2023 – 2024UHN Foundation events
Each year, UHN Foundation holds a wide variety of community and fundraising events to raise funds in support of our world-leading patient care, research and education, and to inform our donors, their families and friends about the incredible work happening at UHN.
Each event is a unique and rewarding experience for those in attendance. We are grateful to our event organizers and committee volunteers for their tireless efforts and creative ideas that bring these events to life. We are also indebted to our sponsors who help ensure each event is a success.
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Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival
The 19th annual Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival raised more than $5 million to support groundbreaking medical research and innovations across brain, diabetes, regenerative medicine, surgery and vision program areas at UHN. The largest event of its kind, Grand Cru is the top fundraising food and wine festival in the world, and is a marquee event on the UHN Foundation calendar year after year.
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Diwali – A Night to Shine
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, UHN Foundation hosted the 11th annual Diwali – A Night to Shine, presented by Scotiabank, in support of UHN’s Toronto Rehab. Held at Beanfield Centre with nearly 600 guests in attendance, the event raised more than $1.5 million and counting for world-leading rehabilitation care and research.
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Golf for Heart Classic
Golf for Heart Classic presented by Scotia Wealth Management was held on June 6, 2023, at Eagles Nest Golf Club. This year’s sold-out tournament raised more than $900,000 in support of Precision Medicine at Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at UHN.
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Golf to Live On
The 3rd annual Golf to Live On Presented by Philip Orsino and Family took place on June 15, 2023 at Eagles Nest Golf Club. Thanks to the generosity of all sponsors, golfers, and donors, more than $414,000 was raised to support UHN’s Ajmera Transplant Centre and the Centre for Living Organ Donation.
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Rally for Rehab
On September 10, 2023, the annual Rally for Rehab, presented by BMO, took place with a morning full of activities for more than 300 participants including an opening ceremony with warm-ups and stretching, an accessible family-friendly walk and on-site activities, all in support of research at UHN’s Toronto Rehab.
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Porridge for Parkinson’s
In November 2023, the biennial Porridge for Parkinson’s brunch took place at Evergreen Brick Works. This fundraising event featured a brunch prepared and served by top Toronto chefs, a brunch-themed silent auction, and special guest speakers, raising more than $270,000 net for UHN’s Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s disease and the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic.