Mission Statement

The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation provides Palliative Care funding and support for children, helping families face terminal illness with dignity and determination.

Vision Statement

The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation will be recognized as a leader in uniting donors, volunteers and beneficiaries to create programs to assist the families of children who are terminally ill and to support children who are experiencing the death of a loved one.

History

The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation was the dream of four long-time golfing buddies, Bob Goodman, Stuart Levinsky, Steve Zinberg and Jay Bacher. It began in 1996 as The Dr. Jay Golf Classic. "The Jay" has since grown in scope and stature to become a registered Charitable Foundation. Since the first Dr. Jay Golf Classic in 1996 the tournament has raised over $2,000,000. Little did these four friends know how far their dream would grow.

Today, the Foundation is a family made up of many wonderful people who care enough to give of themselves in order to raise much needed funds.

In 2007, The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation will focus its support on the new Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Program in association with Mount Sinai Hospital, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care and Hospice Toronto. This program will provide grief counseling to dying children and to children whose parent or sibling is dying. The Grief Program will accept referals from the Hospital for Sick Kids along with other institiutions and community centres.

Accomplishments to July 1, 2007

• We have raised millions of dollars.

We have built, established and continue to support the following:

In 2006, The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation founded the new Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Program in association with Mount Sinai Hospital, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care and Hospice Toronto. This program provides grief counselling to dying children and to children whose parent or sibling is dying. Our Grief Program accepts referrals from The Hospital for Sick Children, all other hospitals, institutions and community centres.

THE DR. JAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

“ADDING LIFE TO A CHILD’S TIME, NOT JUST TIME TO A CHILD’S LIFE”

*These playrooms are free, safe, supervised play care centres for sick children or children of parents or siblings undergoing cancer treatment.
**Wellspring is a support centre for patients with cancer.
***Canuck Place is the only Pediatric Hospice, respite, palliative centre in Canada.
****Rose Cherry’s Home for Kids is the only Pediatric Hospice, respite, palliative care centre in Ontario.
*****Camp Oochigeas is the only camp in Ontario that is attended by children with cancer who are presently going through Radiation and Chemotherapy.