"You’ve helped me to feel validated as a human being with respect and support. Thank you."
-- A Guest, Homeless Connect Wellness Day
The mission of the Vision Institute of Canada is to provide charitable clinical services to under-served communities and at-risk patient populations. The Vision Institute acts as a resource to health-care providers and social service agencies for patient care, education and research. Our programs are supported in part by OHIP payments and direct patient billing but the total cost of our programs exceeds those amounts. This FUNDING GAP is filled by generous donations from our optometric colleagues and corporate supporters.
Please make a donation to support our charitable clinical services so that we can continue to be a beacon of light to those who need our care.
The Board of Directors of the Vision Institute would like to acknowledge Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) for their $25,000 grant in support of our work.
| The Board of Directors would like to express its gratitude to the following Vision Institute's 2020 donors: (from Ontario unless indicated otherwise) |
| CHAMPIONS: (3,500 +) |
| ALCON 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Bochner Eye Institute 2020 I Help Campaign Canadian Association of Optometrists Ihnatowycz Family Foundation 2020 I Help Campaign Optometry Giving Sight Grant, AB, |
| AMBASSADORS: ($1000-3,499) |
| Dr. Mira Acs
Dr. Etty Bitton Kronish In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Joe Chan In Memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Dr. A. Paul Chris Homeless Connect College of Optometrists of Ontario Esther Lung 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Mary Turner Ms. Barbara Watti-Fuller 2020 I Help Campaign |
| PARTNERS: ($500-$999) |
| Christine & Lou Brisson, USA, In Memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli
Dr. Barbara Caffery Dr. Fred Campbell In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli CooperVision Canada Corp. 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Ronald Gall In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Joe Hoja In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Mr. Edward K. Jang In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Susan E. Jany Dr. Lindsay Kamachi In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli LASIK MD Vision 2020 I Help Campaign Shirley McCartney 2020 IHelp Campaign Dr. Murray McLeod 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Donna L. Milne 2020 I Help Campaign TLC Laser Eye Centers 2020 I Help Campaign |
| ASSOCIATES: ($250-$499) |
| Dr. Perry Amos Dr. Curtis Bain Dr. Sara Naomi Gladstone Dr. Pat Hamilton In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Ronald Krebs In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Renis Lapienis 2020 I Help Campaign Cheryl Letheren Dr. Scott Mundle Dr. Alan Nicholson, BC , In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Joshua Smith Dr. Jon S.G. Walcott Dr. Caroline Wong William Yung |
| AFFILIATES: ($100-$249) |
| Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign
Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Paul Bailey 2020 I Help Campaign Laura Bast 2020 I Help Campaign Paul Baston 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Jenna Bender Dr. Lucie Berthiaume In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Dana L. Blakolmer Dr. Karine Briand Dr. Cheryl Cawker In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Jack Diberardino Dr. Greg D'orio Dr. Robert Foiz Dr. Lisa Fung Ellen Gordon 2020 I Help Campaign John & Nancy Granda 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Linda Hadalier Dr. Patrick D. Hamilton Paul Hansen 2020 I Help Campaign Cecile Hurst 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Karen Hyyrylainen In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Patricia Israel 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Saida Lalani In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Lisa J. Lazarus Dr. Jennifer Liao, USA, 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Lawrence Mackinnon, NS, In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Surinder Mahul Dr. Rosemary Makaran In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Manley M. March In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Maria Marconi 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Cynthia Markarian Bahoshy Ellen Markin 2020 I Help Campaign Jim & Jane Miller In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Dr. Carolynn Morland In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Danny Mus Dr. Louise Myshak In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Paul Paoli (Optometry Prof. Corp.) In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Michele Poitras-Horner 2020 I Help Campaign Pre-Optometry Club McMaster University Dr. Jo-Anne Purdy Monteiro Dr. Martin Richmond Dr. Elizabeth Rutyna James Saigle 2020 I Help Campaign Joshua Smith 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Evelyn St George In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Eric Stegelmeier 2020 I Help Campaign Vera Suzar-Macintyre 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Dr. Kalpna Varshney Ms. Barbara Whitney In memory of Irene Whitney Dr. Michael Zona |
| SUPPORTERS: (UNDER $100) |
| David Adams In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Anonymous Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Anonymous 2020 I Help Campaign Arra Aravindhan 2020 I Help Campaign Vilma Biswas 2020 I Help Campaign Joe Boase 2020 I Help Campaign Benjamin Chan 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Lianne F. Cousieau Dr. Fung (Optometry Prof. Corp.) 2020 I Help Campaign Linda Ewen 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Ken Ewen Dr. Adriana Filippone Dennis Frost, Dennis 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Kara Harvey David L. Hazlett 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. David A. Hicks Kim Hume 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Daniel Kalil 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Michael A. Kusnierczyk Ly Lam 2020 I Help Campaign Betty Leardi In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Cinthia Lee In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Edwin Louie 2020 I Help Campaign In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Mrs. Yolanda Main Dr. Christopher Markham Roshan Mathias Rosemary McIntosh 2020 I Help Campaign Errol Paulicpulle 2020 I Help Campaign Sybil Percy In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Beverly Petrie 2020 I Help Campaign Sherry Pokol-Daniel In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Dr. Lisa Prokopich Dr. Feng FQ Qui Ceta Ramkhalawansingh 2020 I Help Campaign Adria Rose 2020 I Help Campaign Russell Investments The Benevity Community Impact Fund Angelika Schueler 2020 I Help Campaign Ms. Margie Sumadh 2020 I Help Campaign Lorna Sutherland In memory of Dr. Peter Martinello Caroline Turek 2020 I Help Campaign Perranut Visetsuth Dr. Linda Voisin Isabella Wai 2020 I Help Campaign Dr. Hafiz Walji In memory of Dr. Catherine Chiarelli Neil Wood 2020 I Help Campaign Frederick Woods 2020 I Help Campaign |