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Year round fundraising efforts raise money to support The Benevolent Fund, Life Enhancement activities for our residents, and the implementation of The Courtyard Community; a transformation from a health model to a social model, changing the culture of elder care in Ontario.

Neighbourhood Link Support Services is a non-profit social service agency working to help people primarily in the east Toronto community to live independently and with dignity. Since 1975, with the assistance of our staff and many volunteers, we have been helping more than 20,000 people annually. In cooperation with the Toronto Central LHIN, we work with our colleague agencies across the city to integrate our many services. We continue to be the formidable cornerstone of the community and the recognized leader in the provision of community services that respond to the needs of youth, adults and seniors.

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross is an institution established by the Holy See. Started by Opus Dei in 1984, the university aims to provide an effective instrument for formation and research in the service of the universal Church. Born in the heart Rome, the University of the Holy Cross is open to priests, seminarians, religious and lay people, both men and women, coming from dioceses all over the world. The University offers ongoing formation for both its academic staff and students, placing a special emphasis on current issues. Most of the members of the academic staff hold degrees from both secular and ecclesiastical universities. The University has 1,500 students enrolled from 73 countries.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy or FSHD is the most prevalent of the nine primary types of muscular dystrophy affecting adults and children. Muscular dystrophy in general connotes a genetic, hereditary muscle disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. FSHD is also broadly characterized as a neuromuscular disease (NMD), as muscular dystrophy is a subset of NMD. Muscular dystrophies are alike in that they cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in the biochemical, physical and structural components of muscle, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. However, researchers believe that the causes of each of the muscular dystrophies are not necessarily the same.