger centres
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REAL KIDS GET ACTIVE, GET HEALTHY AND GET RESULTS
Obesity is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease, and that’s why the
Heart and Stroke Foundation is tackling the obesity epidemic head on. To get
our communities healthy, we’re focused on families and we are starting with
the kids. We’re funding research, supporting community- and school-based
initiatives and taking to the airwaves to get kids active and healthy.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Jump
Rope for Heart program is an incredibly
successful program that has become a
tradition in many Ontario schools. This
year, 500,000 kids from 2,000 schools
across the province raised nearly $10
million. Jump Rope For Heart gets kids
active and invests in the future health of
Canadian children, encouraging a lifetime
of healthy living and social responsibility.
HE@LTHLINE FOR PARENTS
The Heart and Stroke Foundation is helping parents develop heart-healthy habits
in their children that will last a lifetime. In
a special Parents edition of Heart&Stroke
He@lthline, our monthly e-newsletter,
parents receive valuable kid-focused
information, including expert nutrition
advice, get-active tips and kid-friendly
recipes created by Foundation dietitians.
ROLL PLAY
Working with our media partners, Sinking
Ship Productions and Treehouse TV, the
Heart and Stroke Foundation is taking
the ‘get active, get healthy’ message
to Canadian kids via the airwaves. The
Foundation is the health charity partner
of Roll Play, a TV show that enjoyed
incredible success in its first season, and
was rated among the top ten shows for
children. With scripts by renowned
Canadian authors, original songs by
acclaimed artists and the magical puppets
of the award-winning Famous PEOPLE
Players, the live-action pre-school series
gets kids moving. Roll Play encourages
kids to get up and role play alongside
the on-screen puppets and children in
this imaginative exercise series.
EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE,
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES
Advocacy has always been a vital part of
our mandate. This year, we were a proud
sponsor and contributing partner to the
International Conference on Physical
Activity and Obesity in Children. The conference was held in Toronto in June 2007,
and served as a forum for the exchange of
knowledge and ideas among healthcare
professionals from 30 countries around
the world. Moving forward, we will be
working with other communities of inter-
Put your heart into healthy kids.
Help us get our kids on track to
a healthy future. Learn more at
heartandstroke.ca/kidfit
FINDING ANSWERS FOR YOUTH
Our research initiatives in the area of
children’s health include research by
Dr. Ken Allison at the University of Toronto.
His project, the Health Behaviour Research
Initiative – Physical Activity Promotion
Among Youth, aimed to achieve a number
of goals: The first to track levels, predictors, and school-based opportunities
for physical activity over time among
teenagers. The second to evaluate interventions designed to promote physical
activity among youth. The final goal is to
circulate the findings from this research
to those promoting cardiovascular health
through physical activity programs and
policies.
est to organize knowledge exchange
workshops across Ontario.
Our advocacy activities also reached
communities across Ontario through our
Community Advocacy Fund. This year, the
Foundation awarded over $108,000 in
Advocacy Development Grants to groups
in 13 communities in support of projects
and initiatives aimed at improving opportunities for physical activity and healthy
lifestyles for children.
Dr. Allison’s research group followed a
group of about 200 students from grades
9 to 11 in order to track physical activity
patterns over time and to identify predictors and outcomes of physical activity.
Heart&Stroke Jump Rope for Heart
is more than a program, it has
become a movement spanning
generations and is our biggest
national school-based fund raiser.
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REAL PROGRESS WHERE IT’S NEEDED
The Heart and Stroke Foundation is building research capacity here in
Ontario and across Canada through sustainable funding throughout the
research career ladder and across research disciplines. We’re building on
the research of yesterday and today to achieve optimum research results
for tomorrow. In this way, Foundation-funded research continues to play
a vital role and be a key influencer in the global research community.
Aboriginal peoples and those living in
rural and remote communities have poorer
health status than Canadians who live in
larger centres. Understanding the unique
challenges of these populations is crucial
in designing health care that will address
and overcome these challenges. And with
our help, that’s exactly what the young
researchers at the Northern Ontario
School of Medicine (NOSM) are doing.
RESEARCH FOR THE FUTURE
To support the research continuum, the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
partnered with NOSM to create their first
student research award. The goal of this
award is to build research capacity in
Northern Ontario and support heart disease and stroke research at NOSM. The
program is a five-year commitment that
began in 2006 and is valued at nearly a
quarter of a million dollars.
The Foundation is committed to this
special initiative and thanks TD Bank
Financial Group for supporting its success, and generating awareness of the
importance of cardiac health in the communities of Northern Ontario.
SUPPORTING THE RESEARCH
CONTINUUM
The first recipients of the award completed
their research projects over the summer
of 2006. Their research covered the full
spectrum of biomedical, clinical, public
and population health, epidemiological
and health services research. The projects
undertaken by the students tackled the
major research questions important to
improving the cardiovascular health of
people in Northern Ontario.
Tracy Michano-Stewart
Tracy’s findings from these two
research initiatives will serve as the
basis for recommendations for new
and more effective approaches
to community health and medical
practice in Northern Ontario.
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“It is very clear that First Nations people have higher prevalence of heart
disease and stroke compared to the general public. Tracy’s research in
documenting the risk profiles of this population is important and a critical step in helping us better understand why this contributes to the
burden of this disease in this population.”
DR. ROBERT HEGELE, Heart and Stroke Foundation Career Investigator
This year, students will look at the impact
of cardiovascular disease on Northwestern
Ontario women, the impact of stroke programs in Northeastern Ontario, assessing
timely treatment options for heart attack
patients who live various distances away
from tertiary care centres, and more. The
Foundation Summer Medical Student
Awards provides NOSM students, future
physicians, with valuable hands-on experience in researching an area of medicine
that is extremely important for Northern
Ontario communities.
Returning to the program for a second
summer, Tracy Michano-Stewart is examining issues such as obesity, diabetes and
hypertension in the children of Northern
Ontario. Her research will take an in-depth
look at a population of Aboriginal children
and identify levels of obesity, high blood
sugars and hypertension, as well as other
risk factors and determinants of health.
In addition, a survey of Northern Ontario
physicians will determine levels of knowledge, common practices and perceptions
of Aboriginal health care, with a particular
focus on Aboriginal children. Tracy’s findings from these two research initiatives will
serve as the basis for recommendations
for new and more effective approaches to
community health and medical practice in
Northern Ontario.
SUSTAINABLE RESULTS
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario has a long history of identifying
gaps in the research career ladder. By
ensuring research support, we can play a
role in training, retaining and attracting
cardiovascular researchers to Northern
Ontario and ensuring the sustainability of
heart and stroke research in the province.
We look forward to our continued work
with NOSM and our partners like TD
Bank Financial Group.
