Thursday, February 2, 2012
An evening of awareness and education to support the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) was held at the Thompson Landry Gallery with guest speakers Dr Blake Woodside, Director - Eating Disorder Inpatient Program at Toronto General Hospital, and Sera De Rubeis, former NEDIC Volunteer.
Our sold-out event raised close to $70,000.00 towards our work. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be dedicated towards increasing NEDIC's capacity for raising awareness, education and resources. It will be apportioned to enhancing our educational reach to both students and professionals, leveraging funds through grant applications and other revenue generation, and supporting our core services.
To make it easier to contribute to NEDIC's work, we are inaugurating a monthly giving program. Quarterly updates will be emailed to you. Tax receipts will be issued at the end of each calendar year. Should you wish to join, please go to our online donations page.
Here are a few photos from our memorable evening.
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Steering Committee Members and Volunteers |
Josee Champagne (ANEB), Merryl Bear (NEDIC) and Catherine Ford (Ministry of Health) |
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Sharon MacLeod, VP Marketing Unilever Unilever developed The DoveŽ Self-Esteem Fund to help free the next generation from self-limiting beauty stereotypes. |
Michelle St Jaques, Gina Kiroff & Cadence Reid (Unilever) and Aviva Groll (Ogilvy & Mather) 
Party guests Jessica Boyd and Kim Mancina with David Mayerlen (Rostrum Group) |
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Guest speaker Dr Blake Woodside, Director: Eating Disorder Inpatient Program at Toronto General Hospital |
Guest speaker Sera De Rubeis with Steering Committee Lead, Kim Duffy |
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Dr Sid Kennedy, Head of Psychiatry (Toronto General Hospital) talking to Dr Robbie Campbell |
Party guest Bill Gairdner with Olympians Sarah Charles and Karen Cockburn |
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Artist Jessica Gorlicky with original painting donated to the Live Auction |
Items donated to the Silent Auction included a cottage getaway and Leafs tickets |
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Party guests had a great time... |
...thanks to awesome tunes by Side 3! |
A special thanks to our supporters and sponsors:
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We also thank for their generosity, talent and work:
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