The CIUSSS Honours 40 Years of Support to the HMR

Pierre Nelis, President of the HMR Foundation Board of Directors, Sylvie Boulet, HMR Nurse, Marie-France St-Jean, the employee who sold the most tickets, Lucie Drapeau, Executive Director of the HMR Foundation and Yvan Gendron, President & CEO of the CIUSSS.

This year, we are celebrating 40 years of collaboration between the Foundation and the HMR, 40 years of support for key projects that are deeply significant to the HMR, its doctors and its researchers. Forty years ago, during our first fundraising efforts, 16 donors responded to our appeal. Today, we count 15,000 loyal supporters. Among them, HMR employees, volunteers and retirees, who have donated over $2 million to their own foundation.

 On June 7^th, the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île de Montréal, represented by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Yvan Gendron, recognized these 40 years of invaluable collaboration. “Over the years, support from the HMR Foundation has enabled the realization of numerous projects focusing on the harmonization of patient care, research, and teaching,” underlined Mr. Gendron.

The CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île de Montréal launched a large-scale visibility campaign throughout the HMR to raise patients’, employees’ and volunteers’ awareness of the Foundation’s support. We are grateful for this wonderful recognition; it belongs to the thousands of donors who support our efforts.