Put your heart into a future
filled with promise. Invest
today in the health and lives
of future generations. Give
today at heartandstroke.ca
L to R: Dr. Greg Ross – Associate Dean
of Research, NOSM. The Medical
students: Abdel-Kareem Chehadi, Alex
Anawati, Ching Yeung, Marc-André
Roy. Bev Heim-Myers – Senior
Manager, Research, HSFO.
Missing: Tracy Michano-Stewart
and Kise Mozzon
REAL COMMUNITY
The Heart and Stroke Foundation empowers families, neighbours and
friends to make a difference for the thousands of Ontarians who need
our help. Our community events not only raise much needed funding for
our vital programs, but build awareness of the importance of heart-healthy
living. Through fun, active programs, we’re getting families moving and
galvanizing communities behind a great cause.
Heart&Stroke Fit for Heart is a fund raising program that includes a wide variety
of fun, activity-filled events taking place in
communities across the country all year
long. Whether it’s rowing, cycling, swimming or walking, anything fitness-related
goes! Participants not only raise money
for critical research, they’re making hearthealthy lifestyle choices for their families
and themselves. Last year’s Heart&Stroke
Fit for Heart events raised over $1 million
for critical research.
Go to fitforheart.ca to get involved.
The Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart is
Canada’s largest one-day charity cycling
event where cyclists and in-line skaters take
over Toronto’s famous Don Valley Parkway
and Gardiner Expressway. This year the
Ride for Heart celebrated its 20th anniversary and saw record-breaking results –
welcoming more than 13,000 participants,
132 corporate challenge teams and over
600 volunteers who came out and raised
an outstanding $2.8 million that will support results that change lives.
To learn more about the Ride, visit
rideforheart.ca.
Hoops for Heart is a program that gets
students out of their seats to sink baskets
for a good cause. Students can earn prizes,
schools can earn valuable resources and
the Heart and Stroke Foundation raises
funds to continue research into heart disease and stroke. A Student Leadership
Award is available to those kids who help
organize the event. The program gives
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students a chance to be active, socialize
and be part of something truly important –
the health of our communities.
Check out hoopsforheart.ca.
Heart Month
During 2006 and 2007, the schoolchildren of
Thames Valley District School, with the help of
family and friends, raised $510,000 in support of
vital research through the Heart&Stroke Jump
Rope for Heart program.
Heart&Stroke Jump Rope for Heart is
more than a fund raising program. It has
become a movement spanning generations. This year marks our 25th anniversary,
and it has become a tradition in many
Ontario schools. It’s good for the kids, it’s
good for the schools and it’s definitely
good for the heart.
February is Heart Month, the time when our
annual door-to-door fund raising campaign comes
to life in neighbourhoods across Ontario – raising
awareness and funds that have an enormous
impact on the lives of not just heart and stroke
patients, but all Ontarians. Through the generosity and compassion of neighbours opening their
doors, and the volunteers who call on our behalf,
the Heart and Stroke Foundation has been able
to apply life-saving knowledge, education and
advocacy that gets results, such as: pioneering
the use of a clot-busting drug that, for many, can
actually reverse the effects of stroke. We’ve
made huge advances in in-utero and neonatal
heart research that saves babies’ lives. And we
continue to fund world-class research that helps
Canadians eat healthier and live longer. Last year,
close to $4 million was raised thanks to door-todoor fund raising efforts, now at work supporting
the next groundbreaking research advances that
mean more lives saved.
Your time is our lifeline. Join our
amazing team of Heart Month volunteers this February. Share your story
and more at PutYourHeartIntoIt.ca
Visit jumpropeforheart.ca to learn more.
Teamwork, fitness and fund raising – that’s
what the Foundation’s Heart&Stroke Big
Bike is all about. This bicycle-built-for-30
travels across Canada, visiting more than
200 communities across nine provinces.
Over 54,000 riders annually share in an
amazing Big Bike experience that’s good
for everyone.
Visit bigbike.ca to learn more.
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Restart a Heart
RESTART A HEART. RESTART A LIFE.
Every year, approximately 40,000 Canadians suffer cardiac arrest, mostly
outside of hospital settings. The odds of surviving an out-of-hospital arrest
are a dismal 5%. But early treatment with an Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) coupled with early CPR can restart a heart and boost
survival rates to 50% or more.
AEDs SAVE LIVES
That’s why the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario has committed to
placing an initial 1,000 Automated External
Defibrillators (AEDs) in public buildings
across Ontario within three years through
our Heart&Stroke Restart a Heart, Restart
a Life initiative.
We have always prided ourselves on
‘finding answers for life’. And we know
AEDs do save lives. We have the answer.
By making AEDs available and training
people to use them, survival rates for outof-hospital cardiac arrests could skyrocket
to 50% or more.
To date, over 800 AEDs have
been committed for installation
in arenas and municipal centres
across Ontario.
Through Public Access Defibrillator (PAD)
programs province-wide, we are getting
more AEDs into high-priority locations,
where they can make a difference.
Partnering with individuals, community
groups, corporate sponsors and with the
support of governments, we’ve raised
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$6 million since September 2006, money
that will be used by communities in
Ontario to install AEDs and train people
to use them.
REAL HEROES
The Heart&Stroke Chase McEachern
Tribute Fund was inspired by the vision of
a young boy who launched a nation-wide
campaign to bring AEDs to hockey arenas
across Canada. Sadly, Chase didn’t live to
see his dream become a reality – he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during gym
class and passed away a few days later.
Chase McEachern was 11 years old. Today,
his parents, John and Dorothy McEachern,
campaign tirelessly to make their son’s
dream a reality.
On June 4, 2007, Bill 171, proudly named
the Chase McEachern Act, was passed by
the Ontario Legislature removing the
threat of civil liability and one of the final
barriers to widespread access to AEDs in
the province. The only remaining barrier
is funding. AEDs must become as
commonplace in public buildings as fire
extinguishers, and with the help of governments, philanthropic organizations like the
Ontario Trillium Foundation and dedicated
individuals, they can be.
JIRI FISCHER
On November 21, 2005, Detroit Red Wings
defenseman Jiri Fischer was on the ice, playing in a game against the Nashville Predators.
It was when he was sitting on the bench that
he collapsed. His heart was beating too fast,
causing the onset of cardiac arrest.
It was only thanks to those nearby, armed with
the knowledge of CPR and an onsite defibrillator, that Jiri’s heart was stopped, and then
restarted. “A would-be tragedy turned into a
heartbeat, and gave me a second chance at
life,” Fischer says.
