Paul Albrechtsen Donation Betters the Lives of those with Dementia

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Paul Albrechtsen Donation Betters the Lives
of those with Dementia
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s an immigrant from Denmark in 1954 with $50
in his pocket, Paul Albrechtsen bought a truck and
started servicing the oil industry in Western Manitoba.
Today, that one truck has grown into the huge fleet of
rigs that makes up Paul’s Hauling, one of the leading
trucking companies in the country.
Albrechtsen has done well in life. So well, in fact,
that 20 years ago he set up a foundation in his name
through which he could give some of his money away.
Riverview Health Centre is very fortunate to have
become one of the recipients of this self-made man’s
generosity.
Albrechtsen’s ongoing support of Riverview started
several years ago when he contributed to the Gala
dinner. As he became more familiar with Riverview’s
vital services to those in need, he decided to increase
his support. The Palliative Care Refurbishment project
caught his interest; he came on board as a contributor,
kick starting the project with a substantial donation of
$250,000. This enabled the renovation of 10 of the
30 rooms on the unit.
“I sincerely believe that Paul’s contribution gave this
important project credibility, which encouraged others
to come forward,”
says Sheldon
Mindell, Executive
Director of the
Riverview Health
Centre Foundation.
“Many others did
come forward,
and the refurbishment on
the unit is now complete.”
Paul Albrechtsen
$1 Million for Alzheimer’s/Dementia/
Special Behaviours Units
Albrechtsen, it seems, was just getting started;
adding to his already substantial and ongoing support,
he recently made a commitment of $1 million, which
will be the catalyst for a new direction in care for the
60 residents on the Alzheimer’s/Dementia/Special
Behaviours units.
“We are thrilled that Paul sees our Centre as a leader
in providing services to people in this area of care,”
says Mindell. “His financial commitment will allow
Riverview to move forward in providing the best
possible environment within the province of Manitoba.”
With its $1 million commitment, the Paul Albrechtsen
Foundation recognizes that Riverview Health Centre
strives to be on the cutting edge of the best possible
services available for people with Dementia and their
families.
When the Alzheimer’s/Dementia/Special Behaviours
units opened in 1997, they exceeded even the highest
standards of care and accommodation at that time.
Today, research shows that adjustments need to be
made to better meet the needs of these individuals.
These research findings are a prime consideration for
Riverview’s design team members as they plan the
redevelopment of the units. More recreational and
socialization areas, as well as programming
opportunities for residents, will be made available,
as will easier access to the outdoor environment. The
design will also allow for less restrictive movement for
residents while keeping safety a high priority.
Albrechtsen is, plain and simple, happy
to help. A man with a compassionate
heart, he wants to give back to the
community that has provided him with so
much over his many years in business.
“I have been very fortunate in my life
and in my business, and I can’t take it
with me,” he says, jokingly adding that
he’d rather give with a warm hand than
a cold one.
Albrechtsen shares his good fortune
with several charities that are close to his
heart. He hopes his contributions will help
in two areas: finding a cure for some of
the devastating illnesses with which
people must contend and providing a
way to better the lives of those currently
affected.
Albrechtsen says that he wants to
give to organizations that will make a
difference in people’s lives. Riverview
Health Centre is proud to be counted as
one that is doing just that.
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2014 Cycle On Life
Most Successful Yet!
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unday June 8th was Riverview Health Centre Foundation’s 16th annual
Cycle on Life, and it was the most successful ever in terms of both
participation and fundraising! Over 260 cyclists, all dressed in yellow t-shirts
– except for the Blue Bomber Alumni – scared off most of the rain as they
took off from Riverview Health Centre on either the 65 km “Olympia Cycle on
St. Mary’s Ride” or the 25 km “Riverview Street Ride.” No matter which route
chosen, all riders had a great time while successfully raising in excess of
$140,000 for the Riverview Health Centre Foundation.
The day started with minor bike tune-ups by CAA and/or Olympia Cycle
on St. Mary’s, coffee from Tim Horton’s and stretching led by the Blue
Brigade. The lead cyclists were Blue Bomber Alumni. Riders returned to
Riverview for a massage, a barbecue lunch, prize draws and the assurance
that their fundraising efforts would make a difference in the lives of the
patients and residents of Riverview Health Centre.
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hose who wanted a laugh knew just where to be last April 24:
the Centre Stage Gala hosted by the Riverview Health Centre
Foundation and held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Clowns, jugglers, musicians and comedian Andrew Grose kept
the crowd of over 450 amused for the evening. Everyone had a
chance to bid on great silent auction items, and Bill Knight
auctioned off four grand prizes during a live auction. After the
gourmet meal, Dal McCloy, long time
member and Chair of the Riverview
Health Centre Board, received the Friends of
Riverview Award for his tireless dedication.
Thanks to the generosity of the sponsors
and guests, the Gala was a financial success,
with the proceeds being directed to enhance
the surroundings and the quality of life on
Riverview’s Alzheimer’s/Dementia units.
Join us next year on
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
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Singing Riverview’s Praises
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The Right Time to Give Back
Kristie Pearson
Chris Bachinski Michael Erlanger NEW FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER
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ristie Pearson is happy to announce that she
once used the gift of song to show her support
for Riverview Health Centre.
The singing occurred because Pearson, who
accepted an invitation to become a Riverview Health
Centre Foundation Board member last January,
grew up in the neighbourhood and went to
Riverview School. “Our school’s choir used to come
and sing to the residents and patients on several of
the units,” she recalls. “I feel a real connection to the
Centre that stems back to those early days.”
hris Bachinski is at a time in his career when
he is able to give back to the community. When
he started contemplating a volunteer opportunity,
Riverview Health Centre came to mind.
A few years ago, Bachinski had the chance to
witness the Centre’s great care in action when his
father spent some time on the Rehabilitation unit
after suffering a stroke. “Our whole family thought
that Riverview was an incredible place that provides
incredible care,” he says.
