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2011-2012 Annual Report
Royal University Hospital Foundation
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R oya l U n i v e r s i t y H o s p i ta l F o u n dat i o n
oard of Directors 2011-2012
Left to right:
Chair Bill Johnson, Senior Director of Public Affairs, PotashCorp
Dr. Daphne Taras, Dean, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
Arla Gustafson, CEO, Royal University Hospital Foundation
Past Chair Arnie Arnott, CEO, Saskatchewan Blue Cross
Keitha McClocklin, Chartered Accountant
Jim Rhode, President and Owner, Davis Machine Company (1960) Ltd.
Vice Chair Dan Anderson, Partner, MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman, LLP
Sandra Blevins, Vice President Integrated Health Services, Saskatoon Health Region
Blair Davidson, Partner, Hergott Duval Stack LLP
Member at Large Gordon Martell, Superintendent, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools
Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Anesthesiologist, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Lori Isinger, Past President, Royal University Hospital Auxiliary
Dr. Jim Thornhill, Special Assistant to the Office of Vice President Research, University of Saskatchewan
Missing:
Kim Goheen, retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cameco
Rita Mirwald, retired Senior Vice President Corporate Services, Cameco
P
urpose
Statement
The RUH Foundation creates
excellence in and impacts health
care by raising funds to anticipate
and respond to needs for research,
education and patient care.
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R e p o rt o f t h e
Bill Johnson
Volunteer Chair
Board of Directors
Arla Gustafson
CEO
olunteer Chair and CEO
The legacy we leave is part of the ongoing
foundations of life. Those who came
before leave us the world we live in. Those
who will come after will have only what
we leave them. We are stewards of this
world, and we have a calling on our lives
to leave it better than how we found it,
even if it seems like such a small part.
~ Jim Rohn, business philosopher
It is with pleasure that we present
our 2011-2012 Annual Report to the
community: Leaving a Legacy. As you
read stories about the activities and
successes of the past year, you will
be reminded of how important this
legacy of giving has been to patient
care, research and education. When
the then University Hospital opened
its doors in 1955, the cardiologists of
the day, Drs. Horlick and Lopez, had
a dream of establishing a program
to treat Saskatchewan patients with
heart rhythm disorders. Through the
generosity of donors to the Every Heart
Matters Campaign, that dream has
become reality, and the Royal University
Hospital is now home to Saskatchewan’s
first full-time Cardiac Electrophysiology
Laboratory and Program.
Since our inception in 1983, your
Foundation has remained committed
to funding initiatives not traditionally
or fully supported by government
operating dollars. We have raised
$83,582,805 and invested these funds
to enhance the patient care experience,
to support knowledge expansion
through education and training, and to
advance medical research that improves
treatment practices.
Thanks to the generosity of so many, the
Foundation raised approximately $6.2
million in 2011-2012 through donations,
endowment gifts, events, lotteries
and gaming, and investment income.
Fundraising, event and administrative
costs accounted for $1.6 million. The
balance of $4.6 million was available
for granting in the current and future
years. Grants of $2.1 million including
$390 thousand for research, $170
Royal University Hospital Foundation
thousand for education and training,
and $1.6 million for patient care and
capital projects were committed. The
balance of $2.5 million remains available
for future granting through the Every
Heart Matters Campaign and through
endowments.
In the past year, the Foundation
continued its commitment to ensuring
all activities deliver appropriate financial
returns, while working with Saskatoon
Health Region’s leadership to define
future priorities. Making this work
possible are Foundation and Hospital
volunteers and staff who remain
dedicated to our purpose of creating
excellence in and impacting health
care by raising funds to anticipate and
respond to needs for research, education
and patient care.
If you’ve ever wondered if your gift
to the RUH Foundation really makes
a difference, we know you will find
proof positive in the stories told on the
following pages. Thank you!
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A M e s s ag e fr o m t h e
askatoon Health Region
Being exceptional is a high standard to
achieve. At Saskatoon Health Region,
we are very fortunate to be surrounded
by exceptional people and partnerships
that assist us in achieving our vision
of healthiest people, healthiest
communities, exceptional service.
Maura Davies
President and CEO
Saskatoon Health Region
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The exceptional care that our physicians,
nurses, health care professionals
and volunteers are able to provide is
greatly assisted by the generous donors
of the Royal University Hospital
Foundation. From providing stateof-the-art equipment, to assisting
professional development of health
care professionals with research and
teaching opportunities, RUHF donors
are contributing to exceptional care and
enhanced quality and safety.
For example, the Every Heart Matters
Campaign is raising the standard for
life-saving cardiac care through the
development of a fully functional
Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP)
laboratory and program. Having this
level of cardiac care available here in
Saskatoon will transform the experience
of patients with heart rhythm disorders,
not just in the Region but across the
province. The Every Heart Matters
Campaign is surging toward its goal of
$5.5 million thanks to the generosity
of donors who also include grateful
patients and their families. They will
leave a legacy.
From exceptional people and
partnerships come exceptional care.
Saskatoon Health Region is proud and
grateful for the relationship between the
Region and the Foundation. Together
we are improving and transforming
care, services and programs for the
patients, families and communities we
serve. Exceptionally.
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A Brighter
Construction has begun, and soon
the province’s first full-time Cardiac
Electrophysiology (EP) laboratory and
program will open at Royal University
Hospital to treat people living with heart
rhythm disorders.
The imminent lab is the result of the
$5.5 million Every Heart Matters
Campaign that launched in September
2011. The lab will be open for public
tours from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 20 at RUH.
Over the past decade, RUH’s excellent
Cardiology program has grown
to the cutting edge of cardiac care
supported by 12 cardiologists under
the leadership of Dr. Jawed Akhtar,
Head of Cardiology, and Dr. Rashpal
Basran, former Head of Cardiology.
Their passion is to complete the
program with the addition of this final,
integral program so essential to modern
cardiac care – the establishment of a
full-time EP program and lab. “Every
facet of Cardiology is growing and
uture
Electrophysiology ties it all together. It’s
that important,” says Dr. Akhtar.
Starting in 2009, EP procedures were
conducted one day per week at RUH
using equipment purchased through
RUH Foundation donations. Although
that schedule has since been ramped up
to two cases per day, two days per week,
the patient waiting list is twelve months
long and growing.
In April 2011, patients needing the
surgical implantation of Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) were
able to have the procedure performed at
RUH. Patients previously had to travel
to Regina or Calgary for the procedure.
EP cardiologists Dr. Kelly Coverett and
Dr. Carlo Stuglin studied medicine at
the University of Saskatchewan and
then received their advanced training
in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the
Foothills Hospital in Calgary.
Funding support from the RUH
Foundation Royal Care Campaign
for the specialized training included
Dr. Carlo Stuglin (left) and
Dr. Kelly Coverett
agreement that the two would return to
practice in Saskatchewan for
at least four years.
“We were more than happy to complete
this training and bring it back to
Saskatchewan,” says Dr. Coverett.
“This will bring our Region and our
Cardiology division on par with those
in the rest of the country. We‘re very
happy about that.”
Royal University Hospital Foundation
Because a third electrophysiologist
is necessary in order for the new
EP lab to operate five days per week, a
third cardiologist, Dr. Stephen Wardell,
has been recruited to train in this
subspecialty of Cardiology and bring his
skills back to RUH.
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Living Life to the
replacement. In 2001 she had a heart
attack, and in the years since developed
heart failure due to a heart rhythm
disorder.
Patient Ambassador Lorna Callbeck
and her daughters
In poor health and unable to wait any
longer, Ruth travelled to Calgary for
Cardiac EP treatment.Within a month,
she was back in the pool at the YWCA.
The new Cardiac EP lab and program
at RUH will have a huge impact on the
lives of people suffering from heart
rhythm disorders – people including
Lorna Callbeck, Ruth Harker and
Dan Lewans.
Lorna calls her life “a journey of the
heart.”
Born with a heart defect, she suffered
heart failure at the young age of two.
At ten, she underwent corrective heart
surgery. Now as an adult, she suffers
from a heart rhythm disorder that causes
her heart to race uncontrollably and
requires ongoing cardiac care.
