2016-17 Annual Report Inside
2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT INSIDE PAGE 1 A DREAM FULFILLED YOU ARE BY THEIR SIDE PAGE 3 It is often said cancer is a journey. It involves many challenges, phases and emotions. DONOR DOLLAR IMPACT It is not a straight line and it is tremendously difficult. Unfortunately each year more than 6,800 Manitobans will begin their own journey and many thousands more will PAGE 4 continue down the paths laid out for them which began with their diagnoses. INDIVIDUAL DONORS These children, young adults, women and men are so incredibly fortunate YOU – PAGE 7 our donors, sponsors and volunteer fundraisers - are by their side on their journeys. CORPORATE DONORS On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are proud to share the annual report for the PAGE 9 year ending March 31, 2017. The Foundation is the only charitable organization exclusively SIGNATURE EVENTS fundraising for CancerCare Manitoba. Each and every generous gift you make stays in our province and supports cancer patients of all ages and walks of life. Your philanthropy PAGE 11 enabled us to grant over six million dollars this past year to CancerCare to support COMMUNITY EVENTS prevention and early detection initiatives, leading-edge research, clinical trials and patient care programs and services. PAGE 14 DISCOVERIES HAPPEN HERE We are honoured to share how YOU helped Fred Clark, a man who in the prime of his THANK YOU FROM CCMB life was diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer. Your support funds life-saving clinical trials which are available to Fred and many other CancerCare Manitoba patients.
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