More recently, he heard many compliments about
In recent years, Pearson learned more about
the Centre from his colleague, David Baker, who is a
Riverview from a personal situation. Her grandmother past Riverview Health Centre Board member. “David
passed away on the Palliative Care unit, and Pearson is passionate about Riverview – he has nothing but
became familiar with the home-like rooms and the
good things to say about it,” says Bachinski.
exceptional care provided by staff who, she says, did
a wonderful job of making her grandmother’s last
The Riverview Health Centre
days as comfortable as they could be.
With these positive experiences in mind, Pearson’s
answer was a definite “yes!” when Foundation Board
member Greg Thompson asked her to join and
become involved with a new fundraising initiative
currently in the planning stages.
With her background in marketing, Pearson is a
good fit: she has worked for two well-known
organizations in a fundraising and marketing role,
and she has had plenty of experience with other
volunteer boards, including Community Living
Winnipeg, the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and the
Winter Club. She is eager to put her skills to work to
benefit Riverview Health Centre.
Along with her husband, Doug Pollard, Pearson
is raising three young children. What parent gets
through the child-rearing years without singing to
their offspring? We hope Kristie is getting her vocal
cords tuned up for another song at Riverview!
Foundation attracts Board
members from all walks of life.
These profiles reveal the unique
reasons that drive individuals to
become involved.
His own personal experiences, coupled with Baker’s
sentiments, were enough to steer Bachinski towards
the Centre. He became a member of the Riverview
Health Centre Foundation Board last spring.
So far in his new volunteer role, Bachinski has
assisted with the development of a new fundraising
event, and he looks forward to future involvement
wherever he is needed. There is no doubt he’ll be kept
busy – his career with Think Shift (an agency that
helps client companies with branding, culture and
leadership) has provided him with skills that make him
an invaluable addition to the Foundation Board.
f you asked Michael Erlanger what first brought
Riverview Health Centre to his attention, he would
say it was his love of cycling.
When Erlanger was new to Winnipeg a few years
ago, a family friend introduced him to fellow cyclist,
Sheldon Mindell. The two hit it off, and it wasn’t long
before Mindell, the Executive Director of the
Riverview Health Centre Foundation, talked him into
participating in the annual Cycle on Life.
“For two years, my wife Wendy, my two kids
and I took part in this event as a family,” says
Erlanger. “That was my introduction, and it lead to
an invitation to become a Cycle on Life committee
member.”
Since then, Erlanger has co-chaired the
committee with Foundation Board member
Greg Ward. With such dedicated involvement in
a Foundation event, it was only natural for Mindell
to ask his newfound cycling buddy to also become
a Foundation Board member. Erlanger accepted
and came “on board” this past spring.
An architect by profession, Erlanger had the
opportunity to learn more about Riverview’s vision
and values when he was asked to work on the
design, as well as lead a team of stakeholders,
contractors and suppliers, for the now completed
Palliative Care Refurbishment Project. “The intent
of the design was to stay as far away as possible
from an institutional look and instead make the
rooms feel like home. That is what Riverview is all
about,” he says.
As a Board member, Erlanger’s skills as an
organizer and facilitator are being put to excellent
use as he becomes familiar with more of the
Foundation’s activities. “A Board is all about sharing
experiences to ensure continued success.”
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Susan’s MS Research Fund: Helping Families Cope with the Disease
Long Service and
Retiring Employees
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Each year, Riverview Health Centre honours
its long service and retiring employees with a
recognition ceremony, awards presentation and
dinner. Congratulations to the following who, in
2013, reached their milestones.
hen someone in the family has Multiple
Sclerosis (MS), everyone is affected.
As a parent of a daughter who had the disease,
Ian Blicq is well aware of the difficulties families
endure during the course of a loved one’s illness. “It’s
very hard for family members to manage and cope
with the challenges of MS, and it’s not uncommon
for family breakdown to occur,” he explains.
Blicq, a long-time past Board member at
Riverview Health Centre, recognized that these
social implications of MS were not being addressed
in research. He decided to do something to change
that: he established Susan’s MS Research Fund two
years ago at Riverview Health Centre Foundation in
honour of his daughter, Susan Blicq, a teacher and
mother of two young children. Susan passed away
at the Centre on June 6, 2012, after an eight-year
battle with the disease.
Finding a cure for MS has proven to be elusive,
but Blicq is convinced that research into the social
issues is key to helping individuals living with this
disease and their families. He explains that the fund
will support research that strives to improve quality
of life, rehabilitation and symptomatic therapy
outcomes for MS patients. It will also help
researchers studying ways to improve whole life
Projects Funded to Date
Four projects are now approved
for support from Susan’s MS Research
Fund. Investigations include:
• determining MS impact on
caregivers, family and children
• improving mobility by electric
stimulation
• gaining ways to understand the
impact of MS on women’s needs
• reducing hard-to-cope-with
excruciating skin surface pain
support at home and in the health care system
for those affected.
It’s not just the adults that Ian is concerned about.
Children have to bear a troubled environment at
home, along with separation anxiety when a parent
is admitted to a health care centre. “An important
priority is to find fresh ways to foster early support
to help maintain and strengthen the whole shaken
family when parents are overwhelmed by the
disease,” he says.
Familiar with Riverview’s commitment to research
– especially in the areas of rehabilitation and long
term care – Blicq considered the Centre to be an
ideal site for fostering and conducting MS research.
To that end, he approached Riverview’s
Foundation with the MS Research Fund concept. He
had a substantial start-up contribution, to which the
Foundation added strong financial support. As well,
over 80 personal contributors are playing a key role
in helping to strengthen the base. To date, over
$80,000 has been raised, enabling the
establishment of four research projects that are
currently underway. Continuing and new ongoing
donations will help build on current success.