Lorna could travel to another province
for this procedure but has opted to stay
close to home and her daughters, Cassie
and Madison, hoping this procedure will
be available soon.
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ullest
Patient Ambassador Ruth Harker
“I want to be treated near the people
who know me and with the cardiology
team at RUH that has been treating me
with love and kindness since I was born,”
she says.
Unlike Lorna, Ruth Harker couldn’t wait.
An active volunteer and an even more
active grandmother, Ruth’s heart
problems began 25 years ago.
She underwent a variety of medical
procedures including an angiogram,
open heart surgery and aortic valve
“I was able to exercise again. I wasn’t
short of breath any longer. I could
keep up with – well, follow – my
grandchildren,” she said. “It gave my
husband peace of mind.”
Sadly, Ruth passed away in late February.
Her family says she was proud to be
an ambassador for the Every Heart
Matters Campaign because she knew the
importance of bringing full-time
EP treatment to Saskatchewan so
that others, like her, could live life to the
fullest.
Cardiac EP treatment has also made a
difference in Dan Lewans’ life. Five years
ago, Dan began suffering from shortness
of breath, fainting spells and, eventually,
Patient Ambassador Dan Lewans
and his wife, Pauline
congestive heart failure. At RUH, he was
diagnosed with a heart rhythm disorder.
As an outdoor enthusiast, this seriously
curtailed his enjoyment of life.
At the time, the Cardiac EP team at RUH
was trialling advanced equipment for
the new EP lab. Using this technology,
the EP cardiologist was able to identify
the area of Dan’s heart that was misfiring
and treat the irregular heartbeat. Within
days of the procedure, Dan was enjoying
the outdoors again – to the great relief of
his children and his wife, Pauline.
“I’m completely cured and feeling 100
per cent,” reports Dan.
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A GI F T
rom the Heart
The Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation
(KTF) knows how important it is for
Saskatchewan people to have a Cardiac
EP lab and program at RUH.
The KTF stepped forward to provide the
last piece of our vision for a complete
cardiac program. Their generous
donation of $1.5 million ensures that, by
being treated for heart rhythm disorders
right here in Saskatchewan, patients
and their families will not have to face
the emotional and financial burdens of
leaving our province for care.
Since 1989, the KTF has donated more
than $2.6 million for advanced health
care at RUH including the first MRI
in Saskatchewan, the first Neonatal
and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, the
first newborn screening program for
identification of hearing loss and now,
most recently, a cutting-edge cardiac
care program for the treatment of heart
rhythm disorders.
For its contribution to patient care
at RUH over the years, the Kinsmen
Telemiracle Foundation was honoured
this past year at the 11th annual
National Philanthropy Day Luncheon.
“It’s wonderful to have such caring
partners in health care,” says Arla
Gustafson, CEO of the RUH
Foundation. “They have touched the
lives of everyone in our province.”
Royal University Hospital Foundation
Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation’s
transformational donation to the
Every Heart Matters Campaign
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Pu t t i n g t h e
The success of the Every Heart Matters
Campaign is due in part to the strong
support from health care staff and
volunteers at RUH.
Drs. Carlo Stuglin and Kelly Coverett
have been instrumental in the campaign
from the very beginning.
“As physicians, we are very committed
to advancing this important cardiac
program at RUH,” they say. “That’s
why we have spoken out and addressed
the community, stressing the vital
importance of establishing a dedicated
EP program. We don’t want to practice
medicine elsewhere – and we don’t want
patients or their loved ones to have to go
elsewhere for this treatment.”
All Cardiology departments within
RUH got into the spirit last Christmas
season, when each showed its support
for Every Heart Matters during the RUH
Personnel Association’s annual Wreath
Auction fundraiser held during the
Christmas social. Lisa Bergen, Manager
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un in Fundraising
of the Cardiac EP program, challenged
all other Cardiology departments to
see whose wreath could raise the most
money during the auction. The Cardiac
Device Clinic’s “win” earned them
bragging rights. The Clinic’s wreath
featured gift cards.
Karen Dunford, a retired Food and
Nutrition employee, raised the most
money as an individual for her
“Shimmering Delight” wreath. Overall,
the auction raised $2,758 for the Every
Heart Matters Campaign.
Furthermore, the strong support
of physicians, nurses, health care
professionals, staff and volunteers at
RUH is evident by the number who
are “buttoning up” in support of their
hospital.
To say “Thank You” to the many people
who work at RUH, the Foundation
held “Button Up” days in February and
March. In return for donations to the
Foundation, donors received special
Back row (l-r): Rhonda Minisofer, Linda Forrest, Crystal Shendaruk. Front row (l-r): Jackie Zamosny,
Linda Hanson, Lynn Zinger. Missing: Manager Lisa Bergen from the Cardiac Device Clinic.
“I Support RUHF” buttons and wore
them proudly! Those spotted wearing
their buttons won prizes.
The Foundation plans to hold “Button
Up” days twice a year to continue
recognizing RUH staff for their support
of excellence in health care.
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B R INGING IT
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers
in the community, the Royal University
Hospital Foundation came one step
closer to bringing home the Every Heart
Matters Campaign.
On March 28, 2012, RUH Foundation
partnered with Cameco Corporation for
the “Bring It Home Radio-a-thon” with
all proceeds dedicated to the campaign.
During the radio-a-thon with CJWW
and Magic 98.3, people from more than
ome
40 communities across Saskatchewan
gave from the heart and donated either
by phone, in-person at Market Mall
or online. Cameco matched those
donations up to $125,000 and brought
the grand total raised to $400,521.29!
“Cameco is making a difference in our
community and knows how important
it is to have this standard of life-saving
care for people in Saskatchewan,” says
Arla Gustafson, CEO of the RUH
Foundation.
Volunteers and staff at the Every Heart Matters Bring it Home
Radio-a-thon with a cheque for $400,521.29.
“We are just thrilled with the
generosity of Saskatchewan people,”
adds John Cross, Volunteer Chair of
the campaign. “We knew we were
undertaking an ambitious campaign
when we began, but after such a
successful radio-a-thon, we knew
we would soon reach the goal of
$5.5 million.”
Radio-a-thon donations helped establish
the province’s first full-time Cardiac
Electrophysiology lab and program
at RUH to treat people living with
Royal University Hospital Foundation
heart rhythm disorders. An abnormal
heartbeat can lead to sudden cardiac
arrest. Forty thousand people in Canada
die of cardiac arrest each year – twelve
hundred in Saskatchewan alone.
Saskatchewan has been one of only
two Canadian provinces without this
full-time standard of care. That has
meant that until now, many people in
our province living with heart rhythm
disorders (one in four Canadians) either
have waited for treatment here or have
had to seek it elsewhere.
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L EAVING A
egacy
Million-Dollar Man
Homegrown hockey star Jarret Stoll of
the Los Angelos Kings has left a legacy for
young patients and their families at RUH.
After just six years, the Jarret Stoll
Celebrity Golf Classic raised a total
of $1 million (after expenses) for the
Jarret Stoll Patient Comfort Fund
Endowment for Children at RUH.
Investment earnings on the endowment
purchase many items important to the care
and comfort of children and their families
while in the hospital.
“This endowment will help children and
their families at RUH for generations to
come,” says Arla Gustafson, CEO of the
RUH Foundation.
This amazing million-dollar milestone
was announced June 24, 2011, as the sixth
annual golf tournament wrapped up at the
Moonlake Golf & Country Club. The RUH
Foundation thanks Jarret Stoll and all the
hockey celebrities who came to play over
the years, as well as the golfers and the
tournament sponsors. Special thanks go
to our presenting sponsor, Saskatoon and
Region Home Builders’ Association.
“Kids are the epitome of life, and this was a
rare opportunity to golf and socialize with
NHLers while raising money to help make a
sick child’s hospital experience the best that
it can be,” says Jarret. “I’m a firm believer
that a hospital is not just about treating
illness and injury, but also about comfort
and healing.”
