I’m participating in Give a Shift, an event to honour the hard work and dedication of the healthcare heroes at UHN. 

Since the start of the pandemic, they have been working harder than ever to keep our community safe and healthy. 

In honour of these healthcare heroes, I am going to spend 12 hours of my time, the length of a typical shift at the hospital, challenging myself and showing everyone I Give a Shift!   

More importantly, I need your help to raise funds for Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation that will support groundbreaking research, state-of-the art technology and world-class patient care at UHN, and make lives better in our community and around the globe.   

I spent a month in the ICU at Toronto Western in June of 2020 due to a ruptured brain aneurysm. The team at UHN are truly heros! They took care of me and saved my life. No one was allowed in to visit because of the pandemic, but the team at UHN  made sure I was taken care of.  It was the scariest time in my life, but I still felt safe and taken care of. I've been thinking now for months what I can do to pay it forward, and this seems like a great fit. 

Thank you,

Stefania