Susan Blicq
Help to Grow Susan’s MS Research Fund!
The fund will sponsor new MS research for Manitobans, by Manitobans, in Manitoba. Topic areas
include improving patient, family and caregiver support, tailoring outpatient assistance and finding
ways to improve symptomatic support at home. Discussions are being held with the MS Society of
Canada and the Manitoba Health Research Council to foster mutual cooperation and support.
For more information or to make a contribution to this important research fund, contact:
Susan’s MS Research Fund
Riverview Health Centre Foundation • One Morley Avenue, Winnipeg, MB • R3L 2P4
Phone: 204-478-6197 • Email: [email protected]
Board of Directors
Dal McCloy CHAIR
Marilyn Kapitany
VICE-CHAIR
Shawna Pachal
TREASURER
Rod Stephenson
MEMBER-ATLARGE
Norman R. Kasian
PRESIDENT & CEO
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Vince Cerasani
Phillip Cesario
Rod DeVos
Darren Klassen
Bob Nyhof
Adrian Schulz
Dr. Ian Smith
Marnie Strath
Darcy Strutinsky
Doug Thomson
CONGRATULATIONS, RETIREES!
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initiatives and activities to both the broader
community and to its staff and patients.
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2013 retirees (L–R):
Back Row – Marlene Lynch, Pat Zaborniak,
Joan Goulbourne, Betty Pidlubny, Vernie Price.
Front Row – Estela De Castro, Ermilinda Lopez,
Long Dang, Maureen Anderson.
Also retired in 2013 are Kymberley Atchison,
Maria Bisesi, Nola Brown, Heather Caisley,
Deborah Ginther, Jim Hill, Lynda Juskow,
Kathy Pollick, Fran Rosenberg, Tony Scaletta and
Jeniffer Wilberg.
LONG SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS
40 Years of Service
Catherine
Williams-Stewart
35 Years of Service
Dorothy McBride
30 Years of Service
Philip Malzensky
Linda Nobiss
Antonella Vacchio
Karin Weiss
25 Years of Service
Judith Burr Cavenagh
Armando Cruz
Gemma Dabu
Paul Ferrier
Anita Jacques
Mervyn Kitt
Maureen Koley
Brad Penner
Juanita Rubiano
Liana Spratt
Gabriella Szilvasi
Teresita Tweten
Tina Whittom
Pat Zaborniak
20 Years of Service
Maila Duque
Marsha Dwyer
Leanne Johnson
Rhonda Kowalyk
Michelle Priestley
Catalina Soriano
Bogumila Szczepaniak
Cheri-Lyn Voth
15 Years of Service
Margarita Agner
Maureen Bellows
Merna Biedler
Askale Bihon
Carol Bjornson
Carlos Carrillo
Felomina Cruz
Melba De Leon
Vicenta Ferrer
Chris Gagne
Oscar Gajes
Eugenia Kaltcheva
Cecilia Limon
Denise Lywak
Teresita Malicdem
Stefica Margits
Miriam Martin
Rob Plastina
Fran Rosenberg
Elizabeth Salonga
Julita Soria
Haregu Tedla
Peggy Thompson
Angela Torchia
Michelle Vien
Tim Wyenberg
Wendy Yorke
Izabella Zadarnowska
10 Years of Service
Raynaldo Argulla
Ina Baas-Penner
Christine Buckle
Rosemarie Bushuk
Mariama Carboh
Lourdes Chua
Donna Chuckry
Marietta Cornejo
Romeo De Castro
Ashley Dereski
Remedios Dimaya
Theresa Dybka
Catherine Fierce
Arsema Fisshaye
Ruby Gabriel
Sung-Ae Hwang
Rick Landles
Christine Lewis
Aniceta Llagono
Dora Nti
Edvin Smetenikov
Keith Smith
Ruth Ventura
Corinne Woodmass
Cheryl Yurchuk
FURRY FACES
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iverview Health Centre is going to the dogs…and everyone loves it! On most days,
somewhere in the Centre a dog can be found visiting with patients and residents.
Most of these furry friends are looking for attention – maybe a pat on the head or scratch
behind the ear. In return, these friendly visitors give lots of love with nuzzles and licks.
We’d like to introduce you to a few of these furry faces. If you see any of these
happy-go-lucky animals, go ahead and give them a pat - you won’t regret it!
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y name is Callie and
I was born on the
mean streets of Winnipeg.
Luckily, my adoptive father,
Sheldon Mindell, rescued
me – he lets me live at his
house and he brings me to
Riverview so I can visit with
all his friends here. Because
I’m a Miniature Poodle/
Bichon, it’s easy for me to
sit on people’s laps.
I
’m a Miniature Pinscher/
Pug and my name is
Brixton. I lived life on the
edge and got caught, but
my grandpa, Sheldon
Mindell, broke me loose
from the pound. I was once
called “Lilly,” but I don’t
look like a Lilly, do I? I’m
glad gramps changed my
name, and I’ll come to
anyone at Riverview who
calls me “Brixton.”
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e’re a brother-sister
team, and you can’t
hold us back. Our names
are Ceasar and Tiffany, and
we’re five-year-old Bichon
Frises. Our owner, Norman
Kasian, has been bringing
us to Riverview since we
were puppies. We love it
here! We go for walks to
the units and we’ll play with
anyone who’s interested.
Are you?
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e hope you like this family picture. The only one missing
is our owner, Kim Glowachuk – she’s behind the camera.
We take turns going to Riverview Health Centre to visit people.
I’m Sydney, the black Cocker Spaniel (middle right). I’m 15
years old and will soon retire after a long career as a furry
friend at Riverview. The French Bulldog on the left is Lucy –
she’s only four and she loves going 90 miles an hour. Roxy is
the little gray Pekingese Maltese in front of me. She has it easy
– Kim carries her around in a baby sling because she needs to
reserve her energy for all the visiting she does on the units.
