WHAT:

“The Imagination Ball” - A premier fundraising event celebrating Saint Elizabeth Health Care’s 100th anniversary and benefiting the Saint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation’s innovative and responsive Caregiver Support Program.

WHEN:

Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Event: 6pm – 9:30pm
After-Party: 9:30pm – 1am

WHERE:

The Carlu
444 Yonge Street, Toronto
M5B 2H4

WHO:

CTV’s Ken Shaw, Jully Black, Sass Jordan, Honorary Chair Shirley Douglas, President and CEO Shirlee Sharkey, Michael Decter and many more.

TELUS is the Presenting Sponsor and partner in helping make this important night possible. Enbridge Gas Distribution is the sponsor of the incredible gala after-party.

WHY: To raise funds and public awareness for the issues of caregiver support. More than 3 million Canadians provide informal home care to a loved one, yet only one in four receive any type of publicly-funded home care assistance. Furthermore, 25 per cent of employed persons provide home care to a relative or friend (between 26 and 80 hours per month) and 46 per cent provide some level of eldercare (Statistics Canada, 2002).

>>Your photographers and reporters are invited to attend. Please contact the media representative below for pre-registration. <<

Saint Elizabeth Health Care
Saint Elizabeth Health Care has been an active participant in the development and delivery of community health care since 1908. Today, an award-winning organization and not-for-profit charitable leader, Saint Elizabeth Health Care employs nearly 4,000 multidisciplinary staff, shares its knowledge nationally and internationally through consultation, knowledge exchange products and services, and delivers 3.3 million home-care visits a year.

Saint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation
To help lead community health care into the 21st century, Saint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for the advancement of knowledge and charitable initiatives in home and community care. We are especially interested in funding and promoting programs that assist individuals and families in maximizing their health and quality of life.

For more about us, historic milestones and our 100th anniversary please visit www.sehc.ca/100

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Media Inquiries:
Victoria Conroy
905-968-6526
victoriaconroy@saintelizabeth.com