The Gentle Ben – Supporting Cancer Research and Support Programs

Year after year, we are blown away by the incredible fundraising efforts of our participant. Although the GB receives some corporate donations, the bulk of our fundraising is carried out by our golfers.

This year we are asking each golfer to raise a minimum $1,000 towards our designated charities, which provide care and support to cancer patients.

Cancer touches everyone, and this year we want to know the cancer-related charities that are most meaningful to you. So please give the GB Committee your input, which will help us decide the specific charities to look at and possibly support.

Selected Beneficiaries:

• McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine: Part of University Health Network, exploring how stem cell biology and tissue engineering can offer a hope of new cures for debilitating diseases such as cancer.

• Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation: The Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation raises funds for excellence in child health and family centred care. As the official fundraising body for the Alberta Children's Hospital, all money raised by the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation is re-invested in the hospital and child health needs in this region.

• Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation: Supporting pediatric palliative care, guided by the motto of “Adding life to the child's time, not just time to the child's life”

• Lilah’s Fund: Conducting research at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to better understand and treat Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that represents a disproportionate number of cancer deaths.

• Charles Krowitz Burkitt's Lymphoma Research Fund: Conducting research at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital into this rare form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

• Children's Wish Foundation of Canada: Each year, thousands of Canadian children between the ages of three and 17 are diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is dedicated to granting an exceptional wish to every child.