Behind me in the photo is Willow; she’s a 10-year-old Golden
Retriever who loves doing “meet and greets” with the residents.
Her favourite treat is ice cream. See you soon at Riverview!
Woof!!! Meeeooow!!! Calling all furry friends at Riverview! If you would like to be featured in an upcoming issue of Health Views, please ask your owner to contact the Foundation office at 204-478-6271.
Riverview’s Communication Strategy: Getting the Word Out
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iverview Health Centre
is located off the
beaten track. It’s on the
Red River in a quiet
residential neighbourhood
a few blocks off of the
main drag of Osborne
Street South. Turn east at
any one of the avenues
between Arnold and
Oakwood, and you’ll run
into Riverview’s large,
treed campus – you’ll be
amazed!
The thing is, unless
you have encountered a
situation in which a family
member or friend needed
care, or unless you live in
the neighbourhood, you
might not think to make
that east turn off of
Osborne to go and check
out the facility.
With that reality in mind, Riverview wants to raise
consciousness about all the programs and services
available at this premier health care centre. As
mentioned in the samples above, the Centre treats
people with long-term and palliative care needs,
as well as medical conditions such as Alzheimer’s
disease and other forms dementia, brain injury
and stroke.
Take note when you see messages similar to these
in the media – we hope they will get people thinking
about us. While we designed these ads as part of a
communication campaign rather than an advertising
blitz, we do want you to consider Riverview in your
philanthropic plans. As our campaign acknowledges,
chances are high that you or someone you know
and love will one day require care at our facility.
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is grateful for the support of Manitoba Public Insurance
towards the 2014 Cycle on Life.
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Wayne Yamashita
Robert M. Chipman
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Matthew Chislett
Glen & Glenda Buhr
Laura Burns
Betty Ganczar
Paul Gordon
W. Norman Gordon
Carol Zimmerman
Walter Chomiak
Bob Brennan & Doreen Gorda
Reginald Chopp
Tom Armour
Ron Clubine
Shirley Clubine
Joseph Blanchard
Florence Blanchard
Walter Cowan
Ernest Orpin
Rudy Blanchet
Peter Attwood
Jean Cumming
Jo-Ann Cumming
Ann Blicq
Janet & John Bailey
Nesta Becker
John Blackwood
Connie & Rex Blamey
Ronald Blicq
J.A. Gerald Brown
Bill & Faye Brownstone
William Cavell
Douglas & Mary Cobb
Patricia Coleman
John & Cathryn Collo
Peggy & Alex Colonello
CUPE Local 3473
Michael & Gail Dobbin
H. Edward & Phyllis Harland
Robert Jackson
Joan King & Roy Hood
Lindenholm Place Residents’ Committee
Jack & Doreen MacDonald
Shannon MacPherson
Kenneth & Ingrid MacRae
Margery Manson
Janet McLean & Richard South
Marianne McLean
Jean McRae
Lyle & Sally Merrell
Margaret & John Mundie
Helen Peterson
Laura & Dale Platford
Ian Robertson
Jean & Ernest Shewchuk
Theodore & Elizabeth Simonson
Sharon L. Tod
Catherine Valentine
Nancy & Roy Vincent
Roy & Edith White
John Dagg
David & Cheryl MacMillan
Susan Blicq
Ian Blicq
Brian & Barbara Crow
Edmond Boisjoli
Andrea Moffat
Dorothy Bolton
Garry & Shirley Bolton
Mary Bos
Wolter Bos
Jacques Bouchard
Betty Bouchard
Foster Agency
Gail & Bill Harper
Lynne Hooper
Karen Melnyk & Mike Van Kats
Peter Melnyk
Sandra & Dale Reid
Bradley Braun
Garry & Valarie Braun
Noreen Braun
Verla Brown
Jody Ferguson
H. J. Hansen
Edward Buchel
Bill and Deanne McDonald
Harry Burdon
Ernest Orpin
David Burr
Beverley & Gordon Burr
Kathy Burr
Keith & Fran Burr
Jo-Ann Driedger-Kinash & Robert Kinash
General Teamsters Local Union No. 979
Heather Hooper
E. Michelson
Geraldine & Gordon Moodie
Helen Semchyshyn
Vicki Stevens
Swish Maintenance Limited
Tammy & Gary Tervoort
Judith Whitaker
Olga Balzer
Michael Balzer
Grace Butchard
Elaine Filyk
Stella Barr
James Barr
Albert Campbell
Emily Evans
Klaus Baumbach
John Davies
Richard Gamble
Gaylene & Jim Hunter
Melita & Edward Langner
Helen & Peter Moroz
Sylvia Prokopanko
Reynold Carewick
Gail Lorenz
Terry & Shirley Tresoor
6
Donations can be made to Riverview Health Centre Foundation as memorial gifts,
honorariums or to commemorate special occasions and important milestones. Gifts
listed below were received between Aug. 1, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2014. The names of the
individuals being acknowledged through a donation are in bold. Donors' names follow.
Marcel Carriere
Nicole & Walter Silicz
Grace Davidson
Barbara & Ian Brown
Jeff Norton & Sandra Kliman
Danica & Mark Wasney
Candace Davies
Sheri Armour
Donna & Reg Wyatt
Irene Dehod
Jim Dehod
Owen Dettman
Joan Dudar
Evelyn & Oscar Freeman
Victoria Gallimore
Dennis Lavallee
Ed & Marsha Mathison
Gladys Mazur
Barry Raeside
Kathy Ramesar
Kay Rokala
James & Debi Stark
Miki & Kenneth Stewart
Valerie & Murray Strong
David J. Dewar
Garth Tanswell
Rita Dickens
Thomas Dickens
Michael Dineen
Lindsay Dineen
Robert Donald
Marlyn Donald
Stavroula Douvris
Len & Susan French
Chi-Loong & Betty Wong
Deanna Wong & Greg Payne
Wilma Duncan
Enid Durward
E. Janice Lamb
Glenn & Joyce Lye
Vera Moroz
Isabel & Donald Neilson
Elsie Sims
Marguerite Wells
Fredrick Dunsmore
Canoe Financial
CUPE Local 4642
Manitoba Liquor &
Lotteries Corp.