Jarret grew up in Saskatchewan, so he’s
giving back to his home province. Raised
in Neudorf and Yorkton, he wears #28 for
the LA Kings. The number is personally
significant because his grandfather was
born in 1928, and Jarret was born in 1982.
Jarret Stoll with one of his biggest fans,
Adam Silbernagal of Saskatoon (and his mom,
Donna), at RUH Foundation’s June 2011
Celebrity Golf Classic. Adam was a patient in
Pediatrics at RUH when he first met Jarret and
has now been cancer-free for two and a half years.
Royal University Hospital Auxiliary Creates Million Dollar Legacy Endowment
Arla Gustafson, CEO RUH Foundation;
Alice Hamp, President RUH Auxiliary;
Bill Johnson, Chair RUH Foundation Board
of Directors; and Gloria Reid, RUH Auxiliary
Member sign the Legacy Endowment.
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After more than 55 years of giving, the
Royal University Hospital Auxiliary has
made a legacy gift that will last far into
the future. Last October, past and present
members of the Auxiliary created the Royal
University Hospital Auxiliary Endowment
Fund with a $1.125 million gift to the
RUH Foundation. Annual earnings will
support the priority purchase of medical
equipment and furnishings at RUH as well
as fund annual Auxiliary scholarships and
education.
RUH Auxiliary President Alice Hamp is
overwhelmed to be in a position where
the Auxiliary can make such a generous
donation.
“It is history in the making,” she says. “It’s a
wonderful legacy for the Auxiliary to leave
our hospital.”
Since its inception in 1955, the Auxiliary
has been providing care and comfort for
patients and their families at RUH through
volunteerism and fundraising. Since 1974,
members have raised and invested
$3.5 million in support of health care
priorities at RUH. Now each and every
year the Auxiliary Endowment will benefit
patients, their families and staff at RUH.
“This endowment will remind future
generations of the great impact the
women who created and volunteered as
Auxilians since 1955 have had on health
care at RUH,” says Arla Gustafson, CEO
of the RUH Foundation. “We know that
others will want to make donations to
this endowment, so it will continue to
grow. We’re truly grateful for how hard the
members of the Auxiliary have worked
to preserve the efforts of past and present
members.”
Hamp says the Auxiliary wants to do
whatever it can to help make a patient’s
stay at RUH comfortable. “There’s a joy
in giving and receiving,” she adds. “It’s a
blessing for all.”
Bryan Woods Memorial Scholarship
Bryan Woods, a skilled and respected
clinician, teacher and leader in the field
of social work, lost his battle to cancer in
October 2010. For three decades, Bryan
was highly respected as someone who
supported his clients and colleagues with
understanding, kindness, patience, gentle
strength, dependability, professionalism
and wit. After leaving Social Services
in 2001, he became the Director and
Professional Leader of Social Work for the
Saskatoon Health Region.
On the first anniversary of his passing, a
group comprising his former colleagues,
Saskatoon Health Region senior leadership,
friends and family sponsored a memorial
lecture given by the Honourable Roy
Romanow at the Broadway Theatre.
Mr. Romanow, former Premier of
Saskatchewan and Chair, Canadian Index
of Well-Being Advisory Board, discussed a
new national initiative that identifies and
measures the overall well-being and quality
of life of Canadians.
There was no charge to attend the lecture,
but people were asked to consider
making a charitable donation to support
the establishment of the Bryan Woods
Scholarship for Social Work. More than
$5,000 was raised and will support the
Bryan Woods
$500 scholarship that will be awarded
to a social worker to assist with a formal
education program or training that will
further his or her knowledge and skills in a
specific area of practice.
In addition to being a caring professional,
Bryan loved the outdoors, especially
camping, canoeing, fishing, cross-country
skiing and cycling. He paddled many rivers,
skied many loppets and in 2008 proudly
cycled the 300-km Golden Triangle in
mountainous Alberta/BC. He was a loving
and supportive husband to Terri, father to
Kristen and Michael and brother. Bryan
was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in
April 2009 and plasma cell leukemia in
February 2010. He dealt with his illness in
the same way he approached many of life’s
challenges: with focus, determination and
hope.
A Legacy of Caring – A Legacy of Giving
For more than 30 years, Irene Anderson
served her community as an operating
room nurse at the Nipawin Hospital.
When she passed away in January 2011,
she left a legacy of caring for the future by
including both her home hospital and Royal
University Hospital in her last bequest.
Irene Anderson receives recognition for
her long-standing service at the Nipawin
Hospital in 1984.
Her estate gift of $35,000 to the RUH
Foundation supports the Every Heart
Matters Campaign, which is raising
$5.5 million for a laboratory and program
in the advanced sub-specialty of cardiology
called Cardiac Electrophysiology
(Cardiac EP).
Irene and her husband, Eric, have been
long-time annual supporters of RUH, so it
was not completely unexpected when Irene
included the hospital in her will.
“We talked it over together and this is
something we both wanted to do,” said Eric,
a retired farmer. He added that they chose
to make a planned gift in support of RUH
where both received cancer treatments,
while at the same time lowering their
income tax bill.
In memory of his wife, Eric also made a
donation of $40,000 for respiratory health
at RUH. A portion of his gift was allocated
to the purchase of EBUS (Endobronchial
Ultrasound) equipment, which is used for
the early and non-surgical detection of
lung cancer and other lung diseases. The
acquisition of this $300,000 cutting-edge
tool was a key factor in the recruitment of
respiratory specialist Dr. Chris Hergott to
RUH in 2010.
“We are so grateful to the Andersons for
including RUH in their wills. Their gifts
will help make a difference in the lives
of so many people who will benefit from
these advanced treatments,” says
Lisa Laskowski, the RUH Foundation’s
Director of Development.
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e would like to acknowledge and thank these special individuals, organizations, businesses and anonymous friends
who donated to the Royal University Hospital Foundation during the fiscal year of April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
$1,000,000 +
Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation Inc.
PotashCorp
Royal University Hospital Auxiliary
$100,000 - $499,999
The Leslie and Irene Dubé Foundation
Greystone Classic For Parkinson’s Inc.
Karim and Dora Nasser
Lawrence and Patricia Rychjohn
Anonymous Friends
Patient and Family
Resource Centre
Thanks to $50,000 granted from
the annual RUH Foundation
HUG Fund, families and
patients visiting loved ones at
RUH now have a comfortable,
quiet place to seek information
or simply to relax. The Patient
and Family Resource Centre
officially opened in November
2011. “Whatever their reasons
for coming to RUH, we hope
that patients and families
take advantage of this caring,
comforting space and the
resources available,” says family
member Tammy Fleming, who
spent much time at the hospital
while her mother was a patient.
“Sometimes the simplest
convenience, like having a
place to gather your thoughts,
can transform your hospital
experience.”
$50,000 - $99,999
Conexus Credit Union
Dakota Dunes Community Development
Corporation
Estate of George Hambleton
Bryan Isinger
Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon
Malcolm and Marilyn Leggett
Finlay and Faye MacKenzie
Tom and Nicole MacNeill
Millsap Fuel Distributors Ltd.
Rawlco Radio
Anonymous Friends
$25,000 - $49,999
Eric Anderson
Estate of Irene Anderson
Paul and Elizabeth Babyn
Estate of Artha M. Branscombe
Maurice Cherney
Hotels Helping Hospitals
J + J Shared Services
Rita and Robert Mirwald
Richard Ozipko
Estate of Norman Ratke
Saskatchewan Blue Cross
Saskatchewan Professional Fire Fighters
Saskatoon & Region Home Builders’
Association
The StarPhoenix
Anonymous Friends
$10,000 - $24,999
G. N. (Arnie) and Jan Arnott
Rashpal and Jenny Basran
Merlis Belsher Family
Cameco Corporation
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Kelly and Robin Coverett
John Cross
CVS Controls
EMD Serono Canada Inc.
Ens Lexus Toyota Ltd.
Jerry and Tina Grandey
Grasswood Auctions
Terry Grieve and Susan Savino
David and Heather Herauf
Hergott Duval Stack LLP
Hutterian Brethren Corp. - Clearspring
Independent Order of Foresters
Mainline Motors Group
Darcy Marciniuk and Carla Krochak
Maunders McNeil Foundation Inc.