Fischer was only 25 years old when he experienced sudden cardiac arrest and he still
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doesn’t know exactly what caused this to happen. One thing Fischer does know is that the
combination of CPR and an on-site Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) helped save his
life. Today, he is helping to raise awareness of
the importance of AEDs and CPR, and shares
the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s vision to
have AEDs become as commonplace as fire
extinguishers in public buildings.
“Until the sudden cardiac arrest, hockey was
first, everything else was second,” said
Fischer. “This is the first time in my life I can
be part of something bigger than hockey.
A part of making a difference.”
Real Lives. Restarted.
NATHALIE OUELLET
It was 4:10 p.m. Friday, April 13 at the TFO
Studios when Nathalie Ouellet saw a colleague
run past her area yelling, “I’ll call 9-1-1.” One
of Ouellet’s colleagues had slumped over in
his chair, unconscious and not breathing.
Since she had been trained in CPR, Ouellet
immediately offered her assistance. During
the next short minutes, many crew members
remained nearby to help and monitor the situation. A technical crew member at her side
was already relaying information to the 9-1-1
personnel and communicating instructions.
Ouellet tried to find a pulse on his neck and
wrist. There was none. Cardiac arrest. Her
colleague was turning blue. She began compressions and another colleague, also trained
in CPR, quickly joined in.
Together, they kept their colleague alive until
emergency personnel arrived a few minutes
later. The emergency medical services personnel used a defibrillator to revive him and then
took him to hospital. “No one panicked,” says
Ouellet. “Our team responded calmly.” Their
colleague survived and is now recuperating at
home. “We’re all happy to know that he is
doing well,” say both TFO employees.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation sets the
Canadian Guidelines for CPR, defibrillation
and other aspects of emergency cardiovascular
care in Canada. It is also at the forefront of
CPR training across Canada. “CPR helps you
to recognize the signs of distress, and gives
you very clear steps to follow,” Ouellet says.
“Everybody should know how to do it. It’s
very moving to know that you can save a life.”
GLENN ARTHUR
For 19 years, Glenn Arthur has been playing
goalie for the Arnprior Avalanche. On April 20,
he collapsed on the bench, stopped breathing
and had no heartbeat. In other words, he was
in cardiac arrest. “One minute I was watching
the puck go into centre ice, and the next
minute I was out.”
Two team members immediately began
CPR and called for the Automated External
Defibrillator (AED). Others began to defibrillate his heart. All this took place in 21⁄2 minutes
flat. Several people in the stands called 9-1-1.
“I was a lucky guy that day because there
were so many people looking out for me.”
This was not the first time Glenn had a problem
with his heart. In 1986, he had a heart attack,
then 19 years later underwent triple-bypass sur-
gery. But he had never experienced arrhythmia,
an abnormal heartbeat, until now. Arrhythmia
can lead to cardiac arrest. “I don’t have high
blood pressure and I’m in good shape… the
cardiac arrest was a complete surprise.”
As the recreation director for the Town of
Arnprior, Glenn knows the value of having the
right equipment in recreation centres – and
elsewhere. The city’s council has already
approved placement of AEDs in several public
buildings, and will be installing more.
Glenn is grateful he is still alive. “All I can say
is thank you, big time, to the people who
saved my life and to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation for their efforts in CPR training
and AED installation.”
Real Lives. Restarted.
KEEGAN BANNEN
One early April morning, Shannon Bannen was
feeding her seven-week-old son Keegan when
he started fussing and having trouble breathing. She knew something was wrong so she
told her husband, Richard, to call 9-1-1. Then,
within seconds, Keegan stopped breathing
altogether and his heart stopped beating.
tests showed no permanent damage to his
brain. Doctors told Shannon that performing
CPR saved Keegan’s life. “He was never without oxygen as long as I was doing those CPR
rescue breaths,” she says. To look at him today,
she says, you’d never guess that he experienced any trauma. He’s very healthy, she adds.
“That’s when I started CPR on him.” Less than
two minutes later, police arrived followed
quickly by emergency personnel. Keegan
arrived at hospital where they stabilized him.
He was diagnosed with a virus that had shut
down his lungs and stopped his heart. “We
were so terrified we’d lose him that day that
we called our pastor to come baptize him.”
As a parent of two children, Shannon says it is
vital to learn CPR. She learned as a camp
counsellor in her teens and regularly takes
refresher courses and gets recertified every
two years. “CPR really gives you a sense of
empowerment and confidence to handle any
emergency situation if you need to. Parents,
especially, should learn CPR. It’s as important as baby-proofing your home.”
But Keegan survived. He spent a month in
intensive care, and a series of neurological
Open here to meet four real
people – real lives – saved by
CPR and defibrillation.
Restart a Life
“The Public Access Defibrillator initiative is a job well-started. We are in the
midst of a sea change that will give so many people a second chance at life.”
ROCCO ROSSI, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
REAL RESULTS. EVERYWHERE.
We’re putting the full weight of the
Foundation’s will and strength behind
Public Access Defibrillator programs
in Ontario.
The Heart&Stroke Chase McEachern
Tribute Fund and our Heart&Stroke Restart
a heart, Restart a life initiatives are already
giving people in communities across
Ontario a significantly increased chance of
survival in the event of cardiac arrest, with
800 AEDs allocated to date in more than
50 municipalities. This would not have
been possible without the tremendous
support of all donors who are helping us
advance this initiative. A special thanks to
the following group of contributors*
whose generosity has helped us achieve
such timely and remarkable results.
Ministry of Health Promotion
Polo for Heart
Frank Cowan Foundation
Richard Elgin Rooney
Transamerica Life Canada
Unilever Canada (Becel)
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Wayne Gretzky Foundation
Jon and Nancy Love
George Armoyan
Neo Materials
Delux Labs
Philips
Scotiabank Group
Dominion Insurance of Canada
Rocco Rossi
* $10,000 and above
Put your heart into it.™
Learn CPR. Find out how at
heartandstroke.ca/restart
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Rainy River to Toronto
Rocco’s 1,900-km Trek
On May 31, Rocco Rossi, CEO of the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario,
triumphantly bicycled into Toronto, completing
an impressive 1,900-kilometre fund raising trek
down Canada’s longest street, Yonge Street/
Highway 11. Rocco started his ambitious “Ride
Yonge – Stay Young” journey in Rainy River on
May 9, and cycled for 22 days, averaging 100
kilometres a day. The goal was to raise funds
and awareness of the Heart&Stroke Chase
McEachern Tribute Fund and its efforts to place
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in
public spaces across Ontario, as well as the 20th
Annual Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart – the
Heart and Stroke Foundation’s largest one-day
cycling fund raiser. By the time Rocco pedalled
into Toronto, he had well surpassed his original
fund raising goal of $250,000, raising an impressive $390,000.
