Golfers join forces to aid research in spinal cord injuries
June 2, 2008 – A signature event came to the Western in 2008. After 11 years of supporting heart-related causes, the Legacy Golf Classic changed its swing and decided to raise funds for the work of Dr. Michael Fehlings, an expert in spinal cord injuries. With Linda Krembil and a dedicated event committee leading the charge, and Medtronic and BMO Financial Group generously providing cart and dinner sponsorships, the 2008 event at Eagles Nest Golf Club raised over $140,000. Held annually, the Legacy Gold Classic has raised a total of $1.6 million since its inception.
Photo – The Legacy committee: Linda Ruickbie, Susan Hierlihy, Peggy Stevenson, Vince Forrestall, Linda Krembil, Tennys Hanson and Craig Matheson.
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Across Canada, a day of raising funds with Rick Hanson’s Wheels in Motion
June 8, 2008 – Rick Hanson’s 2008 Wheels in Motion event, sponsored by Scotiabank, challenged people across the country to tackle such activities as mouth painting, playing hockey in a wheelchair or navigating an obstacle course in order to raise funds on behalf of spinal cord injury. Local activities, with funds raised in part for the benefit of research into spinal cord injury at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, were held at The Docks in downtown Toronto.
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Fitting – and fun – tribute to the work of a remarkable neurosurgeon
August 9, 2008 – Philanthropy took to the open road in August for the Zuber & Company Ride for the Dr. I. Bernard Schacter Neurosurgical Fund. Motorcyclists joined forces to raise funds on a three-hour ride from the heart of Toronto to the Mohawk Inn in Cambellville. The fund was created by Dr. Schacter’s son Jamie, on the occasion of the TWH neurosurgeon’s 80th birthday. In honour of a medical career that spans 50 years, the fund will support the Division of Neurosurgery, under the direction of Division Head, Dr. Chris Wallace.
“The division proposes to use this fund to support higher academic activities of senior residents in neurosurgery. There will never be a shortage of bright young residents to support because we are home to the largest neurosurgical training program in the world, with an average of 35 residents in training at any single time,” Dr. Wallace says.
Photo – Dr. Berney Schacter (left) with son Jamie at the Motorcycle Ride Fundraiser.
