Giving back to health care in our community is important to us and our clients.

Oatley, Vigmond is proud to support the community in which we live and work. We recognize our role as a community leader and take to heart the social responsibility that accompanies that role. Recent community projects we've help fund include:

How We Are Giving Back

• Donation to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre of $300, 000 over a 10 year period to support the Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care program
• Donation to the Sunnybrook Traumatic Brain Injury Program to fund research and operational costs, $500,000 over a ten year period
• Donation to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute of $250,000 over a seven year period to provide education funds to support and promote rehab workers
• Donation to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute of $250,000 over a seven year period to support the Neuro Rehab program
• Lead sponsor of the Spinal Cord Injury Ontario Peer Support Program donating $375,000 over a five year period

Sponsorships

• Sponsor for the bi-annual Ontario Brain Injury Association conference
• Sponsor of the Barrie March of Dimes Brain Injury conference
• Sponsor of the bi-annual Acquired Brain Injury Network conference
• Sponsor of the Hamilton Health Sciences Partners in Trauma conference
• Sponsor of the annual Toronto Rehab Foundation Spinal Cord conference
• Sponsor of the annual Sudbury & District Brain Injury Association golf tournament
• Sponsor of the annual Toronto Rehab Mild Traumatic Brain Injury conference
• Sponsor of the Hamilton Health Sciences Annual Acquired Brain Injury conference
• Sponsor of the Therapeutic Recreation Ontario annual conference
• Sponsor of the Brain Injury Services annual conference
• Sponsor of the Headwaters Acquired Brain Injury family BBQ
• Sponsor of the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapist annual conference
• Sponsor of the annual Toronto Rehab Best Practices Day conference
• Sponsor of the annual Hamilton Health Sciences Focus on Neurotrauma conference
• Sponsor of the University of Toronto Trauma Conference

Fundraisers and Community Participation

While we are extremely pleased to be involved with these projects, we also understand that community support involves more than just financial resources. Our colleagues, staff and lawyers are encouraged to carry out work in the community. Recent examples of community events where our people have donated their time, abilities, and expertise include:

• Organization of bi-annual conferences in conjunction with Sunnybrook Traumatic Brain Injury Program to investigate cutting-edge assessment and treatment strategies for patients with brain injuries (all conference proceeds donated to the Sunnybrook Traumatic Brain Injury Program - $22,000 in 2008, $29,250 in 2010, and $40,750 in 2012
• Organization of bi-annual conferences in conjunction with Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (all conference proceeds donated to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - $12,650 in 2009, $18,300 in 2011)
• Organization of bi-annual conferences in conjunction with Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (all conference proceeds donated to Direct Aid - $12,300 in 2010, to Think First and PARTY - $5,787.50 in 2012, and Sunnybrook Foundation $5787.50 in 2012)
• Sponsor and participant in the Barrie Canadian Paraplegic Association Wheelchair Challenge raising $18,000 in 2012
• Sponsor and participant in the 5K Run, Walk, & Roll Brain Injury Society of Toronto run raising over $10,000 in 2012

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