With Gratitude
A Message from Our Chief Development Officer
We are deeply inspired by our many partners and passionate donors who share POGO’s vision for exceptional childhood cancer care in Ontario. Your generosity drives our mission and strengthens the care delivered across the province.
To our donors, thank you for your unwavering support and for championing childhood cancer care. Your commitment helps ensure that children, youth, survivors, and their families receive the care and support they need, every step of the way.
We also gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Health, whose funding supports clinical activities at our partner hospitals and makes system-wide coordination of care possible.
Thank you for making this work possible. Together, we are creating lasting change.
With gratitude,
Shannon Caskey, CFRE
Chief Development Officer & Director of Communications
Our sincerest thanks to our donors for their dedication to championing kids’ cancer care. A special thank you to those who have committed to POGO with a multi-year agreement, indicated below with an asterisk*.
Donors recognized in this roster made contributions of $500 or greater to POGO between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario publishes this list in order to recognize the generosity of the individuals, corporations, foundations and community events that support our charitable programs.
Donor List
Bruce Power*
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation
First Avenue Investment Counsel & EMBLEM Developments*
Amgen Canada
Co-operators Community Funds
Freedom International Brokerage Company
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Canada
LiUNA! Local 183
The Melman & Yakobson Families
Society of United Professionals, IFPTE 160
TD Bank Group
TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund
Thorek/Scott And Partners
TMX Group
Aecon Group Inc.
Alexion Pharma Canada Corp.
BWXT Medical Ltd.
Del Industrial Metals Inc.
Formula Brands Inc.
Garron Family Cancer Centre
Google Inc.
iA Financial Group
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
Jones Lang LaSalle
Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation
John & Rebecca McKenzie
Morgan Meighen & Associates Limited
NPX
Options Information Technology LLC
SDC Network Consulting Inc.
TD Bank Group
Thomas & Regina Seidel
Servier Canada Inc.
Alectra Inc.
Anonymous
The Betty and Joe Gray Family Foundation
Shawn Blainey
Sue Chincholi
De Lage Landen Financial Services Canada Inc.
The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto
The Don and Joan Walker Family Charitable Trust
Framatome Canada Ltd.
Jake Irwin
James D. Wilson
LABOR-INC
Dana & Leahann Landry
LBJ Family Foundation
The Lawrence Schafer Foundation
Jennifer Lomax & David Tait
The Miracle Marnie Foundation
Neil & Carita Sheehy
Jeff Oberman
Derek & Jennifer Phillips
Provincial Building & Construction Trades Council of Ontario
Richard Rival
Rubicon Publishing Inc.
James & Jenny Scongack
Mary Stevenson
Philippe Tardif & Christine Moss
Gilles Cinq-Mars & Charmaine van Schaik
Peter & Teresa van Schaik
Vortex Companies
Taoufik Allaham
Chris Anderson & Beatrix Kovacs
Nicole Antony
Anne Archer
David & Debbi Arnold
Timothy & Kim Austin
Alex Avery
David Bagheri
David & Margaret Bailey
Ernest Balmer
Trevor Bass
Anthony Beck
BMO Financial Group
BMO Private Wealth
Leah Boyd
Lynne Bridgman & Ian Cleghorn
Jennifer Cabral
Rebecca Caron
Jessica Ceolin
Dean & Cherry Colling*
Alex Conroy
Ian Coulter
Rick Crawford
Ken Cross
Danielle D’Ippolito
Joe DeSario
Rabindranauth Doobay
Megan Doyle
Sydney Doyle
Amber Drapeau
Drayton Duckett
Perry & Kae Edwards
Justin Ford
Maggie Ford
Peggy Gillies
Carl & Terry Goldenberg
Claudette Gosselin
David O. & Lenore Hawkey
Peter Hayes
Brian & Julie Heckendorn
Andrew Hill
Jason Horrell
Hannah Jamieson
Curtis Jobin
Erla Juravsky
Hema Kapadia
Jordan Kapitany
Gauruv Lall
Laurentian Bank of Canada
John MacInnes
Leo Magnatta
Manulife Financial
Kinch McConnell
Karrie McFee
Meir Rotenberg & Sharon Wolfe Family Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
Sarah Millar
Mitchell Plastics
Gavin Morris
Paul Mouradian
Chris Paliare & Eva Marszewski
Odysseas Papadimitriou
Lynda Parsons
Robert Peerenboom
Nancy Pencer
The Philip & Fannie Smith Foundation
Dave Platel
Carol Plummer-Theriault
Alan Postma
Fred & Catherine Purvis
RBC Dominion Securities – Toronto East Branch
Natacha Ribeiro
Heather Ross
Colleen Russell-Rawlins
Judy Schulich
Pearl Schusheim
David Sloan
Tim Smitheman
Sid Soil & Robin Gould-Soil
Paul Spafford
Cynthia Thomas
Darryl Viegas & Jeanette Reyes
Wagner, Livock & Associates Financial Service Inc.