Hugh and Sheryl McKee
Jason Orvold
Erik and Lisa PausJenssen
RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment
Counsel
Saskatoon Community Foundation
Endowed Donor Funds
Daniel and Rosanne Stevenson
Tap Communications Inc.
University of Saskatchewan Academic
Psychiatrists
Sharon Wiens and Steve Wilson
John and M. Dawn Weisberg
Suzanne Yip and Ivan Jen
$1,000 - $9,999
601268 Saskatchewan Ltd.
A.C.T. Hall Trust
Abacus Signs Inc.
Abbott Laboratories, Limited
Seth and Marla Adams and Family
Affinity Credit Union
Zeba Ahmad and Dr. Jawed Akhtar
All Weather Windows Ltd.
All-Fab Building Components Inc.
AL-Loyd Welding Ltd.
Dan and Louise Anderson
Arctic Spas
Areva
Assante Financial Management Ltd.
B. Hnatiw Holdings Inc.
Mamie Bailey
Mary and Tony Banks
Beagle Productions
Beauty’s Rainbow Productions
Bella Sante MD Laser & Cosmetic Clinic
Lisa and Jamie Bergen
Dennis Bishop
Nickolas and Regena Blocka
BMO Bank of Montreal
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Olga Bokshowan
Irene Boychuk
Terry and Mike Bree
Robert and Yvonne Butterfield and Family
Estate of James Robert Caldwell
Angus and Marilyn Cameron
Cavalier Enterprises Ltd.
Central Mine Supply Company Ltd.
Chapman Holdings Ltd.
Dennis and Jeanette Chenier
Cherry Insurance Ltd.
Garry Coleman and Cheryl Shepherd
Colliers McClocklin Real Estate Corp.
Richard Coquet
CARG - Coronary Artery Rehabilitation
Group Inc.
Robert Corrigall
cravings maternity & baby boutique
Creative Fire
Creatively Speaking Photography
Cypress Sales Partnership
D & S Homes
Dakota Dunes Casino
Daniels Wingerak Engineering Ltd.
Blair and Joanne Davidson
Dawn-Wynne Davies
Bill Dean and Deborah Dubé-Dean
Deloitte LLP
Delta Bessborough
Dervilia Designs Ltd.
James and Una Dewitt
Lorne and June Dignean
Discovery Marketing
Dominion Construction Company Inc.
William and Anna Douglas
Alan Duguid
William and Suzanne Dust
Brenda Edwards
Eecol Electric Corp.
Ehrenburg Homes
Robert and Joan Emigh
Envirotec Services Incorporated
Annette Epp and James Flath
Etceteras Ladies Boutique Inc.
f:11 Photographic Design Ltd.
Faculty of Social Work, University of
Regina
Terry and Sheila Fenton
George and Charlene Ferguson
Ferring Inc.
FFUN Enterprises
First Canadian Insurance Corporation
Florists Supply Ltd.
Foam Lake Savings and Credit Union
Limited
Christtine Fondse
Brian and Donna Ford
Gay Forster
Barry and Giselle Frank
Luwis French
Friends of Smash Foundation
Furniture World
Peter and Myriam Golf (Golf Family
Fund)
Graham Construction & Engineering Inc.
Great Western Brewing Company Ltd.
Robert Griebel
Arla A. L. Gustafson
Lillian Hamilton
Hamm Construction Ltd.
Harden & Huyse Chocolates
Larry Hardy
Glenn and Simone Harris
Bernice Harrison
Heather Fritz Photography
Louise and Harvey Heichman
Marg Heraid
Vernon and Christine Hoeppner
Hub City Display Ltd.
Hutterian Brethren - Shaunavon
Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and
Financial Services
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers - Local 529
Jean and Gus Jacek
Brian W. Janser
Arthur and Hilda Janzen and Family
Gerald and Dolores Jaster
Bill Johnson and Karen Lloyd
Jeannette Jones
David and Carolyn Keegan
Roger and Nancy Keith
Greg and Rhonda Keller
Richard and Brenda Kilarski
Gerry Kilduff
Estate of James Alexander Kippan
Klassique Designs
Shantel Kolibab
KPMG Foundation
James Kracher
Donald Kunaman
Leading Surgical Implants Technology Inc.
The Marvin Ledding Family
Paul Leier and Donna Jubin
Little Shop of Flowers
London Drugs Foundation
Jose and Matilde Lopez
The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club
Donna Lozinsky
M & M Meat Shops - Confederation
Trevor Maber
MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
Carol Mailloux
Manos Family Restaurant
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods
Linda Martin
Martin’s Produce Sales
M. Margaret Massey
A. Keith and Marylin McIntyre
W. Donald and Frances McLaren
MD Ambulance Care Ltd.
Meyers Norris Penny LLP
Moga Mobile
Moonlake Golf & Country Club
Paul Murphy and Pam Gillies
Crystal Nett
North Ridge Development Corporation
Novatex Graphics
Marjoleine Nulle
Oakland Bros. Farm Inc.
Ewa and Wojciech Olszynski
Mr. Pallet
Joseph Parker
Pellas Foods Limited
Shelly Pikowicz
Don and Judy Poon
Prairie Meats
Provincial Car Sevice
Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
Adair Ramsell
RBC Financial
RBC Foundation
Ruth Redden
Dallas and Renelle Reilly
Lorne and Phyllis Richardson
Robb-Kullman Engineering LLP
Rocy Homes Ltd.
William and Shirley Ryan
S.O. Asher Consultants Ltd.
Orest and Pauline Sadownick
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited
Dana Sandergaard
Jean Sandergaard
Janet Sarich
Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority
Saskatoon Airport Authority
Saskatoon Fastprint
Saskatoon Fire & Protective Services
SaskTel
Schaan Healthcare Products Inc.
Gordon Shaner
Arnie and Linda Shaw
Drs. Susan and Dean Shaw
Betty Shearer
Patricia Sheridan
Evan and Carla Shoforost
Clarence and Joyce Sidun
Daniel and Karen Smith
Myrna Sprecker
Tom Stack
Jeffrey C. Stein
STEM - Saskatchewan Stem Cell
Transplant Advocacy Group
Jarret Stoll
Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation
Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd.
Maria Styacko and Gordon Stewart
Suer & Pollon Mechanical Partnership
The Sunesis Foundation
Sunquest Vacations
Barbara and Ray Surine
Ian and Meredith Sutherland
Stanley and Gladys Svoboda
Synergy 8 Community Builders
Sysco Food Services
T. R. Johnson Medical Professional Corp.
Daphne Taras and Allen Ponak
TCRT Investments Inc.
Teammates for Kids Foundation
TESC Contracting Saskatchewan Ltd.
Dorothy Thomson
Threadworks Custom Embroidery
H. Allan and R. Marie Toews
Tusq Restaurant & Staqatto Piano House
Under Armour Canada, Inc.
United Way of Saskatoon and Area Donor
Directed Giving
University Medical Imaging Consultants
University Based Members, Department
of Medicine
Leo and Regina Urban
Andrew and Kristine Urmson
Anita Veikle
Edna Vibert
Weber Barbecue Shop
West Wind Aviation LLP
Wheaton GMC Buick Cadillac Ltd.
Shirley Wilmot
WMCZ Legal Professional Corporation
Allan Woo and Maya Wagner-Woo
Terri Woods
WorleyParsons Canada
Elaine Yaychuk
Jim and Lisa Yuel
Anonymous Friends
$200 - $999
Lenore Abraham
Ace Truck Driver Training Ltd.
Action Office Interiors
Jack Adams
Arthur Affeldt
Agrium Vanscoy Potash Operations
Audrey Ahenakew
Nahid Ahmad
Airtech Management Ltd.
Gary and Gwen Allan
Tressa Allard
Cameron Allen
Ray and Glenna Allison
Cynthia and Robert Anderson
Dave and Paige Anderson
Denise Anderson
Aquifer Distribution Ltd.
