YOUR GIFTS HANDLED WITH CARE Annual Report 2012-2013 THE CHILDREN’S 308 BY THE NUMBERS PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 500 NURSES 1,500 ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 6,589 SURGERIES 200,000 PATIENT VISITS 120,000 VISITS TO 70 AMBULATORY CLINICS 78,022 VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 5,909 PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL 110 RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS 180 MED STUDENTS 02 THE MONTREAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE. We are not only a hospital, but a family and a community. As experts in tertiary and quaternary care, we have the opportunity to meet and treat tens of thousands of children from all over Quebec and Canada every year. Even with the challenges we currently face, we continue to thrive and provide the highest quality of healthcare to our patients. To all our donors, thank you for your generosity and commitment to improve the condition and well-being of our patients. Thankfully, we work alongside a strong Foundation, one that is tirelessly dedicated to our institution and has helped offset some of our financial concerns. Whether it’s helping us purchase a cooling system for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or funding Child Life programs, like Dr. Clown and music therapy, everything counts and everything helps. We are now in the process of opening up a new chapter in our lives: the Glen. The new Children’s will be a state-of-the-art pediatric hospital and one that will be better suited to the needs of patients, families and our staff. I am excited about the future of the Children’s and I look forward to working with all of you for many years to come. MARTINE ALFONSO ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE MONTREAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 03 WE TAKE THE UTMOST CARE OF YOUR DONATIONS Thank you for another record year! For the second year in a row, our fundraising results have hit new heights, with $23.2 million raised for the Hospital, an increase of 15%. Our corporate and individual donors, partner foundations, coupled with those who organized or participated in the over 300 events in support of The Children’s have once again raised the bar on behalf of the Hospital’s young patients and their families. There is no question that these funds will help The Children’s outstanding medical staff make life brighter for generations of sick children to come. These exceptional results are a reflection of the fact that good relationships are built on trust. As sick children and their families place their trust in The Children’s expert health professionals so do you place your trust in us to ensure that your wishes are respected and your funds used where they are needed most. Your confidence in us is well placed. For the second year in a row, MoneySense magazine’s Charity 100 gave our Foundation the highest rating among hospital foundations across Canada, both pediatric and adult, for our efficiency in managing your donations and for the excellence and transparency of our governance. We are very proud of this achievement and hope you see it as a reflection of our commitment to you and to the health of our community’s children. As we close The Best Care for Children Campaign, we can see our new home on the corner of St-Jacques and Décarie and collectively take great satisfaction in the knowledge that it will serve as a beacon for generations to come. Together we can accomplish great things. Together we have accomplished great things. For that, we thank you. GREG ROKOS MARIE-JOSÉE GARIÉPY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT 04 A SPRINGBOARD FOR $5 MILLION AND NEW HOPE FOR FAMILIES One of The Children’s most talented researcher/clinicians, hematologist/ oncologist Dr. Nada Jabado, has been awarded a $5 million grant* to further her groundbreaking research into the genetic mutations responsible for up to 40% of glioblastomas in children. Glioblastoma is a fatal cancer of the brain that does not respond to currently available therapies including chemotherapy, radiotherapy or any other targeted therapies. Dr Jabado heads the Brain Tumour Research Laboratory at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Her findings present new hope for affected children and their families of finding a cure where none existed before as this new pathway she identified was not previously shown to help drive this cancer. The grant aims to find a cure and would have been impossible to obtain without visionary donors like you. In order to qualify for funding, all applicants must not only demonstrate scientific relevance and impact, but also ensure that 20% of the total amount requested comes from other sources. Thanks to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation and McGill University, Dr. Jabado and her team were able to fulfill this important criterion. Your donations were crucial in helping Dr. Jabado obtain this major grant. When it comes to funding research, every donor dollar has the potential to act as a springboard for attracting other significant sources of funding. In this case, your support was a catalyst for bringing in $5 million in research money. This grant presents remarkable possibilities for sick children and their families, possibilities that exist because of your contributions to the Hospital. Thanks to you, Dr. Jabado and her team now have the resources to take a giant step forward in saving future young lives that cannot be saved today. * Génome Canada, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR/CIHR), Le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie au Quebec and Génome Québec. 05 WHERE OUR DONATIONS COME FROM… Donations to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation come from four main sources: MAJOR GIFTS ANNUAL SUPPORT Donors of major gifts are true visionaries. Whether they Annual support through direct mailing campaigns allows are individuals, foundations or corporations, they all share a the Foundation to communicate directly with donors on mission to transform the face of healthcare by supporting a regular basis. Appeals like those done for Radiothon, specific projects, research or equipment that enable Grateful Parents, Grandparents and Community Members, The Children’s to offer cutting-edge care. Major gift donors Leadership Circle and Corporate Leaders are critical to the have been instrumental in the success of The Best Care for Hospital as the funds raised often go toward meeting The Children Campaign to build a brand-new Children’s on the Glen site. Children’s most urgent needs. SPECIAL EVENTS LEGACY GIVING The Special Events Department puts the fun in fundraising. Legacy giving provides donors with an opportunity to make It is also a testament to the tremendous support the Hospital a long-term commitment to The Children’s. Whether gifts enjoys from the community. From backyard BBQs to the most take the form of a tribute in the name of a loved one, an elegant soirées, grassroots fundraisers organize over 300 endowment, a bequest, a gift annuity or a life insurance events each year to benefit the Hospital’s young patients. In policy, funds raised through the Foundation’s Planned addition, there are the Foundation’s flagship events, including Giving Department are essential to helping the Hospital the Ball for The Children’s, Pedal for Kids, and the Golf meet its most urgent needs and its long term goals. Legacy Tournament, and the activities of our Young Leaders Circle, donors recognize the importance of creating a lasting whose members exemplify the future of philanthropy. commitment that not only leads to today’s cures but also transforms the present and the future of child health. 06 …WHERE DONATIONS GO. Donations to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation are distributed to the Hospital and used to support the following: CARE TEACHING A world-renowned leader providing a broad spectrum The Montreal Children’s Hospital is the pediatric teaching of highly specialized care to newborns, children, and hospital of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, one adolescents, the Montreal Children’s Hospital is a place of North America’s top universities. Young healthcare where families rest assured that they are in the best of hands. professionals have the opportunity to learn from the best Your donations are critical to the health and wellbeing of our and brightest in their respective fields and many choose young patients. Through funding of innovative programs to continue their careers with the Hospital. Nurse training and equipment, our teams of expert doctors, nurses and programs and fellowships for residents in subspecialty healthcare professionals are able to deliver child and family- fields are examples of how donations help foster the spirit of centered care that is second to none. learning and skill sharing that are so vital to The Children’s. RESEARCH New discoveries and advancements made through research at The Children’s are constantly transforming the field of pediatrics. From Dr. Nada Jabado’s groundbreaking research into pediatric brain tumours to Dr. Larry Lands’ discoveries related to chronic lung diseases, researchers at The Children’s are at the top of their profession. Thanks to the generous support of visionary donors, investigators are making exciting breakthroughs in a vast array of disciplines, delivering precious knowledge from the lab to the bedside and providing new hope for generations of children to come. 07 FIRST-CLASS CARE, CARE WORLD-CLASS RESULTS happening with Kevin. “Nathan was really great,” says Kimberley. “He stood by us the whole time. He took the time to make sure we understood what was going on.” Nathan points out that spending time with patients and families is one of the key elements of care at The Children’s.