For every one-minute delay, a cardiac
arrest victim’s chance of survival
decreases by 7% to 10%. After more
than 12 minutes, the survival rate is
less than 5%.
Real Dedication
VOLUNTEER AWARDS
HEART&STROKE AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER EXCELLENCE
Presented to volunteers with at least three years of service, who demonstrate vision
and strategic ability, add value through leadership excellence, deliver on commitments
and contribute high quality results, are proud advocates of the Foundation’s mandate
and work to heighten the Foundation’s profile through delivery of fund raising, volunteer development and/or mission activities.
Jan Andreychuk – Niagara Heart Month
Dr. Chi-Ming Chow – Vice President, Chinese Canadian Council; Foundation Spokesperson
Dick Fearon – Guelph Volunteer Development
Paul Nelson – Dufferin Chapter Council President
Harry Blair – Halton Chapter Council President
Malcolm Pacey – Jump Rope for Heart Chairperson, Lakeshore
Mitch Ramsay and Bob Blears – HSFO Ambassadors/Advocates, Durham Region
BOB LUBA AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE EXCELLENCE
Recognizing a staff member who furthers the mission by making exceptional contributions that have meaningful impact on revenue growth, quality, innovation,
productivity or people.
Justin Brown – Director, Major Alliances
TONY GRAHAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BOARD SERVICE
Honouring outstanding achievement and performance by a member of the
Foundation Board of Directors.
Dr. Ross Feldman
LUC A. VANNESTE AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER AND STAFF TEAMS
Awarded to an area office team that demonstrates exemplary achievement in the
areas of revenue growth, cost control, teamwork, innovation, implementation, volunteer development and Foundation presence.
Provincial Winner
Durham Region Area Office Team
Regional Winners
GTA – Durham Region Area Office Team
Central West – Barrie Area Office Team
West – Stratford Area Office Team
North/East – Timmins Area Office Team
DOUG SHEPPARD CHAPTER AWARD
Presented to the Chapter that achieves the highest percent increase in revenue over
the previous year.
Haliburton Chapter
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HEART&STROKE OUTSTANDING CORPORATE PARTNER AWARD
Recognizing corporations that significantly promote the mission of the Foundation, increase
awareness of the Foundation in the community and/or generate 3rd party revenue.
Unilever Canada (Becel)
sanofi-aventis
Transamerica Life Canada
Boehringer-Ingelheim Canada Ltd./Ltée
MARTY ROTHSTEIN AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Recognizing volunteers or staff (individual or team) who develop and/or implement
an innovative idea that shows long-term potential for success as it increases the
Foundation’s profile in the community and furthers the Foundation’s mission.
Cathy Macey – Area Manager, Sudbury
RICK GALLOP AWARD FOR PIONEERING LEADERSHIP
Recognizing volunteers or staff for pioneering leadership in the development
and execution of an idea or project that results in positive, long-term impact and
significance for the Foundation.
AED/Resuscitation Team – Justin Brown, Krista Orendorff, Michelle Potts,
Sara Moniz, Sandra Zambon, Laura King Hahn and Frank Rubini
HEART OF GOLD AWARD
Honouring corporations that demonstrate loyalty and service to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation through significant contributions of time, talent, material and financial resources.
Boston Pizza International Inc.
Honouring volunteers who demonstrate loyalty and service to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation through contributions of time and talent that result in significant material
and/or financial resource support.
Millie Graham – Stroke Spokesperson
Rob and Louise Weir – Founders/Managers, Roger Weir Memorial Hockey
for Heart Tournament
Jiri Fischer – Spokesperson for Heart&Stroke Restart a Heart, Restart a Life AED and
CPR Initiative
CHASE MCEACHERN TRIBUTE FUND SPIRIT AWARD
Honouring those who save lives through Automated External Defibrillators, and
honours every life saved.
Chase McEachern Tribute Fund Spirit Award Plaque Recipients
Life savers: Tim Morris, Gilles Villeneuve
Chase McEachern Tribute Fund Spirit Award Commemorative Glass Puck Recipients:
Glenn Arthur (saved by Tim Morris); Michel Langevin (saved by Gilles Villeneuve);
Jiri Fischer, Spokesperson for Heart&Stroke Restart a Heart, Restart a Life AED and
CPR Initiative
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Real Commitment
CORPORATE
$10,000 TO $49,999
Astellas USA Foundation
Auto Control Medical Inc.
Bell Employee Giving Program
Black & McDonald
BMO Fountain of Hope
California Walnut Commission
Canada Bread Company Limited (Dempster’s)
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
Clarica
Danone Canada Inc. (Cardivia)
Delux Labs
Desjardins Financial Security
Dole Packaged Foods Company
Dominion Insurance of Canada
Dove Creek Motor Express
Energizer
Gay Lea Foods (Nordica)
Giant Tiger Stores Limited
Hamilton Beach
Highstreet Asset Management Inc.
IBM Employee’s Charitable Fund
Industrial Alliance
Jones Apparel Group
Jones DESLAURIERS
Kellogg Canada Inc. (All Bran Buds
& All Bran Guardian Cereal)
TD Bank Financial Group and the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario share a common interest in
making a difference in communities across the
country by nurturing and encouraging young
people. Working with the Heart and Stroke
Foundation, they are doing just that at the
Northern Ontario School of Medicine. TD Bank
Financial Group is supporting young researchers
through the Summer Medical Student Research
Awards at NOSM. With TD Bank Financial
Group’s support, we have made significant
progress in building research capacity across the
north, supporting heart disease and stroke
research at the Northern Ontario School of
Medicine and generating awareness of the
importance of heart health in the community.
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Mackenzie Financial Charitable Foundation
Mandarin Restaurant Franchise Corporation
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Meridian Credit Union
Merrill Lynch
Neo Materials
OPG Employees’ & Pensioners’
Charitable Trust
Orlando Corporation
Philips
Rogers Publishing Limited (Chatelaine)
Rose Reisman Catering
Sherritt International Corporation
Shimano Canada Ltd
Shoppers Drug Mart
smart Canada
Specialty Care
Sun Life Financial
Sun-Rype Products Ltd.
Swarovski Canada Limited
TD Bank Financial Group
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association
Winners Merchants International
$50,000 TO $99,999
Astra Zeneca Canada Inc.
Bayer Inc.
Dairy Farmers of Canada
General Mills Canada Corporation (Cheerios)
GoodLife Fitness
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Sears Employee Charitable Fund
$100,000 AND UP
Apotex Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd.
Boston Pizza International Inc.
