Thank you to those who made the 6th annual Unicorn Dream Dinner the most successful ever. In 2009, in lieu of an event, we are asking for your continued support.

In six years, we raised together over half a million dollars to support the Max and Beatrice Wolfe Centre for Children’s
Grief and Palliative Care. Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation
of Toronto recognized this achievement with a large star on the wall of donors in the hospital lobby. Keep our star shining by helping us continue Samantha’s Unicorn Legacy.

As one of the only home-based palliative care programs specifically for children in Canada, this special Centre provides a haven for grieving and dying children. The Centre helps grieving children as well as those children who are facing death to receive the quality help they need to ease their suffering. It offers families support, kindness and dignity during a difficult time. The loss of a loved one is always painful and full of grief; but for children to face that loss – or face death themselves – has a particular poignancy.

The money raised enables this Centre of excellence maintain and enhance its position as a leader in children’s grief and palliative care. The funds help support the development of specialized programs for dying children, grief counseling, education initiatives, staff development, collaboration and advocacy and have an enormous – and immediate – impact on the patients and families our team cares for every year. Your dollars allow The Max and Beatrice Wolfe Centre for Children’s Grief and Palliative Care to:

• Provide specialized care for dying children and their families in their home
• Support children who have a loved one who is dying or who has died
• Offer these services at no cost to patients and their families

Since no government funding is available for the social workers and child life specialists the Centre relies on charitable contributions to provide these services.