Scott Waters
John H. Watson
Laura Wheaton
Jane Willson
Xue Yan
1000304242 Ontario Inc.
Robin Agombar
Mohamed Alarakhia
Chris Bacon
Vincent Ballenas
Sabrina Bandali
Judith Bando
Jelena Baresic
Rebekah Baumann
Giovanna P. Bee
Linda Blair
Peggy Boccia
Roman Bojchuk
Alison Booth
Emilia Branco
Vicky Breakey
Jeff & Sarah Brinson
Carol Brown
Jennifer Brown
Katherine Brown
Lisa Brown
Katie Buchnea
Heather Buckle
Kelsey Campbell
Daniela Carcasole
Donise Cardas
Elizabeth Chisholm
Doug Clarke
Casey Coates
Camille Comtois
Colleen Cosby
Carey Cosman
Brenda Cunnington
Natalie Da Rosa
Jacqui DeBique
Mandy Dermer
Yanxin Ding
Sarah Do
Mark & MaryAnn Dowdell
Dragana Draganjac
Raphaela Dunlap
Sarah Dyer
Roi Eclarin
Kenneth & Doris Edgar
Jeffrey Erbrecht
Amy Estill
Chris Evans
Mark Fernandes
Phoebe Foley
Yaron Friedman
Darran Frisby
Marilyn Gibson
Mary Ann Gibson
Katerina Gordon
Lynn Gosse
Stephanie Grondinger
Dr. Sumit Gupta
Karen M. Habersky
Victoria & Simon Hagens
Rhonda M. Hall
Shahram Heidari
Matt Herrndorf
Neil Hinchley
Hannah Hoag
Douglas Holt
Shelley Howchuk
Baishen Huang
Da Huang
Dee Hunter
Brent & Carolyn Hutzal
Alex Jackson
Chanda Jackson
Xichao Jia
Ian Kennedy
Kevin Kimsa
Radha Kohly
Wayne Kroeker
Elaine Lam
Laura Langmaid
Alex Lee
Andrea Lenczner
Erica Lenczner
Rocco Letterio
Elaine Levine
Ang Li
Chenxi Li
Lin Liu
Christie Love Thomas
Tyler & Claire MacNamara
Dawn Maddix
Jennifer Maeba
Murali Mallavalli
Arif Manji
Natascha Martin
Ilana Martin Morales
Sharon McCormick
Valerie McDonald
John McIntyre
Dave McKenzie
Glenn & Janet McQueenie
Marian Menezes
Janette Mills
Maryanne Murphy
Donald Newton
Rory & Jennifer O’Leary
Jose Oliveria
Lori ONeill
Michael Oreskovich
Antonio Paluzzi
Anita Pandey
Saurabh Pandey
John Pefanis
Meghan Peirce
Isabel Pieri
Brian Pirotta
Stephanie Privitera Patterson
Matthew Purser
Rekha Ramesh
Yasmin Razack
Rogers Communications Inc.
Bill Seegmiller
Bob Shaw
Daniel Sinclair
Andrew Sliasas
Karen Smith
Mairlyn Smith
Tricia Smith
Sam Solecki
Ellen & Warren Stigter
Diana Tavares
Amy Taylor
Thulasi Thedchanamoorthy
Stephanie Tiegs
Matt Traynor
Vesa Uotila
VanDuzen Fence and Post
Lindsey W.
Craig Wahl
Yifan Wang
Amanda Wheatley
Dr. John Wiernikowski
Rachel Wildman
Elzbieta Wilimowski
Sydney Wills
Dr. Ian Wilson
Carol Winter
Shane A. Wright
Yan You
Kaniska Young Tai
Community Events
Kitchener Kids with Cancer Run & Walk
PUMA Toronto Women’s Run Series
TMX Ring the Bell In Support of POGO
Branksome Hall – So You Think You Clan Dance
Google Canada Giving Week
LIVEWELL Swing Against Cancer – For Kids
Sunday Best
Gold Standard Project
Factory Shoe Kitchener Fundraiser
Jen Lomax’s Birthday Party
Kian’s Skate for POGO
Lauren and Mike Purkis’ Birthday Party
Mahjong for Meaning – An Evening Benefitting POGO
Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Bournilhas & Children
Cupcake Run
Forest Glen Public School Pretzels for POGO
Fundraiser In Memory of Wrenley
Listowel Lions Branch Club
Ottawa Corporate Cup
Ray Lewis Elementary School
RBCCM Mosaic Community – Pickleball Staff Event
K-W Community Spirit Lions Club
Lions Club of Verona, In Trust
Steve Vooro’s Ironman Challenge
Yellow Moon Mouse Children’s Campaign
We regret any unintended errors or omissions. In the event of an error or omission, please contact the POGO fundraising department at fundraising@pogo.ca or 416-592-1232.
POGO is the advisor to the provincial government on childhood cancer. Thank you to the Ontario government for your investments in POGO and the childhood cancer care system.
