Ontario Service Provider Event Brings In $30k

The 2009 edition of the Automotive Aftermakaket Retailers of Ontario charity tournament raised $30,000 for the Bloorview Kids Rehab Centre.

The event has become a key fund-raising event for the Toronto medical facility which provides special care and rehabilitation services for children with all manner of challenges, with 7,000 outpatients and 75 beds.

On hand to emphasize the importance of the work that that the hospital does was young girl named Selina who suffered a massive brain hemorrhage in 2007.

Unable to walk or talk for five and a half months, through long hard work and the specialized help available at the centre was able to speak of her experience and her ability to get back to an enjoyable childhood.

“Bloorview is a very special place,” she told attendees of the event. “And maybe some of you guys might have a stroke or a tumour or whatever it is. So Bloorview is the place you should go.”