Eleanor Atkinson
Bert and Betty Anne Ayers
Craig and Patricia Ayers
Baby Thomas Boechler Memorial Fund
Rino Bacchetto
Douglas Badger
Brian and Joanne Baker
William Baker
Mary Ballantyne
Darryl and Cathy Barclay
Leo and Virginia Baribeau
Mary Anne Bartel
Heidi Bartsch
Bartzen AG Supply Ltd.
Beryl D. Bates
Pat Baum
Myrtle Baxter
Bazaar & Novelty
Shannon Beatty
Shari and Gord Bedient
Lois Beggs
Catherine Belisle
Clint and Lynsey Belitsky
Brian and Linda Bell
Bob and Betty Bellamy
Brett Bembridge
Garett Bembridge
Myrna and Brian Bentley
John Bentz
Rick Berry
Angela Binsfeld
Tom and Bev Blackwell
Sandra Blevins and Nowell Seaman
Bliss Fine Food
Joseph and Deborah Blondeau
Blossoms Florist
John and Candace Boersma
Gunter and Inga Bohlmann
Raymond Bold
Jason Bomborir
Wanda Boon
Boryski’s Butcher Block
Tyler Bothorel
Raymond and Carol Bowkowy
Tom and Pat Bowman
David Boyko and Lena Savino
Linda and Ken Braun
Theodore and Anita Brossart
Raymond Brotzel
Wayne and Ina Lou Brownlee
Iris and Orest Buchko
Annie Bueckert
Albert and Fay Buettner
The Bumper Foundation
Burnett’s Key Shop Ltd.
C.H. Stearns Inc.
Glenn Camrud
Robert and Helen Card
Cardiac Device Clinic Staff
Kelly and Marion Carlson
Brad and Angela Carnegie
Jim and Viola Carnegie
S. Blaine Carruthers
Carver’s Steakhouse
Brenda and Ken Cavanaugh
Centennial Food Service
Don and Nadine Charabin
Charton Hobbs
Amber Chenier
Rajni and Ravi Chibbar
Natalie Chipak
Cinepost Films Ltd.
Clark Educational Consulting
The Coachman Restaurant
Robert and Koreen Conly
Susan Conly
Connoisseur Limousine Services
Construction Fasteners & Tools Inc.
Elizabeth Cook
Country Style B.B.Q.
John and Leslie Courtney
Orol and Margaret Coverett
Randy Cozart
C. Harvey and C. Isobel Craig
Andre and Annette Creurer
William and M. Joyce Crossman
CSI Pipeline Ltd.
Reg Currie
Ronald Curtis and Shanna Bell
The Cutting Cafe Ltd.
Dakota Dunes Golf & Country Club
Kim and Tim Damm
Danrich Controls
Darke Marketing Inc.
Daughters of Penelope Telemachus 69
Fund
Bruce Davis
Davis Machine Company (1960) Ltd.
Ype De Jong
Deca Industries
DecoraHomes
Dena’s on 21st
Annie Derkach
Derrick Stretch Realty
Monique Devine
DirectWest
Helen Dirks
John Dishko
Sharon Dommett
Donor’s Choice - Abernethy & District
Keith and Edna Downey
Dr. D. Dewa Medical Prof. Corp.
Dr. Michael Rooney Medical Prof. Corp.
Jacob Driedger
R. Keith and Dorothy Dryden
Janet Drysdale
Richard and Christine Dubois
Dundee Realty Corporation
E.H. Price Limited - Regina
Earl’s Pharmacy Ltd.
Russel and Phyllis Ebner
Edwards Edwards McEwen Architects Ltd.
Kenneth Edwards
James and Ethelyne Eichhorn
Leo Elder
Hazel Eliason
Elk Ridge Resort
Keith Ellis
Elrose Lioness
Bernice England
Eric Davis Family
F.O.E. #3395 Auxiliary
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Hospital Home Lottery
28 Spring & Fall
Hospital Home Lottery continues to
be a huge success, and the addition
of a second program in the fall will
meet the increased demand from
supporters for tickets. “Since 1985,
when the first-ever HHL was held,
more than $16 million has been
raised, greatly enhancing health
care right here in Saskatoon,” says
Arla Gustafson, CEO of RUH
Foundation. Proceeds from HHL are
shared by Saskatoon’s three hospital
foundations: St. Paul’s, Saskatoon
City and RUH.
cravings co-owners Rebecca Simpson
and Jordana Jacobson
cravings
Local Saskatoon business cravings
maternity & baby boutique
celebrated its sixth anniversary
in style by donating to the Royal
University Hospital Foundation
to update the lounge of the busy
PotashCorp Maternal & Newborn
Care Unit. Now called the “cravings
maternity & baby lounge,” the nearly
$50,000 donation of cash and inkind support has funded a stylish
makeover (including the latest in
bathroom renovations by Centennial
Plumbing, Heating & Electrical)
in an area that provides comfort to
families following the birth of their
new baby.
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Elma Facca
Eberhard Fass
Anne Favreau
Lawrence and Shirley Fay
Guy Fehr
Leslie Feltis
Len and Isobel Findlay
Karen Firlotte
Harry and Marion Funk
Rhonda Furber
Joyce Gale
Lisa Gastel
David Gauley
Gawley Refrigeration Inc.
Michael Geddes
Jerome and Anne Gedir
Kenneth George
Margaret Gerbrandt
Lorna Gibson
Malcolm and Elaine Gilbert
Lionel Gilbertson and Gwen Wurm
Lewis and Elizabeth Gill
J. Harvey and Jennie Gjesdal
Karla Glagau-Avery
Robert and Theresa Godfrey
Good Time Social Club
Walter and Florence Graham
Margaret Graham-Woloshyn
The Granary
Kathy Grant
Stan and Yvonne Green
Gilbert Groseth
Grosvenor Park Dental
Klaus and Margaret Gruber
Mervin and Judy Grzybowski
Don and Sherry Guenette
Jason Guenther
Neil Guenther
Thomas Gullason
Ruth and Ernest Gwilliam
Alexander and Cecile Halyk
Shelley Hamilton
Dianne Hannam
Palmer Hansen
Gary Hanson
Anne Hardy
Ross Hardy
Keith Harris
Todd and Deanna Hassen
David and Mary Hastings
Cecil Hayward
Charles and Phyllis Hedlin
Elizabeth M. Heggie
Cliff Heidel
Justin Helgard
Mary Herriges
Audrey Hill
Roland and Beverley Hobbs
Erwin and Ingrid Hoehn
Rudy and Martha Hoffman
Carol Holmes
R.M. and Marilynn Holowaty
Marion and George Horton
Mahbub-Ul Hosain
Christian Houghton-Larsen
Stuart and Mary Houston
Marshall and Maureen Howell
George and Erma Hrbachek
Hudco Distributing Inc.
Solon and Laura Hummel
William and Linda Hunt
Sheri Hupe
Husky Energy
Hutterian Brethren - Dinsmore
Hutterian Brethren - Kyle
Hutterian Brethren - Milden
Hutterian Brethren - Pennant
Hutterian Brethren - Rosetown
Hutterian Brethren - Sovereign
John and Sheila Hyshka
Institute of Corporate Directors
Insul Fibre Ltd.
Investors Group
Lori and Robert Isinger
Vito Iula
The Ivy Dining & Lounge
Florence Jacobs
Jancy Holdings Ltd.
Elaine Janzen
John Kostyna Hospital Fund
John Paul II Collegiate Staff
Isabel Johnson
Leona Johnson
Maxine Johnson
Wilmar Johnson
Mona Jones
Lothar Josephs
Donna Jouan-Tapp
Ann Judd
Jim Karpluk
Laurie and David Karwacki
Joseph and Shirley Kawchuk
Joyce Keeler
Donald and Gwynedd Kelly
Christopher Kent
Gilbert Kent
Val Kereluk
Herman Kernen
Key West Engineering Ltd.