Canadian Tire Foundation of Families
Fortinos
Great-West Life, London Life
and Canada Life
London Life
RBC Foundation
sanofi-aventis
Scotiabank Group
Transamerica Life Canada
Unilever Canada (Becel)
MEDIA
AGENCY
Alliance Atlantis
Astral Media
105.7 EZ Rock
99.9 MIX FM
NEWSTALK 610 CKTB
NEWSTALK 1010 CFRB
97.7 HTZ-FM
Brampton Guardian
Canwest/Global Television
Captivate
Captive Channel
CBC Television
CBS Outdoor
CHCH News
CHUM Radio
Cogeco
Concourse Media
Corus Entertainment
CTVglobemedia
D.A.N. Media
Eucan/Eco-Media Direct
IMA Advertising
JAZZ.FM91
Metro News
Northern Life
Now Magazine
Outdoor Broadcast Network
P.O.P. Media
Pedal Magazine
Pelmorex Broadcast Sales
Persona 10 News
PHSN TV
Quebecor Media
Rogers Media
Chatelaine
Maclean’s/L’actualité
CHYM FM/570 News
Street Seen Media
The Amazing Persona/Persona 3 News
The Chronicle Journal
Time Magazine
TITAN Media
TLN
Toronto Community News
Torstar
The Guelph Mercury
The Hamilton Spectator
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
The Sudbury Star
Wild On Walls
York Region Media Group
Zoom Media
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario would like to recognize the
following creative and communications
agencies who delivered such an extraordinary degree of support from pro bono
consulting, strategic and creative work, to
leveraging media for optimal added
value. Thank you for helping us go that
much further to reach our wide, varied
and valued audience of Canadians everywhere – who share our vision for healthier,
longer lives. We could not possibly do it
without you.
Ogilvy One Worldwide
Mindshare
Publicis Canada
Ove Design & Communications Ltd.
ZenithOptimedia Canada Inc.
JSI Data Systems Limited
There is no doubt the demographic
make-up of Canada is rapidly changing.
That’s why it is so important to improve
the heart health of Canada’s cultural communities. The RBC Foundation is helping. They have
pledged $360,000 to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation in a major initiative to improve the
heart health of Canada’s South Asian communities. RBC funding, spread over the next three
years, will enable the Heart and Stroke
Foundation to support research and culturally
relevant health education for the South Asian
community. The results of this important work
will help shape recommendations for the prevention of heart disease in South Asian members of
our community.
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Real Heart
TOP FUND RAISERS
HEART&STROKE JUMP ROPE
FOR HEART TOP SCHOOLS
HEART&STROKE BIG BIKE
TOP COMPANIES
Toronto French School
Guardian Angels Catholic School
Jackman Avenue Junior Public School
Bank of Montreal
Remax Oakville
Xstrata
HEART&STROKE HOOPS FOR HEART
TOP SCHOOLS
HEART&STROKE FIT FOR HEART
TOP FUND RAISERS
Rolling Hills Public School
Sir Winston Churchill Public School
Leo Baeck Day School
Anthony Allwood Bdo Curl For Stroke
BECEL HEART&STROKE
RIDE FOR HEART
Stephen Randolf
Jack Vos
Top 5 Fund Raisers
1. Rocco Rossi
2. Denys Calvin
3. Colleen Johnston
4. Greg Wolfond
5. Kevin Duffy
Top 5 Corporate Challenge Teams
1. Rocco’s Riders
2. Torkin Manes Cohen Arbus LLP
3. Scotiabank Group
4. Integrated Private Debt (Mike’s Bikes)
5. Unilever Canada Inc.
Jim Fawcett
Fiona Lowden
AIG
Aquaterrestrial
Inco
Burlington Masters
Swim Club
Bdo Curl For Stroke
Bdo Curl For Stroke
HEART&STROKE HEART MONTH
Outstanding Canvassers
Juve Jesus
Toronto
Dr. Anthony Graham Toronto
Ralph Perry
Beamsville
Dorothy Vogt
Sarnia
Larry Kuchocki
London
Richard Rooney
Richard Rooney has shown what kind of
impact one person can have when they put
their heart into it. His generous contribution
to the Heart&Stroke Chase McEachern
Tribute Fund will ensure the placement of
AEDs in priority public locations in Bruce
and Grey counties. “This region, where I
grew up and where my family has been
settled for generations, was among the
least prepared in the province for cardiac
arrest,” says Mr. Rooney. A committed supporter of many worthwhile endeavours in
the arts, education and health, Mr. Rooney
was inspired by the story of Chase
McEachern and the tireless efforts his parents continue to make in his memory. “The
story of Chase McEachern moved me a
great deal because I have an eleven-year-old
son. I’m not sure I could show the kind of
heroism that the McEacherns have if my son
passed away.” It is only through the support
of people like Richard Rooney that the
Heart and Stroke Foundation is able to continue this important work.
Real Compassion
A special thanks to our
Leadership Donors, whose
generous contributions will
make a significant impact in
helping advance our mission.
A.W.B. Charitable Foundation
Jain Anand
Angie Anthanasopoulos
George Armoyan
Viola Armstrong
Army, Navy and Air Force
Veterans – York Unit 383
Susan Atkins
Yveline Audemars
Ms. Angela Audet
Chris Bacon
Brad Badeau
Stuart Bahen
Mr. Kenneth Baillie
Ms. Kathryn Balls
Mr. Brock Barker
Evelyn Barker
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Barnett
Franca Barone
Alan Bean
David Beatty
David Beck
Mr. Stinson A. Beckett
Paul Beeston
Ms. Linda C. Dal Bello
Dennis Bennie
Mr. Dwight M. Benson
Jules Bertrand
Steve Bevan
David Blanchard
Mr. and Mrs. Fredric R. Boardman
Rhoda Boland
Mrs. Elisabeth Borman
Joan Bosilevac
Garo Bostajian
Andrea Botelho
Yvan Bourdeau
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H.C. Boyd
Mrs. Mary Boyle
Ms. Elizabeth Breen
Paul Brehl
Patricia Bremner-Ikeno
Mr. Carlo Brentel
Darrell Bricker
David Britnell and Mary Fox
Martin Brodigan
Robert Brooks
Stephen Brown
Ishmael Browne
Thomas Bryant
David Bryson
John Budreski
Neil Bullock
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burnham
Mr. D. Burry
Mr. Boris Butilkin
Bill Butt
Mr. William C. Buttimer
R. Denys Calvin
John Cameron
Lillian Campbell
Mr. Mark Campbell
Patrick Canham
Kathleen M. Cant
Mr. Bruce Cappel
Mr. Paul Carvalho
Jay Cashmore
Catherine and Maxwell Meighen
Foundation
Brian Cepuran
Mrs. Y.P. Chan
Anita Chan
I. Cheung
Richard W. Chichester
Daniel and Alison Child
Susan B. Christensen
Ms. Lenora Christensen
Catherine Christodoulou
Raymond Chu
Thomas H. Clapp
Mrs. Anne Clark
Mr. Ted J. Coker
Mr. J. Brian Colburn
Robert Colson
William “Chip” Comstock
Mr. Scott Connolly
Mr. Patrick Consoli
Contardi Family
E. Cook
Frank Cowan Foundation
Catherine Cooper
Mrs. Arthur Cordingley
Mr. Randolph Cousins
Ms. Doris Cowper
Mrs. Norma N. Cox
David Craig
Crane Fund for Widows and
Children
Sam Crignano
Kimberley Crowe
Mrs. Mary Cullen
Marney Curran
Mary Beth Currie
Kasia Czarski and Fred Glady
Danier Leather Inc.
