News Release

MEDIA ADVISORY – Dec. 13, 2005

ATTN: NEWS / HEALTH / LIFESTYLE / GTA

Completion of Shipp Challenge Results in Record Donations in Record Time - $12M for Trillium Health Centre

Mississauga/Toronto: Christmas came early to Trillium Health Centre with the delivery of a $6 million cheque presented by Harold G. Shipp. Ringing Christmas bells and sporting a Santa hat, Mr. Shipp pulled the cheque from an oversized Santa sack and presented it to E. Gay Mitchell, Executive VP Strategic Business Development, RBC Financial Group and Chair of Trillium’s $30 Million Fundraising Campaign.

The funds had been pledged in late April when Mr. Shipp announced he would double all donations for one year ending on April 15, 2006, up to a total of $6 million – the largest gift from an individual ever promised to Trillium Health Centre Foundation.

The community responded with such enthusiasm that the money was raised in only six months and six days, setting a fundraising record for the Foundation and resulting in a total gift of $12 million for Trillium Health Centre.

In recognition of this gift, Trillium’s Stroke Centre will be named “The Harold G. and June C. Shipp Stroke Centre”.

The Health Centre and Foundation presented a gift in return in the form of a special plaque, recognizing June C. Shipp’s outstanding contribution to Trillium Health Centre through her 35 years of volunteer work. In an emotional ceremony, a plaque was unveiled which will be permanently installed in Trillium’s Fracture Clinic, where Mrs. Shipp volunteered for the ten years prior to her passing in 2001.

Photos available upon request.

CONTACT: Cynthia Lacroix clacroix@thc.on.ca (416) 259-7580 ext. 5585
Manager, Communications and Direct Marketing, Trillium Health Centre Foundation

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