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Support Eileen & Brandon to Help us Reach our Trek Everest Fundraising Goal!

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During July, 2011, Brandon and I had a very special lifetime experience. We climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak, in a fundraising initiative to raise funds to support the development of a much needed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program for Markham Stouffville Hospital. So many of you were there with us. So many of you supported us financially and with your prayers. Thank you so very much.

Well, we are excited once again. In the spring of 2018, we have an opportunity to trek to Everest’s Base Camp in a fundraising initiative designed to equip one of the new operating rooms at MSH. Government funding does not cover such expenses and we, the community, are required to come up with the necessary funds.

My medical career actually started in the O/R at the then Toronto East General Hospital during my high school years. My summer job was to assist in the O/R as a “scrub technician”. So surgery has always been a part of my practice and medical perspective. The O/R is where broken parts are repaired and many disease processes are corrected. Our eldest son, Daryl, regularly assists in the OR at MSH. He can testify to the significant challenges of necessary surgical resources to meet the growing needs in our rapidly increasing community population. Our eldest daughter is also a surgeon.

The trip will be a magnificent amalgum of vistas, geology, geography, and culture with quite a dose of spirituality. It will be very different from Kili. But first, we will be contributing to the communities there by providing medical services prior to our trek. I will be volunteering time working in a clinic starting April 18th and Brandon will be bringing school supplies and science equipment to a local school in Phaplu before we start our trek.

We have begun training and what a training it is. Hiking, yoga, core strength building and the required mental toughness. Everything is more challenging at altitude. We will not be at as high an altitude as Kili but we will be required to be at significant altitude (>17, 000feet) for quite a bit longer, often exposed to 50% of the oxygen level normally at sea level. Toronto is 300 feet above sea level, by comparison.

This trek has a special significance this year. It is being implemented to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s heroic summiting of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953. A special anniversary documentary is to be recorded of this trip. And no less than Sir Edmund’s son, Peter, will be coordinating our adventure, along with his daughter, Amelia.

The opportunity to join this extraordinary climb as ordinary people and to represent you and our community in this vital venture is a privilege that we both cherish. We hope that you will consider sponsoring us in this upcoming venture. We would like to take you with us again. We appreciate your support and your prayers. “And what is as important as knowledge?” asked the mind. “Caring and seeing with the heart.” answered the soul. Please join us and share with your heart and mind in support for this very important cause. Whatever donation you are able to make will be most sincerely appreciated. Thank you, Eileen and Brandon