Lloyd Darlington
Anne Daubney
Davies Charitable Foundation
Mr. Brian T. Davies
Sheila Davis
Jennifer De Bruijn
Dr. A.V. Dejardine
Brenda Deline
Patrick Devine
Dan Devlin
C. T. Devos
G.P. Di Rocco
Mary L. Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. Enio DiDonato
Franco Dimarco
Paul and Theresa Di’Tommaso
Dr. Abdul K. Docrat
Edward Dodig
Frank Domenichiello
John Donald
O.M. Done
Robert Dorrance
Mr. L. Dubkovski
Samuel Duboc
Jack and Barbara Duff
Diana Duffy
Earl Duffy
Paul and Wendy Duffy
Robert Earnke
Edwards Charitable Foundation
Michael and Beth Egan
Rachel Eisenberg
Heather J. Elliott
Ms. Nancy Embry
The Etta I. Jackson Charitable
Foundation
Bob Ewen
Wade Eyre
George and Sheila Fanjoy
Dr. William Fay
Mr. Paul Faynwachs
Henry Fiorillo
Stephen and Rose Fishman
James Flanigan
Dianne Flatt
Violet Flawn
Dawn Flawn
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Fletcher
Angela Flood
Mr. Steven W. Flowers
Mr. Percy C. Ford
Stanley Fowler
Wayne and Isabel Fox
Francine and Bob
Alan Friedman and Family
Marie Frossard
Lou Fruitman
Harvey Fruitman
Mrs. T.G. Fuller
Mr. Hugh Fuller
Mr. Ross E. Fullerton
David Galloway and Jan Venus
Jill V. Gardiner
Mr. Michael Garvey
John Gedeon
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gekiere
George and Golda Fine Family
Foundation
Mrs. Audrey Gilmour
Stephen Gilpin
Angela Gismondi
Norman Glowinsky
Mrs. C. Warren Goldring
Laurie Graham
Ken and Dave Grant
Mr. David Gray
Thomas Greco
The Wayne Gretzky Foundation
F.M. Grossman
Mr. Ken Grynol
Dr. Noémi Guindon
Edmond Gunn Foundation
Christopher Guthrie
To and Sheila Ha
Mr. Terence Haight
Hamilton Community Foundation
Elaine Hamilton
Please contact Mary Stangolis in the Major Gifts office at 416 489 7111 ext 457 or mstangolis@hsf.on.ca with any enquiries or corrections.
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Don & Marjorie Lenz
The Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for
Stroke Recovery brings together world-class
researchers from Baycrest, the Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre and the Ottawa
Health Research Institute, to collaborate on
finding new ways to rehabilitate stroke
patients. The research synergies created at
the Centre are expected to lead to major
advances in stroke prevention, treatment,
and recovery – giving hope and a better
quality of life to stroke survivors and their
families.
Don Lenz, Co-Chair of the Centre’s “A Mind
To Give” Campaign and his wife, Marjorie,
have both experienced the devastating
effects of stroke on loved ones, and believe
deeply that science is the answer to prevention and recovery.
“We hope that our gift is a start to major
gifts at the Heart and Stroke Foundation so
that we can continue to finance excellence
in stroke research. We have been blessed
with health and we believe those who have
been blessed should encourage generosity
to help move the world forward. That is
what we hope our gift will do.”
Mr. Harold P. Hands
Judi and Sherman Hans
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hatanaka
David and Lenore Hawkey
The Hazel Bradley Investment
Corporation Limited
Elizabeth Hearn
Mr. Edward Hedge
Mary E. Hellyer
George Henderson
George P. Henderson
Dr. Tammy Hermant
Jeffrey Herold
Mr. Ralph Hicks
Andre Hidi
Stephen Hill
Ted Hirst
John Hogarth
Anthony Hollyoak
Mrs. Donna J. Hori-Gawn
James Horn
Joan and Jim Horn
Shirley Hornick
Barbara J. Houlding
George and Lillian Hrudie
Mr. Henry Hui
Robert and Deborah Hunt
Irene Ilic
Kris and Margaret Isberg
Ms. Beryl Ivey
Mr. Richard M. Ivey
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The J.E. Panneton Foundation
J.P. Bickell Foundation
Jackman Foundation
Juliana Jay
Jonathan Jelinek
Alan Jette
John and Myrna Daniels
Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Carolyn Johnston
Colleen Johnston
Brian Johnston
Mrs. Marilyn Johnston
Mr. Derrek Johnstone
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Judd
Bharat Kalra
Mr. James Kan
Mr. Paul Keul
Greg Kiessling
Lee Kim
Bill King
Ms. Agnes Kinnear
Martin Klaponski
John Knebel
Ms. Donna Koeltz
Victor Koloshuk
Leo and Wendy Koopman
Derek Kopmann
Mr. Ben Kostuk
Mr. Robert Koturbash
Alexander and Joseph Kotyk
Peter Kozicz
Elliot Krangle
Robert Krembil
Anthony Kunkel
Mr. Arthur Lam
Mr. Joseph LaPointe
R. Latuskie
Desta Leavine
Terry LeClair
Ms. Linda Ledbetter
Don and Marjorie Lenz
Ms. Florence Leung
Brian Levett
Mary Lewis
David Li
Lind Family Foundation
Mrs. Marjorie Logan
Mr. Stuart Lombard
Scott Lopes
Phillips Lounsbery
Gord Love
Jon and Nancy Love
Robert and Lorraine Luba
Brian and Karen Luborsky
Mabel and Gordon McMillen
Foundation
Rory Macdonald
MacFeeters Family Fund
Alberdina MacIntyre
Ms. Helen MacKenzie
F. MacKenzie
Jim MacLean
Rob MacLellan
Mrs. Catherine MacMaster
The Manchee Foundation
Mr. W.A. Manford
Guiseppina Maniscalco
Art Mannarn
Angelo Marano
Ben Marano
Anthony Marano
Mr. and Mrs. Albino Marcassa
Richard Martin
Masonic Foundation of Ontario
Mr. Peter Mastorakos
Joel Matlin
Mr. Robert May
Norah McAuliffe
Eugene McBurney
Mr. John McCabe
Gerald McCaughey
Mr. Christopher McCulloch
Mr. Robert McCutcheon
W. Ian McDonald
Mr. John McEachern
Richard McGraw
Mr. John L. McGugan
James McIntyre
Mr. and Mrs. Don McKay