Nevin Markwart
Patricia Mathieson
Grace Walker
Joseph Dymterko
Marie Louise & Fred Kork
Nora E. Edwards
Marjorie Hadland
Isabel Ewanyshyn
Helen Allen
Patricia & Kevin Bundus
Cristol Falcon
Donald McCarthy
D.R. Carl & Pauline Miller
Phil & Alana Price
Judie Faurschou
Terrance Atkinson
MaryLynne & Donald Barnsley
Jonathan Faurschou
Karen S. Hygaard
Sean Lawton
Jon & Marilyn Seguire
United Church
Halfway Homes Inc.
Allison Filmon-Carvey
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Manny Fink
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Edith Fischer
Maureen Annable
Sheila Atchison
Elizabeth & Robert Cox
John & Audrey Elrick
Marilyn & Rick Klimczak
Grant Nicolson
Mary Phillips-Rickey & Russ Rickey
Jim & Irene Snell
Roland Fontaine
Jeanette & James Popplow
Health Views • Riverview Health Centre
Lawrence Frezell
Aynsley & Jorg Klinger
Arthur Friesen
Salisbury Morse Place School
Jose (Joe) Furtado
Maria Furtado
Harvey Fyke
Leverne & Joyce Fyke
Murray Gillespie
Rick & Martha Klimack
Sergio Glogowski
Darya & Grant Stefanyshen
Tillie Goren
Dolly & Zivy Chudnow
Marvin & Merle Garfinkel
Andre Geyer
Phyllis & Herb Goldberg
Lil Guberman
Morley Jacobs
Resa Ostrove
Gerald & Marla Pearson
Judy Schnoor
Tier Three Brokerage Ltd.
Eve & Harry Vickar
Joan Goulet
Teen Challenge of Central Canada Inc.
The Lighthouse Mission
Harold J. Graham
Hilary Brownscombe
Joanne C. Burns
Wayne & Diane MacDonald
Lione Grigaitis
Cheryl Mazur
Dorothy Grocott
Barbara Kern
Edna Guenther
Shirley Guenther
John Guezen
Perry & Joan Haakman
Monarch Industries Limited
Mildred Ruml
Ron Hiebert
Vince & Cathi Cerasani
Kenneth Hirst
Robert & Janice Sharpe
Phillip Hirt
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Patrick Hunt
Dan Hunt
Suzanne Hunt
Mary Lu Beaupre
Pauline & Douglas Panter
Norman Hunter
Dolores & Bob Brade
Linda Clarke
Gia Davidson
J. Wade Duncan
Florence & Ronald Osesky
Margaret & Steve Semenchuk
Nancy Skene
Ruby Hunter
Audrey & Arthur Brown
S. Coleman
Eugene Hallan
Gail & Elwin Hermanson
Merle & Jim Hunt
Linda & Bert Jeske
Nancy & Roy Schellenberg
Edward Hupe
Bev Abbott
Black & McDonald Ltd.
Carleen Carels
Carlo Cerasani
Paula Dorge
Evelyn Egan
Gerri Hupe
Joan Hupe
Mr. & Mrs. E. Leclerc
Carol & Dave McLeod
Wendy McMaster
Debbie Mueller
NICU Gift Fund
Elmeria Roberts
Tanis Wallace
Alice Hurd
Barry & Gail Veals
Anthony F. Wright
Bien Ilagan
Shirley & William Jefferson
Wendy McMaster
Henry Janzen
Frieda Janzen
Betty Guntner
Rhoda & Jae Eadie
Robert Johnson
Ken & Olof Hardy
Mayer Gutwilik
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Craig Johnston
Verna Johnston
Walter Gwozd
Ardice Baziuk
Cheryl & Jeff Chartrand
Darlene Dahl
Patricia Danowski
Fred Kuzyk
Teresa Kuzyk
Mary MacLean
Jacqueline & Joseph Mazur
Susan Tanner
Anne & Paul Woytowich
Mary Joyce Jones
Mary & Leo Blankstein
Janie & Bud Gardner
John & Mellanie Gow
Darlene Gyles
Stew Macpherson
Valerie Hacko
Mary Ann Doucette
Clare M. Hall
Ray & Silvana Auld
Linda Hall
Jerry & Susan Cohen
R.C. Ketchen
Clifford Mollison
Shirley Weinstein
Rosalie Halushka
Iona & Ed Gusta
Doris & Matthew Tkachyk
Gerald Hamilton
Linda Bolen
Lorraine Cook
Lorne & Pearl Kingyens
David Hammonds
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Patricia F. Harvey
Margaret Stephen
Margaret Wollner
Lillian J. Hayes
Kathy & Robert Angst
MaryLynne & Donald
Barnsley
Hilda Carrick
Marilyn & Lloyd Dyck
Lynne Gibbings
Jean & Gerald Hayes
Mary Jane Hayes
Sarina Hayes
Ingrid Hyland
Zena Kavanagh
Brenda & Emile Lambert
Rosanne Sutton
Mary Ann Taylor
Linda & Eugene Warnier
Cecile Hebert
Annette Giguere
Betty A. Henry
Shirley Hill
Mary Louise Jones
Arthur A Leach School
Dennis & Evelyn Bryant
Sandra Despins
Betty & Donald Dixon
Heather & Don McElroy
Kathleen & Donald Merritt
Donald & Carol Ogaranko
Jackie Peckover
Rod Scott
Martin & Ruth Soder
Mary Soder
Pearl Stonehouse
Beverly Kamminga
Tim & Lori Chimuk
Peter Kennedy
Connie & Rex Blamey
Commissionaires Manitoba
Ralph Kennedy
Kin-Place Silver Threads
Rae Khan
Hazra Khan
Dmytro Kinal
Helena Kinal
Henry Klassen
Florence Klassen
Robert Kopstein
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Paul Krauss
Gerhard & Erna Dittbrenner
Ernst & Elsa Hops
Ike Kraut
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
William Kullman
Joan Kullman
Margaret E. Kummen
Joyce & Douglas Buffie
Lorne Carmichael
Wendy & Jim Jackson
Beverly & David Kyle
Bernice Muir
Noreen & Ken Ponton
W. Leslie Wardrop
Stella Kupniski
Florence Grassler
Joyce Kurceba
Alexander Kurceba
Patricia Kuzina
Albert Lau
Heather Miltenburg
Kathryn Payne
Charlene Wodzicki
Susanna Laing
Lyndsay & Robert Moore
George Lancaster
Old St. Vital Biz Association
Florence LaRoque
Laurane Simpson
Mary Lees
Clara Maxwell
Henri Lemoine
Annette Giguere
Ronald Liberty
Fern Albert
Christine Ansons
Doug Blaylock &
Deborah Baschuk
C.N.
