2005 - 2006 - Mount Sinai Hospital

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SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2005-2006 In May, the Unicorn Dream Dinner raises more than $75,000 in support of programs at the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care. Ed Sonshine is inducted in June as new Chair of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation. Together with Lawrence Bloomberg, he co-chairs the ambitious The Best Medicine campaign. The Henry’s Tournament fore Health raises more than $1.2 million over nine years in support of programs at the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre. LEADERSHIP SINAI Mixing fun with philanthropy has proved to be a winning combination for Leadership Sinai. Its signature event, Leadership Sinai Presents was London Calling. More than 500 people enjoyed a Beatles tribute band and British-inspired cuisine in April 2005. The money raised supported Leadership Sinai’s $1-million pledge toward the highest priorities of Mount Sinai. campaign. When Mount Sinai embarked on this effort under the visionary leadership of Lawrence Bloomberg, we set an ambitious — some might have thought unachievable — goal of raising $400 million by 2008. Now co-chaired by Bloomberg and Ed Sonshine, The Best Medicine is not just the name of one of the most successful campaigns in Canadian hospital history: it’s a passionate reality lived every single day by Mount Sinai’s clinicians and scientists, staff, volunteers and donors. This successful campaign is making a tremendous impact on patient care, teaching and research at Mount Sinai, allowing us to expand facilities, strengthen core programs, acquire modern clinical equipment, renew patient facilities and set new standards of excellence in patient care. This past year, Mount Sinai’s community brought the total raised for The Best Medicine to $293 million. Our admiration — as well as our gratitude — for what our extraordinary donors have been able to accomplish is profound. At the same time, with ongoing hospital requirements for capital — and more than $200 million to raise in the next few short years alone for areas like our Women’s and Infants’ Health and Ambulatory facilities — we recognize the need is acute for continued, widespread community involvement. In fact, the capital requirements far surpass the goal for The Best Medicine campaign, and our fundraising on behalf of Mount Sinai will continue, as it must. While government funds most of the hospital’s operating budget, our donors provide the resources that allow us the flexibility and opportunity to push beyond the delivery of basic healthcare services. It is our donors who have helped make Mount Sinai a leading research-based hospital capable of translating healthcare innovations from laboratory bench to bedside. It is our donors who have made it possible for us to embrace advances in medicine and take leadership positions in innovative programs such as patient and family-centred care. It is our donors who have paved the way for the hospital to be able to both serve the needs of an urban population, and to conduct scientific research of the highest order. It is our donors who we thank for our ability to deliver the best medicine to all people who enter our doors. With unprecedented generosity from donors, 2005-2006 was a highly successful year, featuring donations, large and small from a wide range of sources. There were multi-million-dollar contributions from major donors, both corporate and individual, many of whom are long-term supporters. There were contributions from thousands of people who participated in direct mail campaigns, many of whom are regular monthly givers. Fundraising events not only raised money, they raised spirits and a sense of community in everything from golf tournaments to theatrical performances, glittery galas to family-focused walks, wine auctions to evenings of information and fun. And — gratifyingly, considering the competition for philanthropic dollars — there were donations of every size coming from people who chose to support Mount Sinai Hospital and our Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute for the first time this year. Simply and sincerely put, every dollar counts. Family of Generosity Mount Sinai Hospital has a long tradition of receiving key philanthropic gifts from families, individuals, and organizations that have been inspired by a particular need. It has been through such inspired philanthropy 20 A COMMUNITY OF CARING
The Samuel Lunenfeld Charitable Foundation generously commits $7.5 million to expand the SLRI, scheduled to be completed in 2007. Mount Sinai celebrates the establishment of the Joseph and Mildred Sonshine and Family Centre for Head and Neck Diseases. The Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre celebrates its 10th anniversary in October and honours its Director, Dr. Pamela Goodwin, the first Canadian researcher to receive funding from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation celebrates one of its most successful years ever, raising more than $40 million in pledges and one-time gifts. that the Lebovic brothers, two of Mount Sinai’s most magnanimous donors, have given $16 million over the past two decades, $6 million of it for the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Centre. Vision and the recognition of need also inspired Murray and Marvelle Koffler to create both the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre and the Murray Koffler Urologic Wellness Centre. This same spirit was behind the Kimel Family’s $8 million gift in 2004 to establish the Kimel Family Centre for Advanced Medical Imaging, a state-of-the-art centre for sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. Isadore and Rosalie Sharp this year received the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, in recognition of their extraordinary, ongoing support of Mount Sinai Hospital; in particular, their $5 million unrestricted gift in 2000. That same generosity has long inspired donors Lawrence and Judy Tanenbaum — who have over the years contributed more than $15 million to Mount Sinai, including more than $2 million to help address its highest priorities. Highest Priorities Fund Donations to our Highest Priorities Fund — like the Tanenbaums’ — enable Mount Sinai to meet evolving needs of our patients, build on government funding, and capitalize on new technologies and breakthroughs. This kind of funding allows us to attract and retain the best and most highly qualified staff and provide them with the most advanced tools. A stand-out contribution of $5 million to our highest priorities fund came last year from long-time supporters Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz, who not only have served on our boards and committees, but have provided generous funding in the past for our Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre and the Gerald P. Turner Nursing Department — gifts that have a daily impact on the lives of tens of thousands of patients coming to Mount Sinai every year. Capital Investment To keep pace with the requirements of a 21st-Century hospital, the renewal of the building is absolutely fundamental to everything from patient care to recruiting and retaining clinical and scientific talent. Many key areas within Mount Sinai, now more than 30 years old, are severely constrained by outdated facilities, obsolete equipment and old-fashioned technology. Donors Ken Field and Vivian Berman recognized the urgency of our deteriorating physical space this year, with a $1-million gift in support of renewal. Technological renewal is equally critical. Frank Stronach, Magna International’s founder and Chairman, also stepped up this year with a $1 million gift that will help answer the need for state-of-the-art cardiology equipment and put Mount Sinai at the leading edge of cardiac care. Thanks to his generosity, an advanced EchoPAC System will allow Mount Sinai cardiologists to view a complete image of the structure and function of the heart in real-time, providing more accurate diagnoses and shorter wait times. The gift will also support upgrading of the cardiology virtual network, which will allow integration of the patient information system throughout the hospital. Recognizing Research Excellence Research and its immediate and long-term importance for healthcare at Mount Sinai was celebrated in a generous donation from the Kunin Family and Samuel Lunenfeld Foundation this year, which will help fund Auxiliary members Carole Grafstein and Heather Gotlieb AUXILIARY The Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary celebrated another successful gala in 2005 with comedian Jerry Seinfeld entertaining 2,000 people at Roy Thomson Hall. The gala — which also included the first-ever online dream auction — generated more than $1 million for neonatal care and research. The recent 2006 gala featured four-time Juno award-winner Michael Bublé and generated a further $1.5 million for neonatal care and research at Mount Sinai. 2005–06 ANNUAL REPORT 21
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