Mrs. Marietta McKinlay
Mr. Daniel McPhee
Julia McRae
Mr. Robert Meinschenk
The Mendelson Family
Mr. George Meszaros
Ms. Judith Mewett
Winston Meyer
Richard Mili
Tom and Lisa Miller
Mrs. Margaret Milne
Kamini and Dhiru Mistry
Norma Monk
Paul Montgomery
Hugh Moreland
Gayl Morgan
Mr. Thomas Moriarity
Mr. J.C. Morrison
Mr. Myles Morton
Dr. Arumair Muhunthan
Kaneo Nagata
Jacqueline Nainee
Saroja Narasimhan
John B. Newman
Herman Y. Ng
Wesley Nicol
Jeremy Nowack and Emily Zamir
Ms. Dora E. Noy
Ms. Sandra Nymark
Nicholas Offord
Mrs. T. Oikawa
Ms. Helen Orsino
Janssen Ortho
Ms. Marie J. Overweel
Alfred Page
Donna Parr
Ms. Kelly Patrianakos
Blanche Patterson
David and Anne Patterson
Mr. Peter B.P. Pearce
Mr. John W. Pease
Mr. Robert Percival
Mrs. Lee Peters
Rick Pettit
Robert Phillips
Mr. Jim Phimister
Lynda Picov
Dr. Ronald Pinkerton and
Dr. Marjorie Boyle Pinkerton
Glen Pleshko
Joe Polito
Dr. David B. Posen
Mr. Richard Potusek
John Proctor
Joseph Proderick
Ron Prosserman
Robbie Pryde
Robert J. Pyne
Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre and
Jeannine Raab
Karl Rammler
Garry Degeer
Elinor Ratcliffe
Harold Rathwell
Michael Rayfield
Jeff Rayman
Alistair Rennie
Mr. Ralph F.D. Richardson
C. E. Ritchie
J. Mark D. Rivers
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
and Nancy Robertson
Paul Robinson
Sheryl Rogers
Mr. David Roland
Mary and Michael Rolland
Richard E. Rooney
Elaine Roper
Michael Rorrocks
Rocco and Rhonnie Rossi
Joseph and Sandra Rotman
John and Jennifer Ruddy
Mr. John Rumble
Mrs. Teresa Rumph
Mr. William Rupert
Mr. Marvin Ryder
Ms. L. Sabetti
Mr. James Sauder
Edward Scharf
John Schumacher
Al Scornaienchi
Sandra Searle
Mr. Peter Seto
Mr. Richard T. Shaban
Shadowcorp Investment Limited
N. Sharratt
Ms. Dorothy Sheldon-McEachern
Neil Shepherd
Michael Shulist
Mrs. Audrey I. Sillick
Marita Simbul-Lezon
Mr. Zoltan D. Simo
Cindy Simpson
Paul and Cathy Singleton
Gary Slaight
Mrs. Diane Slimmon
Sherry Smith
Mr. Hin Leung So
Jennifer Spear
Mr. S. Spray
Froukje Staal
Marilyn Stafford
Mr. Bruce Starzenski
Mr. Robert J. Steacy
Mr. Rick Steeves
Nicolos Stern
Dr. Duncan J. Stewart
Ms. Kathleen Stewart
Joan Strothard
Dr. Matthew Suh
Mr. Austin A. Sweet
Tanya M. Taggart
Michael Tamblyn
Lee Taylor
Ms. Gail Thomas
William Thomas
Timothy Thompson
Ms. Thelma Thomson
Mrs. Sadie Tiffin
Steve Tiller
Katherine Tooke
Eric Tripp
Ms. Marie Trudeau
Michael Tymianski
M.J. Utting
Mark Vader
Ms. Dale Vandenberg
Luc Vanneste
Mr. David Vaughan
Mark Verlinden
Davies Ward Phillips and Vineber
Michael Volpatti
G. Wesley Voorheis
Mr. William E. Wall
Randall and Angela Waples
J.R. Kingsley Ward
Derek J. Watchorn
The Wayne Gretzky Foundation
The WB Family Foundation
Bill Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Weegar
Miss J.I. Wheatley
Richard Whelan
Rob White
J.H. Whiteside
Ms. Agatha Wierenga
Karen Willison
Melvyn Wolfond
Henry Wolfond
Art Wolfond
Greg Wolfond
Ms. Agnes M.F. Wong
Ms. Esther Wong
Debbie Wright
J.A. Young
Mr. John Young
And others wishing to remain
anonymous
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Financials
STATEMENT OF
FINANCIAL POSITION
STATEMENT OF REVENUE
AND EXPENDITURES
As at August 31
(in $ thousands)
For the year ended August 31
(in $ thousands)
2007
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash
equivalents
Accounts receivable
Prepaid expenses
and deposits
Inventory
Investments
Endowment funds
Property and equipment
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
and accrued liabilities
Research grants
and awards payable
Deferred contributions
Leasehold inducements
Rent allowances
Deferred contributions
Research grants
and awards payable
Net Assets
Internally restricted
Unrestricted
Restricted for endowment
purposes
Invested in property
and equipment
$ 29,115
1,819
$ 20,907
1,421
1,039
1,365
1,575
1,030
33,338
24,933
101,066
369
2,066
93,588
369
2,200
$136,839
$ 121,090
$ 5,565
2007
2006
$ 26,542
27,639
9,317
6,555
$ 26,377
9,819
8,916
6,300
3,767
2,525
73,820
53,937
9,527
8,831
Net fund raising before
lotteries
Net proceeds of lotteries
64,293
12,870
45,106
15,360
Net fund raising revenue
77,163
60,466
12,101
6,250
(3,377)
588
4,124
5,428
90,011
72,732
13,857
2,744
13,491
2,571
16,601
16,062
73,410
56,670
40,073
39,845
21,125
19,815
61,198
59,660
2006
$
Revenue
Fund raising revenue
Community-based
programs
Bequests and major gifts
Direct marketing
In honour gifts
Corporate sponsorship
and other
Less: Direct fund
raising program costs
7,090
Other Income
Interest, dividends, realized
gains on investments
Increase (decrease) in
market value of
investments
Government sponsored
projects
38,314
6,048
36,444
997
49,927
44,531
1,746
1,480
587
1,849
102
3,072
1,947
2,596
55,687
52,150
Net revenue before
operating and mission
expenditures
56,029
24,434
64,339
3,881
Operating expenditures
Fund raising
Administration
369
369
320
351
81,152
68,940
$136,839
$ 121,090
Net revenue before
mission expenditures
Mission expenditures
Research
Health promotion and
community programs
Excess (deficiency) of
revenue over expenditures
for the year
$ 12,212
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ANNUAL REPORT 2007
$
(2,990)
About the
Annual Report
FISCAL 2007
EXPENDITURES
How is it prepared?