Deborah & Kevin Guthrie
Richard Inclima
Aileen Lelievre-Adams
Richard & Yvonne Liberty
Manny Loureiro/CN System Engineering
Marguerite & Robert Papineau
Merle Reid
Steve Rome
Ron & Bertha Smith
Shirley Lindsay
Paul Lindsay
J.L. Marrin
Corinne & Don Smales
Jack Lipsey
Helen Lipsey
Calvin L loyd
Brenda & Ken Leach
Arthur J. Logan
Bob Brennan & Doreen Gorda
Eva Lubig
Alfred Lubig
David MacDonald
Marla Wilson
Nick Kaskiw
Standard Aero Limited
Martha MacGill
Dorothy Telford &
Gordon Criggar
Valerie Kasmerski
The Estate of Nellie Serbyniuk
Arlene Wychreschuk
Evan R. MacPhail
Florence Grassler
Louise & Daniel Maydaniuk
Arlyne Walsh
William Kathler
Allyson Sparkes
Mac MacPherson
Rowena & Larry Burdeny
Ted Chop
Susan Wallis
Lloyd Kellett
Robert & Lorraine Cauthers
Convoy Supply Ltd.
Olga Ford
Helen Schapansky
Maxwell Kendall
Donna & Rene Beaudry
Bestland Farms
Johnny & Sarah Bestland
Brenda & Greg Borley
Brenda Danielson
Sharron & Harvey Halabuza
Mona Harper
Catherine & Murray Harrison
Janice Janczyn &
Patrick Murnaghan
Brian & Barbara Kaminsky
Douglas Kendall
William Mason
Robert & Allison Morse
Kevin Pickell
Beverley & Ron Pirie
Semtech
Daryl & Marianne Shirtliff
Valerie & Murray Strong
Vivianne Marcino
Patricia & Kenneth Gilleshammer
Lis Grimstrup
Francine Lepage
Zigmund Marcino
Elizabeth O’Neil
Pat & Greg Ozechowsky
RBC Financial Group
Joyce Shewan
Lorraine & Ray Tallaire
Judy & Ken Ticknor
Denis Marion Fern Bailes
Mary & Joe Bakos
Alan Borger
Ladco Co. Ltd.
Louise & Ronald Marion
Juliette Mucha
Marcella & John Schneider
Helen Seguin
Huguette & Andre Simard
Edward Van Mierlo
Walter Worosz
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In Honour of and In Memory of donations…Continued
William Merritt
Susan Fonseca
Douglas Inglis
Michel Monnin
Doreen Parsons
Heather & Glenn Galloway
Nancy Patzia
Eric Broda
Karin & Kurt Christoph
Helga & Alfred Eisbrenner
Leilani Kagan
Charles & Anneliese Kunze
Joanne Neumann
Norman & Frieda Patzia
Pamela Poulter Friesen & Kevin Friesen
Wilfred Rode
Harald Schulz
Marion Stewart
Valerie & Murray Strong
Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary Schools Inc.
Val & Ed Wolowich
George Pauls
Janice Blair
David Singer
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
William Weselake
Marcella Weselake
Frank Petrowski
Lody Donato
Carol Jones
Olga Petrowski
Norman M. Singleton
Gail Singleton
Pamela Westwood
Gertrude Whetter
Fred Sitar
Annette Coates
Jean-Paul & Rose Desautels
Luc Fontaine
Lynne Gibbings
Lorraine & Steve Idt
Irene & Sam Lemoine
Rosanne Nemis-Church
Jennifer Ridge
Eric & Helene Tapley
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Div. #583
Vic Wiens
Allan Brunsel
Arthur Wiens
Edmee M. Pierson
Shirlee Beaulieu
Elizabeth & Lawrence Hammond
Huguette & Andre Simard
The Learning Tree Day Nursery Inc.
