Donor Spotlight
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Donor Spotlight: Waverley Lodge/ Masonic Foundation
Greg Insley has been a Guelph resident since 1994 and attended the hospital over the years for the birth of his two children and for the occasional ER visits for stitches and broken bones. But things changed when, two years ago, he spent four days at GGH following routine surgery. While he was doing laps… Continue Reading Donor Spotlight: Waverley Lodge/ Masonic Foundation
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Donor Spotlight: Harpreet Garcha and TRANS99
From his office on Speedvale Avenue in Guelph, Harpreet Garcha heads up the Guelph-based trucking firm TRANS99 Logistics. Harpreet came to Guelph in 2008 and set up his company in 2011 with his brother and a friend. Today, TRANS99 is a significant employer and a substantial constituent of the City’s business sector. The business is… Continue Reading Donor Spotlight: Harpreet Garcha and TRANS99
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Grateful Donor Supports ‘Mission: Nutrition’ for GGH Staff
The staff. Ruby couldn’t get the staff out of her mind. She marveled at how well the caregivers took care of her during her week admitted at Guelph General Hospital. Shifts would change, the faces came and went, but every caregiver provided the support she needed as she recovered from a reaction to a chemotherapy… Continue Reading Grateful Donor Supports ‘Mission: Nutrition’ for GGH Staff
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Dinner for Six – Black Tie Bingo Style
Three years ago, Karen and Bob Bonham decided to move from their home in Oakville to be closer to family here in Guelph. The city’s Newcomer Club appealed to Karen, and she joined. The Newcomers Club is a non-profit organization for women new to Guelph or who have recently gone through a significant change in… Continue Reading Dinner for Six – Black Tie Bingo Style
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Donor Spotlight Vahid Walji: If you live or work in downtown Guelph, you’d know his name.
A warm, dynamic, and much-respected man, Vahid passed away in January two years ago at the age of fifty. He was owner and operator of the New Age Health Food store on Wyndham Street, where he made hundreds of friends and loyal customers over twenty-five years. It’s been said by many that Vahid didn’t just… Continue Reading Donor Spotlight Vahid Walji: If you live or work in downtown Guelph, you’d know his name.
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Donor Spotlight: Avtar Kambo & Manpreet Kambo and Kamtech Industries
When the Kambos decided to support The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital’s $34 million Together, We Care campaign through the ‘Name a Room’ program, it was very much in keeping with their solid philanthropic convictions. Continue Reading Donor Spotlight: Avtar Kambo & Manpreet Kambo and Kamtech Industries
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Guelph Bahai Faith Assembly, Junior Youth Group
It’s a blustery March afternoon at a west-end park. Four youngsters and two adults meet near the playground equipment to discuss their next community service project. Under the auspices of the Guelph Bahai Faith Assembly, this Junior Youth Group has undertaken several fundraisers and drives over the past year — all to support service organizations… Continue Reading Guelph Bahai Faith Assembly, Junior Youth Group
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Marc and Paul Brombal: Sidonio’s for Men/ Art of Denim
At the corner of Norfolk and Suffolk Streets on the edge of downtown sits an elegant grey house. It was once, many years ago, a girls’ school and is now home to a duo of upscale clothing stores — Sidonio’s and the hip haberdashery, The Art of Denim. Here you’ll find two staunch champions of… Continue Reading Marc and Paul Brombal: Sidonio’s for Men/ Art of Denim
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Dr. Marcello Schmidt
Dr. Schmidt raised $16,434 for Guelph General Hospital. Very early on in the pandemic, one of our physicians saw a real need to raise money to help address the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Stepping into an unfamiliar role as a fundraiser, he was amazed by the success of his campaign. Dr. Marcello Schmidt… Continue Reading Dr. Marcello Schmidt
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Guelph Firefighters’ Benevolent Foundation
Drinking coffee at a shop not far from his home, Dave Aubrey, a 5-year veteran with Guelph’s firefighting team, talks about his fellow volunteers. He recently was voted into the position of Vice President of the Guelph Firefighters’ Benevolent Foundation (GFBF), a non-profit division of Firefighters’ Union Local 467. Dave explains that the organization was set… Continue Reading Guelph Firefighters’ Benevolent Foundation