Significant revenue increases resulting from
several major bequests, and growth in
major gifts and corporate sponsorships,
partially offset by reduced lottery contribution due to an exceptionally competitive
market. Successes in new strategic initiatives include the Centre for Stroke
Recovery, and deployment of Automated
External Defibrillators throughout Ontario.
Exceptional financial results in current year
will facilitate significant increases in future
mission spending in coming years.
3%
Who is responsible for overseeing
Financial Management?
18%
52%
27%
KEY
Research
Health promotion &
community programs
The financial information reflected in this annual
report is a component of the Foundation’s complete Audited Financial Statements. These
Audited Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP), and are audited
by the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The
auditors review this annual report for consistency
with the Audited Financial Statements. They also
review the Foundation’s annual Registered
Charity Information Return form T3010 that is
filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
and is available annually on the CRA website
(Business number 10747-2839-RR0001). A complete set of financial statements is available
upon request from the Foundation Finance
Department (416-489-7111 ext. 477).
The Foundation fulfills its important governance
roles through its strong volunteer committee
structures comprised of members with relevant
skills. Ultimate responsibility for governance and
oversight lies with the Board of Directors.
Assisting the Board in fulfilling its financial mandate are various committees including the Audit
Committee, the Finance and Investment
Committee, the Investment Sub-Committee.
The Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling
its oversight responsibilities for the external financial reporting process, the system of internal
control, the audit process and the processes
for identifying, evaluating and managing the
Foundation’s principal risks impacting financial
reporting. The Finance and Investment
Committee is accountable to the Board for providing oversight regarding the financial well-being
of the Foundation and oversees an Investment
Sub-Committee which provides oversight regarding the Foundation’s investment portfolio.
Fund raising
Why is lottery revenue different from
charitable revenue?
Administration
Since its inception in 1997, the Foundation’s
Lottery has enabled the Foundation to generate
over $137 million in net revenue to support
research initiatives and community health programs. Because Canada Revenue Agency
regulations do not allow a tax deduction for the
purchase of lottery tickets, the Foundation does
not issue tax receipts for revenue derived from
lottery. For financial statement presentation,
non-receiptable Lottery revenues are reported
as net proceeds, consistent with the presentation by other charitable organizations.
ANNUAL REPORT 2007
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How are non-mission related
costs presented?
The Foundation presents non-mission costs in
three expense categories in its Statement of
Revenue and Expenditures: direct fund raising
program costs, fund raising expenditures and
administration. Direct fund raising program costs
are costs directly attributable to generating fund
raising revenue. In the Audited Financial
Statements and in this Report, these costs are
deducted from gross fund raising revenue.
General fund raising expenditures include operating and salary expenses related to fund raising,
but not attributable to a specific fund raising
program. Administration expenses include all
other expenses that are not related to either
general fund raising expenditures or direct fund
raising program costs.
What are deferred contributions and
internally restricted assets?
Generally, revenue sources are not restricted by
external parties or donors to specific types of
expenditures. However, certain revenue sources,
including government-sponsored projects, the
Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke
Recovery, some corporate and philanthropic
donations including contributions to the Automated External Defibrillator initiative, require
the Foundation to spend funds on designated
or mutually agreed-upon expenditures. As many
activities span multiple fiscal periods, deferred
contributions can arise when the revenue
designated for these restricted expenditures
exceeds the expenditures or commitments at
the end of the fiscal period. As a result, the
Foundation does not recognize such excess as
revenue but reflects this excess as deferred
contributions until such time as the Foundation
expends or finishes the commitments to the
designated activity.
In order to ensure sufficient resources are
available to fund multi-year research awards
and other priorities established within the
Foundation’s five-year strategic plan, the Board
of Directors “internally restricts” or reserves a
portion of the Foundation’s net assets.
Accordingly, all internally restricted amounts
are not available for any other purposes without
approval of the Board of Directors. The
strategic initiatives supported by restricted funds
total $64 million and include the High Blood
Pressure project, the Healthy Weights project,
multi-year Research Awards and other initiatives
set out in the Foundation’s strategic plan.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2007
Three significant, unexpected bequests were
received late in Fiscal 2007 accounting for the
substantial increase in net revenue and
unrestricted assets. Our strategic plan outlines
options for additional investment in mission
and these options will be reviewed by the
Board of Directors.
Why does the Foundation report
the increase in market value
of investments?
The Foundation proactively chose to report
investments at market value in advance of
emerging accounting principles. In the current
year, unrealized increases or decreases in market values of investments are reflected in the
Statement of Revenue and Expenditures.
Effective September 1, with the finalization of
new accounting policies for financial instruments, unrealized gains or losses in market
value of investments will be reflected in the
Statement of Net Assets rather than the
Statement of Revenue and Expenditures.
Consequently, unrealized market fluctuations
will not impact the Statement of Revenue and
Expenditures in fiscal 2008 and beyond.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Rocco Rossi
VICE PRESIDENTS
Nickey Alexiou – Human Resources
Patrick Collins – Community and Donor
Development
Kasia Czarski – Marketing
Laura Syron – Research, Advocacy
& Health Promotion
Bill Thomas – Chief Financial Officer,
Finance, Systems & Business Solutions
HEART AND STROKE
FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO
Provincial Office
2300 Yonge Street, Ste 1300
P.O. Box 2414
Toronto, ON
M4P 1E4
Tel: 416-489-7111
Fax: 416-489-6885
Email: heartandstroke@hsf.on.ca
Web site: www.heartandstroke.ca
Business number: 10747-2839-RR0001
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The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
prides itself on making every dollar achieve real
results that change lives. Whether you participate
in or sponsor an event, give at the door during
Heart Month, honour a loved one through a
memorial donation, or support our work as a
valued volunteer, your money and personal
commitment fuel the very best in world-class
research. Only with your help can we continue
to deliver breakthrough medical advances, effect
social change, and educate individuals, families
and health professionals with the most current
health information and knowledge that protects
and saves lives.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT.™
MISSION STATEMENT
The Heart and Stroke Foundation,
a volunteer-based health charity,
leads in eliminating heart disease
and stroke and reducing their
impact through the advancement
of research and its application,
the promotion of healthy living,
and advocacy.