Marion Moglove
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Helen S. Monasterski
Marie & Adam Ambrozy
Marie Kostiuk
Margaret & Ian McTavish
Kathy Monaster
Linda & Allan Monasterski
Heddy Paquet
Verna Racansky
Don Thompson
Haley Thorne
Donna Wakaruk
Redwan Moqbel
Anaphylaxis Canada
Walter & Brenda Badger
Bruce Bochner
Lisa Cameron
David Evans
Francis M. Tye
Barbara Balderston
Orest & Betty Chytyk
Community Legal Clinic
Henley & Cheryl Cunnington
Evelyn & Allan Jacks
Jeffrey Kemp
Taivi Lobu
John & Joanne Macbeth
Judith MacNeil
Martha Milczynski
Jerry Raso
Ruth Simpson
Velma Smith
Edith Stanley
Lorraine Staren
Val Werier
Bob & Barb Sokalski
Bernard Miller
Frances Miller
Marge Skrumeda
Cathy Skrumeda-Miller &
Lyndon Miller
Garry Mattin
Mimi Trainor
David & Sheila Brodovsky
Patricia Corner
C.T. & Daphne Ethans
Linda & Wayne Paquin
David Pemberton-Smith
Kathy Simkin
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Wilfred Philipow
Darlene & Dan McDonald
Shannon Philipow
Norman R. Kasian
Betty Lila Tomlinson
Clinton Colquhoun
Joe Vielgut
Kirsten & Haney Louka
Judith Vielgut
Wes Piche
Helen Piche
James L. Moffatt
Linda Chapple
Christopher Daniels
Carole Desmarais-Guzzardi
Donald & Dianne Feener
Lynwood Giles
Brent Gillespie
Kenneth Jensen
Gail McLean
Helen & Wilfred Mitchell
Gladys E.L. Moffatt
Eleanor Zimmer
Ruth E. Zimmer
Josephine Sheane
Marilyn Galliott
Zaiga Keleris
James L. & Alice Neufeld
Judith R. Waters
Derek Innis
Dorothy Threlfall
Bob Brennan & Doreen Gorda
Maurice Shnider
William J. Hudson
Donn & Norine Kirton
Mel & Karyn Lazareck
Derrelyn & Adolf Reinfort
Garth & Lorraine Robertson
Koralee Stewart &
Barrie Zimmerman
Patricia Michlosky
Macdonald Youth Services
Evelyn Milne
Madeleine Cleveland
Robert Fox
Lois M. Hall
Sharon & Ian Milne
Ruth Wheeler
Robert Sharpe, Sr.
Robert & Janice Sharpe
Ralph Fyfe
Thomas Thompson
Peter & Linda Janzen
Kathryn & Anthony Urban
Kristie Pearson
Rod Stephenson
Greg Thompson
Greg Ward
Annette Wachal
Maureen Newsome
John Watson
Lorraine Watson
Cecil Williams
Sandra Rampersad
David U. Williams
Vernie Price
L.P. Williams
Kenneth & Katharina Krebs
Richard Williams
Carole & Bruce Carlson
Diane Haughland &
Paul Williams
Nancy Perozzo
Patricia & Lee Smith
Pauline Williams
Bernice Pinch
Irene Pinch
Stella Slade
Colette & Darryl Segal
John Poff
Gerald Poff
Linda Sloan
Peter & Deirdre Dowson
Sally & Gerry Mastaler
Eleanor Myschuk
Judy & Les Starink
Winnipeg Condominium Corporation #282
Emily Wilson
Lia Wilson
Jack E. Smith
Shelly Resler
Jakob Woelk
Corey Andres
Hedy & John Falk
Hospice & Palliative Care Manitoba
Frieda Janzen
Dorothea Kukat
William Poirier
Lynda Desjardins &
Denis Bouchard
Jean & Kenneth James
Phyllis Pomozybida
Albina Moran
Pearl Pubben
Maureen Newsome
Samuel Pubben
Marlies Craig
M.J. Rodey
Arthur J. Radstrom
Suzanne Hansen
Doreen Riedle
Michael Flynn
John Magel
Ana Maria Marques
Barry & Pat McQueen
Joseph Rissin
Bryan Schwartz
Seven Oaks Administrators’ Association
West Kildonan Collegiate Social Fund
Michael Rogerson
Carol Rogerson
Ralph Sontag
Gertrude Greengrass
Cindy Sparling-De Beer
Janice Harding-Jeanson
Macdonald Youth Services
Donald Wittman
Kristen Wittman & Wayne Tefs
Ulrich Woelcke
Rosmarie Woelcke
Robert Stalker
Jacqueline Stalker
Edward Wolowich
All-Fab Building Components Inc.
Stanley Stemkoski
Annette Giguere
Ken Wong
Ming Yee Wong
Doris Stusiak
Sandra & Kevin Schalla
Edith & Albino Ugrin
Wawanesa Social Club
Nick Zibresky
Ella & Nick Zibresky
Norman Sweetland
Ian Blicq
Molly Swirsky
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Paul Zommer
Phyllis & Victor Kastalanych
Paul Romeo
Rose Zommer
Thanks for
your support!
Irene Park
Rhonda Schlichting
Michael Erlanger
Health Views • Riverview Health Centre 7
Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more. Charitable Registration # 11893 7853
Faith Melnyk
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DONATE ON-LINE AT: rhcf.mb.ca
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r I/We would like to learn more about Planned Giving.
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K. D. Deans
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Allan Robertson
Ray & Mary Tomiak
Elaine & Stuart Ursel
Margaret Owens
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Telephone:
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Patricia Nurse
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Raj Sharma
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Connie & Rex Blamey
David & Sheila Brodovsky
Laura Carreiro
Deanna & Daniel Causon
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Betty Cheng-Sung
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Nancy Marshall
Jake & Helen Pries
Bill & Glynis Schoenfeld
Bonnie Schoenfeld
Gloria Sideen
R.B. (Bob) Brennan, FCA
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Helen McBride
Dale Baldwin
Kim Browning
Glynis Hart
Colleen Lazaruk &
Jerry Braun
Murdoch & Peggy MacKay
Kathy MacWilliam
Barbara Markham
Lorraine & Clement McIntosh
Shelley & Darryl Pratt
Laurel Reid
Margery Soloman
G.K. Townsend
Donna Wainikka
June Webster
Brian Mykietowich
Rose Mykietowich
Patricia Saltel
Black & McDonald Ltd.