Doreen Kienlen
Peter Kilburn
Kieron Kilduff and Mona Nasser
Donald and Phyllis Kirychuk
Boris and Marie Kishchuk
Rita and Gordon Klimm
Ineke Knight
Stanley and Roshan Knight
Alvin and Barbara Knippel
Illa and Gordon Knudsen
Kenneth and Anna Ko
William and Judith Kobylak
Peter and Wanda Kolenick
Carynn Komiyama
Metro and Victoria Koroluk
Sheryl Korte
Ted Kosteniuk
John Kostyna
Kota Graphics & Design Inc.
Kozan Insurance & Investment Services
Inc.
Peter and Ramona Krawchuk
Terry Krawchuk
Joan Kulbida
William Kurbis
Perry and Sharyl Kurz
Brian Kusisto
Walter and Betty Laclare
Lafarge Canada Inc.
Mark and Brynn Lane
Patrick Lapointe
Edwin N. Larkai
Lisa Laskowski and Jeffrey McLaughlin
Mike Latosky
Lead Pilates & Wellness
Wynne and Darren Leedahl
Ron LeFrancois and Terry Swan
Warren LeGrand
Len’s Hauling
Leonard Lewko
Maurice and Anita Lindsay
Liquid Express Ltd.
Live-To-Tape Productions
Rose Lloyd
Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
Loraas Disposal Services Ltd.
Arline Lozensky
lululemon athletica Saskatoon
Deborah Lundmark
Gregory Lundmark
Robert and Doris Lundmark Family
Sandra Lundmark
Kathryn Lusby
Wade MacBain and Michelle Wildeman
Don and Anne MacPherson
Mad Can Drywall & Consulting Ltd.
Ruby Mainprize
Alex Manchur
David and Sandra Mandzuk
Lori Markham
Edith Marlowe
Marsh Canada Limited
Celine Matchee
Rose Matthews
James McCartan
Joan McAulay
Tom and Keitha McClocklin
Randy McConnell
Sharon & J. Scott McDonald
Stell and June McDougal
Allan and Gillian McDougald
Richard and Margaret McGowan
Shirley McGuire
Maureen and Alex McIsaac
Graeme McIvor
Allan and Janet McKenzie
Donald McKercher
Ben and Judy McKinnon
Tracy McManus
Delores M. Mengering
Merlin Ford Lincoln
Heather and Ted Miazga
Linda Mickalishen
Kay Milburn
David Miller
Grant and Wendy Miller
Ruth Miller
James Mills
Mister Candyman Ltd.
Mister Print
Laurie Moen
Richard Molde
Roger Monette
Bruce Morley
Gerard and Colleen Moroney
Raymond and Patricia Moroz
C. Jean Morrison
Donald Morrison
Sylvia Moss
Barbara Motesiczky
Mountain High Potato & Onion
Mueller Flow Control
Tracy Muggli
Julie Muir
Munro’s Esthetics
Gladys Murphy
A. Ruth Murray
Sonia Mysak
Merle and Dawn Nagy
Neesh Dental
Justine Neudorf
Susie Neudorf
Neuralnet Interactive
New Community Credit Union
Jack Newman
Ms. Nixon
Marcel Nobert
Phillip and Martha Ochosky
Melvin and Margaret Opseth
Quinton Osatchuk
Leonard Osiowy
May Owen
PACE Athletic Training Centre
Pacific Western Credit Bank
Vetha Paine
Paramount Energy Transfer Solutions Inc.
George Parchomchuk
David and Janice Paslawski
Mark and Debbie Pasloski
Gerald Penner
Ray and Debbie Penner
Bill Peterson
Todd and Janice Peterson
Harry Petterson
Pharmasave Central
Phenomenome Discoveries Inc.
Herb and Madeleine Pinder
Herbert Pinder
Planet Beach
Leonard Plummer
Point Optical
Blanche Pott
Ken Powers
Prairie Controls Ltd.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pro Sask Mechanical Ltd.
Provincial Galvanizing Ltd.
Pro-Western Mechanical Ltd.
Saba Qayyum
Declan and June Quinn
Ali and Karla Rajput
Gary Randall
Carrie Rayat
Raymond James Foundation
Clinton Reed
Colleen Reed
Howard Regier
Leslie and Lillian Regier
Simon Reschny
Lilian Reynolds
Jim and Judy Rhode
Kathy Rhoden
Riverside Golf & Country Club
Gladys R. Rose
Alfred and Anne Ruholl
Garry and Ruth Ryan
Frank Sabuda
S. and J. Sanche
Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
The Saskatoon Club
Saskatoon Earl’s
The Saskatoon Gallery & Conservatory
Corporation
Saskatoon Media Group
The Saskatoon Stroke Recovery
Association
Saskatoon Transit
Brent and Pamela Sattler
Melvin Scalicky
Luke Schenn
Ellen Schmeiser
John and Bonnie Schmelke
Lorraine Schmidt
Schryer’s Smoked BBQ Shack
John Schumacher
Scott Scissons and Regine Gould
Marilyn J. Scutt
Ken Seier
Phillip Settler
Bernice Shawaga
Shane and Audrey Sheppard
Mark and Cheryl Sheridan
SIKH Society of Sask. Inc.
Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross
Ron and Loretta Skopyk
Karen Slattery
Elizabeth Sliwa
Dennis Slywka
Betty Smith
Lowell and Phyllis Snodgrass
Phyllis Speers
H. J. and Beverly Spooner
Roger Stalwick
Mildred Stecyk
Waltraude Stehwien
Doreen Stenhouse
Fern Stockdale Winder
Rudolph and Lois Strom
Alphonse and Ann Rose Suchan
Brent and Charlotte Suer
Tom and Myrna Sweeney
Ruth Switzer
Sysco Calgary
Brian and Raymonde Tarry
Wayne and Beryl Taylor
Ted Henson Family Fund
Jose Tellez-Zenteno
Telus Corporation
Larry Teneycke
Edward and Marie Thibault
Robert and Helen Thomson
Jim and Tanya Thornhill
D. J. and Sheila Thornton
Tim and Patty Timmerman
Conal and Margaret-Ann Tompson
Travelodge Hotel
Vern and Ilene Triol
Douglas and Gabriele Trotzuk
Gee Tsang
Tupper’s Construction Ltd.
Agatha Turbak
Gordon Twigg
Freda Tyerman
Pat Tymchatyn and P. Ormiston
Ukrainian Orthodox Mens’ Association
Jenny Underhill
Unique Lighting
United Way of Greater Toronto Donor
Direct Giving
University of Saskatchewan
Ursuline Nuns of Bruno
V & S Plumbing & Heating Ltd.
D. Van Huizen
Vee’s Marketing
Kamal and Marie-Therese Verma
Joseph and Deborah Vidal
Bruce and Elisa Vinding
Vipond Inc.
Howard and Frieda Wagner
Lillian I. Wagner
Lyle C. Wagner
Tom Waiser
Wakaw Happy Stitchers
Howard and Judy Wall
Ross Wallster
Jeanne Walters
Donald and Sandra Warren
Wayne and Peggy Watts
Bruce and Kate Waygood
David and Shirley Weary
Weczeria Food & Wine
The Weedman
Ron and Joanne Weighill
Margot Weiner and Don Ewles
Family of Gene Wenaas
Martha Wendland
Ilene Wettergreen
Linda and Wayne Whatley
Judy White
Catherine Whyte
Sophie Wig
John and Mary Pat Will
Sue and Kurt Williams
Willows Golf & Country Club
James Wilson
Rosaline Winnichyn
The Wireless Age
G.R.M.W.
Hugh and Claire Wood
Eric Wooltorton
Helen and William Woykin
Donald and Carole Wright
William and Michelle Wright
Dolores Yungwirth
Peter and Donna Zimmerman
Lynn Zinger
Shantel Zwingli
Anonymous Friends
Royal Medieval Feast Chair
Shari Bedient with husband Gord
Royal Medieval Feast
The Guild of Friends is a special
group of donors who have made
provisions through endowments,
wills, trusts and other means to
create a legacy of giving that will
continue long into the future.
