A heartfelt thank you
The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund was established to give a purpose, build a community and help people living with a brain tumour and their caregivers. With the generosity of our hundreds of donors, volunteers and our major sponsor Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, we have raised over $275,000 that has gone on to support or establish essential programs and services at organizations across Canada.
From helping families living with financial challenges by absorbing their parking and transportation costs as well as paying for medicine and other medical needs at The Odette Cancer Center at Sunnybrook and St. Michael's Hospital; running virtual therapy and support groups during the pandemic, creating a mobile app as well as the printing of handbooks for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada; and sibling support at Sick Kids, we are very proud of our achievements.
This fundraiser began as a way to give back to the community that helped us while also providing ourselves with something positive to focus on in our grief. We'd like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported us in memory of Adam.
From helping families living with financial challenges by absorbing their parking and transportation costs as well as paying for medicine and other medical needs at The Odette Cancer Center at Sunnybrook and St. Michael's Hospital; running virtual therapy and support groups during the pandemic, creating a mobile app as well as the printing of handbooks for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada; and sibling support at Sick Kids, we are very proud of our achievements.
This fundraiser began as a way to give back to the community that helped us while also providing ourselves with something positive to focus on in our grief. We'd like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported us in memory of Adam.
I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for the incredibly generous donation you made towards my chemotherapy treatment. While I may not know your identity, please know that your selflessness and compassion have touched my life in a profound way."
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Adam Fanaki and this fundraising campaign for people living with a brain tumour
Adam Fanaki was one of Canada's brightest lawyers, an accomplished public speaker, a terrific dad, husband and all-around great guy. He was loved by all who knew him. In 2016, at the age of 47, Adam was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. He succumbed to the disease on February 15, 2020.
Adam lived with GBM the same way he had always lived his life. With perseverance, determination, a great sense of humour and adventure. - setting an example for all of us. To pay tribute to him, his wife Janet with their children Isobel and Sam established The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund. The fund aimed to financially support the charities that run programs and services to help brain tumour patients and their caregivers. The goal was to provide some relief from the stress of living with a brain tumour and offer hope too.
This campaign has given to:
Some of the essential programs and services that have benefited from your donations include:
Adam lived with GBM the same way he had always lived his life. With perseverance, determination, a great sense of humour and adventure. - setting an example for all of us. To pay tribute to him, his wife Janet with their children Isobel and Sam established The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund. The fund aimed to financially support the charities that run programs and services to help brain tumour patients and their caregivers. The goal was to provide some relief from the stress of living with a brain tumour and offer hope too.
This campaign has given to:
- Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
- The Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Hospital
- St. Michael's Hospital.
- Sick Kids
Some of the essential programs and services that have benefited from your donations include:
- virtual support and counselling
- printing and distribution of adult and paediatric patient and caregiver handbooks
- the creation of a first of its kind mobile app for brain tumour patients and caregivers
- art therapy
- sibling support programs
- palliative support programs
- financial aid with medications, public transportation, parking feeds and meal gift cards
Over $275,000 raised