Michelle Slezak
Signature:
Diane Maxwell
Ann Gillis
Leslie Mundwiler
Ardythe Basham
Linda Mundwiler
Wpg. Assoc. of Second- Hand Booksellers
Ruth Rubinstein
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
3 digit security # (back of card):
Barry Moss
Elaine Franks
Exp. Date:
George Mathew
Diann M. Airey
Sharon E. Card
Lucy Meikle
Janis Merkel
Jeya & S.P. Muthuchidambaram
Sailaja V. Nair
Jill Newstead-Angel
Kusum Thakre
Maureen & Louis Toth
S. Varughese
Board of Directors
Card #
Manuel Morry
Sheldon & Tannis Mindell
Darren Synkiw
Sharon Biehl
Annie Larsh
Lesia Lenko
Heather Paterson
Calvin Polet
Christine Stubbs
r I/We prefer to pay by credit card: r Visa r Mastercard
Milton Matheson
Eulah Matheson
Earl K. Routley
Queade & Harold Anderson
Ronald & Eileen Metcalfe
Charlotte Miller
Carmen Routley-Lane
Collyne & Laurence Sager
Donald & Maureen Stevenson
Doreen Sykes
Cecil Register
Olive Robinson
Shirley Shaley
Joyce Stay
David Sykes
r I/We enclose a cheque payable to: RHCF, 1 Morley Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3L 2P4 (Phone: 204-478-6271)
Doreen Marshall
Harold Marshall
Eileen Morrison
Crescent Drive
Thursday Ladies Golf
Robert Morrison
Marguerite Ross
James & Joyce Ross
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Belle Jarniewski
Miriam Lampe
Shar Mitchell
Paul & Margaret Wright
r YES! I/WE WANT TO SUPPORT RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION
Celia Marks
Margaret Anderson-Bowman & James Bowman
Charles & Leah Burgess
Victor & Cheryl Husak
Ruth Wheeler
Through the Eyes
of a Grandchild
L
en Podheiser does not forget when people treat
him well, and he is quick to report that people
treated him wonderfully well during his two
month stay on Riverview Health Centre’s
Stroke Rehabilitation unit in 2013.
“I found the staff to be amazing,” says
Podheiser. “I will be eternally grateful to the
people there – I got crackerjack treatment!”
To show his appreciation, Podheiser has
become an ongoing contributor to the Riverview
Health Centre Foundation, and he also sponsors
a team for the annual golf tournament.
Podheiser is known by his grandson, Joseph
Michaw, as “Zaida.” Joseph regularly visited during
his Zaida’s stay at Riverview, so he had lots of
opportunity to observe the surroundings and the
care. Joseph agrees with his grandfather’s opinion
about the Centre, and he decided to write a story
about it as a Grade 3 class project.
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through the eyes of a child!
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LOUIS VE RMETTE
remembered Riverview in his will.
F
or ten years, Louis Vermette called Riverview
Health Centre home. He lived on 2 East, the
Respiratory unit, where he received the care he
needed for a condition he’d had since birth.
Thoughts on Giving
“It takes each of us to make a
difference for all of us.”
– Jackie Mucheson
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
– Anne Frank
“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
“We only have what we give.”
– Isabel Allende
Louis passed away on December 19, 2013, but before he died,
he made a decision to show his appreciation to the place he called
home by leaving $10,000 in his will for Riverview.
Louis’ wife of 31 years, Karen, is grateful that her husband was
able to stay at Riverview during the last decade of his life. “His
condition causes muscle weakness that slowly worsens over the
years,” she explains. “Throughout his stay, staff assisted Louis as
his mobility declined from being able to walk to requiring a power
wheelchair, and I’m thankful for the support he received.”
Riverview was more than just a facility for Louis to receive care.
He developed friendships with other patients and staff members
and he enjoyed recreational activities such as games of dominos
with Karen and her sister, Monday afternoon Bingo on the unit and
catching either a Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ football game or a
Montreal Canadiens’ hockey game whenever he could.
“He also loved the food at the Centre – he always looked
forward to meal time,” smiles Karen.
For three years in the mid-2000s, Karen worked part time at
Riverview as a Health Care Aide on CD2. After her morning shift,
she would head straight to Louis’ unit. “Those were good years
because I was right there and could easily get to the unit to visit,”
she says.
When Louis made the decision to name Riverview in his will,
he invited his lawyer to come to the Centre, and they sat in the
cafeteria to make the arrangements. According to Karen, it was a
fitting decision because Louis loved Riverview and felt very much
at home there.
“We can choose to be affected
by the world or we can choose
to affect the world.”
– Heidi Wills
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You don’t have
to give until it hurts …
just give until it
feels right.
Mindell says that there
are many ways to support
Riverview, and people can give
according to their means. He
says people don’t have to give
until it hurts – just give until it
feels right.
If donors choose to give
through the Foundation’s Circle
of Life Planned Giving Program,
they can make a commitment
and be recognized today for
funds that will be donated later.
No minimum contribution is
needed to be a Circle of Life
member.
“Louis’ foresight will help
us to enhance the day-to-day
lives of Riverview’s patients and
residents now and into the
future,” he says.
Please fill out the form on the reverse
and mail in the enclosed envelope. You can also donate online at rhcf.mb.ca
or call us at 204-478-6271.
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“Anyone can do what Louis
Vermette did – you simply need
to have the willingness,” says
Sheldon Mindell, Executive
Director of the Riverview Health
Centre Foundation. “We
appreciate patients and families,
such as the Vermettes, who
recognize how important it is to
give back to the Centre.”
Mindell was pleased to make
arrangements to have “Louis
Vermette” inscribed upon the
Centre’s Donor Wall. He’s ready
and willing to make these
arrangements for many more of
our future donors!
Show your support
for the wise words of
these writers.
Please take the time
today to donate to
the Riverview Health
Centre Foundation.
THANK YOU!
DID YOU?
Donor Louis Vermette had the honour of
cutting the ribbon at last year’s Cycle on Life.
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