Estate of Irene Anderson
Estate of Artha M. Branscombe
Estate of James Robert Caldwell
Estate of George Hambleton
George and Marion Horton
Bryan Isinger
Estate of James Alexander Kippan
Dan Kemmer
A. Jean MacKenzie
J. Herb McFaull
Floyd T. McNabb
Margaret Petersen
Estate of Norman Ratke
Oscar and Mary Slaght
Mary H. Smith
Neil Sutherland
Goblets clinked and forks clattered
as a record 280 lords and ladies
enjoyed bounteous food and
drink at the RUH Foundation’s
Royal Medieval Feast, raising
$100,000 in proceeds for the Every
Heart Matters Campaign. “The
success of this event means many
more people with heart rhythm
disorders can be treated right
here in Saskatchewan,” said
Shari Bedient, Volunteer Chair of
the event.
Royal Express
The Royal Express was unveiled at
Royal University Hospital on
April 14, 2011. The Royal Express
is an electric cart, driven by
volunteers, to assist patients and
clients to move throughout the main
floor of Royal University Hospital.
This past year, nearly 12,000 people
rode the Royal Express! It runs
Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m.
until 3:30 p.m., taking a circular
route through the hospital to cover
most of the main stopping points
that patients and clients need to
access. The Royal Express was made
possible through donations to the
RUH Foundation.
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Remembering…
a friend, a family member,
a caregiver, a colleague
who has touched your life
and made the world a
better place.
The Royal University
Hospital Foundation thanks
those family members and
friends who paid tribute to
these special people
between April 1, 2011 and
March 31, 2012.
T
I n M e m o ry o f
Warren Chykowski
Robert R. Cook
Judy Courteau
Ronald G. Crone
Ellen Crossman
Doreen Currie
Dwight Daradich
Peighton R. DavisCameron
Rita V. Dean
Aniela Derkachenko
Linda Dewald
Joyce Dielschneider
Eunice Dietrich
Ken Dobchuk
Al Dowling
Danae Dupuis
Peter F. Dyck
Robert D. Ernst
Blake R. Evans
Doreen Farrant
Sergey Fedoroff
Mavis Fendelet
Gordon M. Findlater
George Fleming
Eleanor Flory
Larry Focht
Allen Frederick
Ceceile Albert
Irene Anderson
Eila Annala
Marlene Antoniuk
Shelbey Babecy
Keith Bacon
Debra Balke
Lucy G. Barker
Merrel Berg
Verna Bernhardson
Isabel Berntson
Donald Blair
Allan Blakeney
Klaas Boersma
Pieternella Boersma
Eugene Bokshowan
Elvira L. Breker
Greg and Rachel
Bremner
Michael Brush
Fred Butler
Michael Bzdel
Edith Carpenter
Sarah A. Caspell
Eleanor Casselman
Willy Cederstrand
Jeremy Chenier
Rolf Christ
S
I n H o n o ur
of a
Dr. Rashpal Basran
Merlis M. Belsher
Dr. Richard Bigsby
Natalee Bishop
Lorna Callbeck
Dr. Kelly Coverett
John Cross
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hose who have left us…
Ethel J. Frederick
Christian Gaboury
Glenn Gabrielson
Elianna J. GarciaBuchacher
Lyndon Gaudet
Benjamin R.
Gerbrandt
Ashley B. Gitzel
John Glendinning
Bill Gray
Ruth Harker
Craig Harmer
Robert Heidel
William Heise
Bruce Henderson
Ivy E. Hill
Helen R. Hobbs
Bruce Horan
Elmer Hoyseth
Julius A. Isaac
Martin Isinger
Mary Isinger
Irene Jackson
Marjorie Jamieson
Erwin Janzen
Lionel Joa
Zach Johnson
George and Mary
Kaluzy
Edward Kereluk
Mary Keryluk
Steve Keryluk
Fred Kidley
Violet Kirkwood
Art Knight
Ronald Knight
Rose Knight
Beth Knox
Siegried J. Koegler
Anna Kost
Joseph Kostyniuk
Wayne Kusisto
Judy LaBrash
Kyle Larre
Robert B. Lehmann
Edwin Lindgren
Patricia J. Lindsay
Pauline Lindsay
John Loeppky
Jamie Loewen
Earl MacDonald
Ruth M. MacIver
Bev McCoshen
Alice McIntosh
James McKay
Wilfred E. McLeod
Robin Menzies
Caiden Michnik
Rosella Morissette
James S. Murphy
Sloane Murphy
Bonnie Nordgulen
Brett W. Nordgulen
Wilma Nykiforuk
Mike Paine
Janice Pearson
Margurite Pelland
Benoit Perret
Jessica Petruka
Everett Phillips
Pauline Praski
Stanley Praski
Emma Puff
Jack Quick
Joseph C. Reisenburg
Betty Reves
Donald Robertson
Jeffrey Ruthven
Bob Sandergaard
Carl Sandner
Norman Sarich
Kristen J. Saunders
Joseph Schlosser
Bill Semchuk
Tom Skogsrud
John L. Smith
Maureen Smith
Jaren R. Spray
Tony Stachniak
Helmer Svenningsen
Margaret Svingen
John J. Tackaberry
Ernie Tendler
Arnold Thiessen
Chad Thompson
Vera Thompson
John Tluchak
Victoria Tluchak
Thomas E. Tracey
Pat Trischuk
Donald Vibert
Michael J. Wall
Elmer Wiebe
Robert J. Williams
Alex Wilson
Shirley Wood
Robert Woodcock
Bryan Woods
Dr. Wright
pecial person or to mark a special occasion…
Diagnostic Imaging
Staff
Eric Davis Family
Curtis Forsberg
Dr. Daryl Fourney
Fry Family
Malcolm and Elaine
Gilbert
Ernie Hartz
Mabel Head
Dr. Housain
Jullion Family
Darryl Kacher
Dr. H. Kennedy
Brian Kusisto
Harold Leece
Robert and Doris
Lundmark Family
Rowan Lyons
Dr. William McKay
Merle Nagy
OR and Recovery
Room Staff
Dr. Paula Paley
Dr. Colin Pearce
Jim Pravda
Debbie Ramage
Ned Riben
Jessica Rynn
Dr. David Sheridan
Dr. Andrew Urmson
Marilyn and Kim
Williams
Dr. Ken Yong-Hing
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A G i f t T o day, A
Nahid Ahmad Endowment – Supports cardiology and kidney
research at Royal University Hospital.
Areva Wish Fund Endowment – Funds the purchase of small
items that improve patient care at Royal University Hospital,
particularly items for which there is no alternate source of
funding.
Cameco Chair in Aboriginal Health Endowment – Supports
a physician specialist in Aboriginal health at the University
of Saskatchewan College of Medicine and Saskatoon Health
Region’s Royal University Hospital.
Community Mental Health Endowment – Provides support to
individuals and organizations undertaking innovative initiatives
that improve the mental health of individuals and/or raise
awareness of mental health and addictions. These initiatives
include research, education, programs for patients and their
families while in hospital, patient support programs in the
community and equipment for patient care.
The following three endowment funds are in support of the
Community Mental Health Endowment:
Tom and Nicole MacNeill Family Fund – Supports clinical
research and related patient treatment programs in Obsessive
Compulsive Disorders and other spectrum-associated
disorders including anxiety and phobias.
Patricia and Lawrence Rychjohn Family Fund – Supports
individuals and organizations undertaking innovative
programs for the benefit of those affected by mental illness
and addictions in our community and beyond.
University of Saskatchewan Academic Psychiatrists Fund –
Supports psychiatric research and post-graduate psychiatric
training.
Donna and Tony Dagnone Endowment – Supports the Royal
University Hospital Inspiration Award, recognizing staff
members, physicians and volunteers whose actions serve to
inspire others at Royal University Hospital.
Danae Dupuis Memorial Endowment – Provides funding for
areas of greatest need at Royal University Hospital.
Adrienne Eidem Memorial Scholarship Endowment – Supports
a nursing scholarship in recognition of academic achievement
and enhanced health care proficiency.
egacy Tomorrow
Donald Francis Endowment – Supports programs and
services that aid in the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer
patients at Royal University Hospital.
