An evening of possibility

Now in its 4th year, the Recipes for Possibility fundraising initiative, which includes, An Evening of Possibility dinner, has raised more than $1 million in support of Holland Bloorview’s extraordinary hospital for children with disabilities.

On November 23, 2009, Holland Bloorview hosted An Evening of Possibility, gathering 250 of Toronto’s business and community leaders for a night of fine dining prepared by some of Canada’s finest chefs. Holland Bloorview would like to extend a sincere thank you to RBC, our presenting sponsor, and to all of our generous donors who supported the Recipes for Possibility fundraising initiative.

1. Katherine McNulty, Ron Prosserman, Nada Ristich, Senior Manager, Corporate Donations BMO, Karen Crisp and Valerie McMurtry, President and CEO, Holland Bloorview Foundation.

2. Andy Canham, Senior VP, Commercial Hardware, Oracle, John Kustec, Managing Director of TD Harbour Capital and Director, Holland Bloorview Foundation, and Peter Neal, Co-Owner of Neal Brothers Foods.

3. David and Lynn Coriat.

4. Sandra and Leo Delzotto, President, Tridel Corporation, Dougal Macdonald, Managing Director and President, Morgan Stanley Canada and Director, Holland Bloorview Foundation, and Barbara Macdonald.

5. Laurie Sims, Peter Willson and Charlie Sims, President and CEO, Mackenzie Financial and Director, Holland Bloorview Foundation.

6. Justin Hines, Singer, Song writer and former Holland Bloorview Client.

7. Louise LeBeau, Michael Detlefsen, Managing Director, Muir Detlefsen & Associates, Patricia and Lauren Muir.

8. David Allgood, Executive VP and General Counsel, RBC and Trustee Holland Bloorview, Marie-Josee Castonguay and Jim Little, Chief Brand and Communications Officer, RBC.

9. Nitin Kawale, President, Cisco Canada and Director, Holland Bloorview Foundation, Priti Kawale, Susanne Holland and Christopher Hopper, President, KLQ Mechanical Ltd.

10. Vinay Sarin, Trustee, Holland Bloorview, Deborah Alexander, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, Scotiabank, David Allgood, EVP and General Counsel, RBC and Trustee, Holland Bloorview, Michael Norris, Deputy Chairman, RBC Capital Markets.

11. Chef Patrick Lin of Senses, Chef David Lee of Nota Bene, Chef Massimo Capra of Mistura, Chef Lisa Root of Centro, Dinner co-chair, David Allgood, Executive VP and General Counsel, RBC and Trustee, Holland Bloorview, Ben, Holland Bloorview Ambassador and Yannick Bigourdan, calendar chair.

12. Sheila Jarvis, President, Holland Bloorview and David White, CIBC World Markets Managing Director.

13. Sonia Rodriguez, Kurt Browning, Pat Fielding, Vito and Sandra Bigioni.

14. Stacey and Shawn Kimel.

15. Tom Muir, Managing Director, Muir Detlefsen & Associates and Chair Holland Bloorview Foundation, Shannon Gallagher, PR CTV’s and Beverly Thomson, co-host, CTV’s Canada AM.

16. Trudy Young, Christopher Hopper, President KLQ Mechanical Ltd, John Young and Armando Mano of Centro.

17. Vanessa and Ron Kimel, Westdale Properties

18. Yannick Bigourdan, calendar chair and co-owner Nota Bene.

19. Armando Mano of Centro with Valerie McMurtry, President & CEO, Holland Bloorview Foundation.

20. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Dinner co-chair George Lewis, Group Head, Wealth Management, RBC, and Director, Holland Bloorview Foundation.