Gusty winds can’t keep pool enthusiasts away
February 27, 2008 – Chilly winter weather didn’t deter 225 guests from attending the annual 8 Ball pool tournament, featuring a silent auction and gourmet tasting stations. Senator Homes, with presenting sponsor TD Waterhouse, helped raise $180,000 to finance the purchase of the Transesophageal Echocardiography System for the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.
Photo – 8 Ball committee members: Paul Breda, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre’s Dr. Tirone David, Paul Herd, Tracy Ferrier, Matthew Castelli and Lou Rocca.
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Spirited hockey tournament supports heart research
April 4-6, 2008 – The annual Bay Street Hockey Tournament has been raising funds for Dr. Erwin Oechslin’s work in Adult Congenital Heart Disease for three years now. (Dr.Oechslin is Director of the ACHD Program, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, and he holds the Bitove Foundation Professorship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.) This year the tournament saw players from Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York and Boston face off, with RBC Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets taking home the A and B Division Championship titles respectively. With Bill White’s IBK Capital as presenting sponsor, $90,000 was raised for life-saving research at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.
Photo – Dr. Erwin Oechslin, Ashlim Ameen of RBC Capital Markets, Michael White, Vice President, and Bill White, President, of IBK Capital, and granddaughter Emily present the trophy.
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Imaging, Intervention, Innovation – and golf
June 11, 2008 – Dr. Harry Rakowski is busy establishing the I3 Centre, which will provide the most scientifically advanced cardiac diagnostic and treatment tools. Supporting him at the Golf for Heart Classic at Eagles Nest Golf Club this year, were 112 golfers and a committee led by Todd Halpern, Colin Halpern, Jim McGovern, Marc Mancini, Frank Luchetta and Robbie Pryde that raised $137,000. The event, with its silent and live auctions and dinner, has been a tremendous success over the past four years.
Photo – The Golf for Heart Classic supported the I3 Centre this year.