Bernice E. (Betty) Godfrey Children’s Endowment – Supports
programs at Royal University Hospital dedicated to the diagnosis
and treatment of children who have suffered accidental injuries.
John C. (Jack) and Bernice E. (Betty) Godfrey Endowment –
Funds the purchase of equipment for the Burn Unit at Royal
University Hospital.
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship
Endowment – Provides scholarships for the education and
training of medical personnel, other than physicians, who work
with patients at Royal University Hospital.
Helping Hands Endowment – Provides financial assistance
for patients and families in need of essential items through
social work required as a result of their stay at Royal University
Hospital.
Ostomy Endowment – Funds equipment for the Ostomy Clinic
at Royal University Hospital.
Pharmaceutical Services Endowment – Funds education,
research and equipment in the Department of Pharmacy, Royal
University Hospital.
PotashCorp Chair in Clinical Health Research Endowment –
Provides dedicated time for researchers to undertake clinical
research at Royal University Hospital.
Princeton Endowment Scholarship – Provides educational
funding for nurses, licensed practical nurses and other medical
professionals.
The Bryan Isinger Pediatric Care Endowment - Provides funds
to support pediatric care and comfort including equipment and
furnishings.
Dr. Ali Rajput Endowment for Parkinson’s Disease and
Movement Disorders Research – Supports research into
Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders at Royal
University Hospital.
Sonja Jeffrey Memorial Fund – Supports medical school
residents at Royal University Hospital pursuing specialized
training in dissociative disorders as a result of psychological
trauma.
Royal University Hospital Auxiliary Endowment Fund –
Annual earnings will support the priority purchase of medical
equipment and furnishings at RUH as well as fund annual
Auxiliary scholarships and education.
Drs. Ivan Jen and Suzanne Yip Family Endowment – Established
in loving memory of their parents, Jim Kow Jen & Sue Lin
Jen and David Sim Yip & Jean Yat Yip, in support of cancer
research and patient care, as well as cardiac patient care at Royal
University Hospital.
SaskEnergy Centennial Research Fund in Children’s Health
Endowment – Supports research projects at Royal University
Hospital for the betterment of children’s health.
Marlo L. Kelly Memorial Endowment – Funds the purchase
of equipment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Royal
University Hospital.
Bill Lemko Memorial Endowment – Funds the purchase of
equipment that improves cancer care at Royal University
Hospital.
W. Gordon MacDougall Memorial Endowment – Supports
research, training and patient care at Royal University Hospital.
Hartley Sommerfeld Memorial Endowment – Supports
neurosciences at Royal University Hospital.
Jarret Stoll Patient Comfort Fund Endowment for Children at
Royal University Hospital – Funds items and projects providing
comfort, compassion and care to hospitalized children and their
families at Royal University Hospital.
Peter and Anna Zbeetnoff Memorial Endowment – Supports
the annual Peter and Anna Zbeetnoff Memorial Drug Therapy
Decision-Making Conference for physicians, pharmacists and
nurse practitioners in Saskatchewan.
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May 18, 2012
Independent Auditors’ Report
To the Board of Directors of the
Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc.
The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprise the summary statement of financial position as at March 31, 2012, the
summary statement of revenue and expenses and changes in fund balance for the year then ended are derived from the audited financial
statements of Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. for the year ended March 31, 2012. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion
on those financial statements in our report dated May 18, 2012. Those financial statements, and the summary financial statements, do
not reflect the effects of events that occurred subsequent to the date of our report on those financial statements.
The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of Royal University
Hospital Foundation Inc.
Management's Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in
accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, "Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements."
Opinion
In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of Royal University Hospital Foundation
Inc. for the year ended March 31, 2012 are a fair summary of those financial statements, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted
accounting principles.
Chartered Accountants
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants
The Princeton Tower, 123 2nd Avenue South, Suite 200, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 7E6
T: +1 (306) 668 5900, F: +1 (306) 652 1315, www.pwc.com/ca
“PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Ontario limited liability partnership.
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Royal University Hospital Foundation Staff
Arla Gustafson – Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Laskowski – Director of Development
Maria Styacko, C.A. – Director of Finance
Gay Oldhaver – Major and Planned Giving Officer*
Margot Weiner – Donor Stewardship Officer
Candace Boersma – Fund Development Coordinator
Marlene Saretsky – Operations Coordinator
Lisa Gaudet – Administrative Assistant
Michelle Morrison – Administrative Assistant
Amy Jo Ehman – Communications Advisor*
Darla Read – Communications Advisor
* left during the year
Royal University Hospital Foundation
103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK
S7N 0W8
Phone: 306-655-1984
Fax: 306-655-1979
Web site: www.ruhf.org
Email: ruhfoundation@saskatoonhealthregion.ca
Charitable Business Number: 11927 9131 RR001
Royal University Hospital Foundation is a member of the Association for
Healthcare Philanthropy, the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, the
Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Saskatoon Society of Fundraising
Executives and the International Association of Business Communicators.
Royal University Hospital Foundation does not sell, trade or lease the personal
information of its donors. If you wish to be removed from our mailing lists,
please contact us by phone at the RUH Foundation office.
Granting Committee: Dr. Jim Thornhill, Chair; Dan Anderson;
Lori Isinger; Dr. Daphne Taras; Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation CEO;
Marlene Saretsky, RUH Foundation Operations Coordinator
Development Committee: Rita Mirwald, Chair; Sandra Blevins;
Dr. Anita Chakravarti; Bill Johnson; Keitha McClocklin; Arla Gustafson,
RUH Foundation CEO; Lisa Laskowski, RUH Foundation Director of
Development; Candace Boersma, RUH Foundation Fund Development
Coordinator
Finance Committee: Kim Goheen, Chair; Arnie Arnott;
Blair Davidson; Gordon Martell; Jim Rhode; Arla Gustafson, RUH
Foundation CEO; Maria Styacko, RUH Foundation Director of Finance
Executive Committee: Bill Johnson, Chair; Dan Anderson,
Vice-Chair; Gordon Martell, Member-at-Large; Arnie Arnott, Past-Chair
Royal Ball Committee: Shari Bedient, Chair; Zeba Ahmad;
Lisa Bains; Laurie Karwacki; Karen Lloyd; Rita Mirwald; Judy Rhode;
Dorothy Slawinski; Rhonda Speiss; Tim Trainor; Trona Wheaton;
Nadine Wightman; Lisa Laskowski, RUH Foundation Director of
Development; Candace Boersma, RUH Foundation Fund Development
Coordinator
Greek Gourmet Feast Committee: Co-chairs Erin Rohlicek and
Patty Timmerman; Ann Barlas; Tennille Hanson; Laurel Jones;
Jody Mitchell; Joan Tilk; Michelle Wildeman; Lisa Laskowski, RUHF
Director of Development; Candace Boersma, RUHF Fund Development
Coordinator
Jarret Stoll Celebrity Golf Classic Committee: Theresa
Grosse, Chair; Clint Belitsky; Garry Coleman; Terry Grieve;
Bryan Hnatiw; Mark Loeppky; Kelly Minisofer; Stephanie Oleniuk;
Jamie Windjack, Lisa Laskowski, RUH Foundation Director of
Development; Candace Boersma, Fund Development Coordinator
Every Heart Matters Campaign Committee: John Cross,
Chair; Steering Members Dr. Jawed Akhtar, Dr. Rashpal Basran,
RN Lisa Bergen, Dr. Kelly Coverett, Stuart Hutton, Dr. Carlo Stuglin,
Major Gifts Members Nahid Ahmad, Arnie Arnott, Lester Cey,
Catherine Gryba, Bill Johnson, Bryan Leverick, Keitha McClocklin,
Curtis Merrifield, Rita Mirwald, Jim Rhode; Arla Gustafson, RUH
Foundation CEO; Lisa Laskowski, RUH Foundation Director of
Development; Ambassadors and Grateful Patients Lorna Callbeck,
Ruth Harker, Darren LeFebvre, Dan Lewans, Eric Veikle.