SickKids VS Limits
It has been a momentous year at SickKids—a year in which we launched not only the historic SickKids VS Limits Fundraising Campaign, but a number of bold new initiatives and partnerships that will transform the future of child health here at SickKids, across Ontario and beyond.
Our integration with the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre to create the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health; the launch of the Kids Health Alliance focused on extending a continuum of excellent care across the Province; a hospital-wide reduction in preventable harm through our Caring Safely Initiative; and our new electronic health information system are just a few examples of the revolutionary initiatives underway.
These achievements would not have been possible without the ingenuity of our people, and the support of government, our partners, and all of you, our generous community of donors.
Building the SickKids of the future is going to take all our effort, and we are heartened by the collective alignment of energy we have witnessed over the past year. Over 500,000 donors have answered our rallying cry, SickKids VS All In, coming together to help us raise a record-breaking $146.3 million this year alone.
The Province’s formal commitment in March 2018 to support the transformation of our campus is a welcome boost to the momentum of our collective drive to shatter the limits of outdated facilities. But our fight isn’t over. Many battles remain and we cannot waver in our mission to re-imagine our campus, continue breakthrough research, and partner for better care.
Through this Annual Report we take a moment to pause and celebrate the advances we are making and the donors, like you, who are helping to make them possible. May they serve as inspiration for the work that lies ahead.
~Dr. Michael Apkon, President and CEO, SickKids, Senator Sarabjit Marwah, Chair, SickKids Board of Trustees, Kathleen Taylor, Chair, SickKids Foundation, Ted Garrard, CEO, SickKids Foundation