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Achievements
TeamRaiser Achievement Badge
Star Trophy
Raised $10,000
TeamRaiser Achievement Badge
I Made a Difference
Supported this event with a gift
My Personal Trek Everest Fundraising Progress:
of Goal
$27,320 Raised
$50,000.00
Thank You to my Trek Everest Donors
Eileen & Brandon Lougheed
$3,000
Justan Lougheed
$1,500
Barbara Cloke
$1,000
Mr. Barry J. Stafford
Daryl and Natalie Lougheed
$1,000
Gaetan Gravel
$1,000
Nina Slater
$500
Taylor Lougheed & Vanessa Ellies
$500
John Barker
$500
Ruby Kung
$500
Mrs. Barbara Helen Cloke
$500
Robert Holden
$250
Thomas Davies
$250
Kris & Wayne Marks
$250
Janet Jeffrey and Art Huber
$250
Karen Pascal
$250
Ms. Ruth Nord
$250
Irene Van Kessel
$250
Danielle Turney
$250
Ms. Ann Redford
$250
Edith-Anne Fenton
$250
Mrs. Charlotte Ternoway
$250
Tom Filosa
$250
Barry A Moores
$200
Lori & Michael Dempster
Barbara Megarry
$200
Isabel Alvarez
$200
Lillian Nahorney
$200
Bill Newton and Sharon Omotani-Newton
$200
Michelle & John Wilson
$200
Carly Hill
$200
Stephanie Ross
$200
Catherine von Zuben
$200
Ms. Catherine Hamilton
$200
Mrs. Frances McDonald
$200
Lillian & Ted Given
$200
Laura Mullin
$200
Joanne Marie Moore
Judy & Rich Jeffery
$150
Michelle Alexander
$150
David Shulman
$125
Marion Bucahn
$100
Teresa Ng
$100
Brenda Grant
$100
Art Jaszczyk
$100
Ms. Sheri Devereaux
$100
Araceli Buktaw
$100
Jim and Karen Tebo
$100
Kathryn Ellis
$100
Lisa Desjardins
$100
Ms. Carl von Zuben
$100
Wilma Bowie
$100
Pauline and Gary Morgan
$100
Dr. Allan Grill
$100
George & Dolly Lyn
$100
John Halse
$100
Angela Lawrence
$100
Frances McDonald (Elaine Davies' mother)
$100
Cathy Sutherland
$100
Ave & Randy Neal
$100
Janet Yaworsky
$100
Dawn M Thomas
$100
Victor & Helen Yih
$100
Kenneth Chalk
$100
Ms. Rosie And Meadow Ter-steege
$100
MIchele Varela
$100
Eileen Lougheed
$100
James Choo-Kang
$100
Lena Shaw
$100
Marie Hogan
$100
Debbie Grainger
$100
Angelica McMunn
$100
Jill and Grant McBain
$100
Ms. Diana Bohemier
$100
Mr. Robert Tapper
$100
Gayle & Frank Colangelo
$100
Shirley Johnston
$100
Lorraine Mingie
$100
Mary Smith
$100
Karen Paul
$100
Glen and Lucille Houghton
$100
Ms. Dianne Marie Stuart
Ms. Katherine Spero
$100
Mrs. Ruth Walker
$100
Rachel Shaw-Ng
R. van Kessel
$100
Lyn Rapley
$100
Cathy & Peter Donsford
$100
Venice Lee
$100
Lorraine Eaglesham
$100
Chris and Mark Peters
$100
Helen Boehm
$100
Mrs. Kathleen Gamblen
$100
Christine & Kevin Clarke
$100
Ms. Marie Marchildon
Mr. Robert Coyle
$100
Carmen Ulehla
$100
Michelle Wilson
$100
Dana Nicholson
$100
Susan Sie
$100
Heather Ciechorski
$100
Grace Croughan
$100
Nora Thompson
$75
Ms. Patricia Owen
$75
Judith Friedl
$75
Sara Schwartz
$75
Norma Kennedy
$75
Linda Harding
$75
Ms. Shawna Cooper
$75
Elizabeth Forbes
$75
Karen Sproxton
$75
Phillip Nelson
$50
Patrick Adams
$50
Kathleen Stubbington
$50
Quince Pigozzo
$50
Mrs. Deborah Grainger
$50
Barbara Wicks
$50
Jean Hicks
Karen Perrott
$50
George Telfer
$50
Ms. Cheryl Osborne
$50
David Breckles
$50
Bernard & Iris Pears
$50
Elaine Gorman
$50
Thelma Neale
$50
Corrado Iacono & Giovanna Apa
$50
Mr. Frank Bajurny
$50
Mrs. Susanne Murphy
$50
Catherine Todd
$50
Patricia Hart
$50
Marilyn Bajurny
$50
Glenys Bowles
$50
Dr. Deepti Pasricha Medicine Professional Corporation
$50
Lloyd Hicks
$50
Ms. CHRISTINE MCKIBBIN
$50
Angela McNaughton
$50
Marian & Ron Kenny
$50
Erna Roscheng
$50
Ms. Carroll Blair
$50
Susan Gleed
$50
Carolyn Woodman
$50
Consuela Ferguson
$50
Suzanne Chisholm
$50
Karen Ferguson
$50
Barbara Evans
$50
Colin & Helen Campbell
$50
Judith Jeffery
$50
Anne McKay
$50
Erwin Roscheng
$50
Lois Black
$50
Gertrude Reynolds
$50
Barbara Brown
$50
Barbara Ann Ingratta
$50
Betty Melville
$50
Carole Danard
$50
Mary M Saila
$50
Ann Armstrong
$50
Estelle McCalmont
$50
Oi Palmer
Diane West
$50
Suzanne Chisholm
$50
Yasmin Rajan
$50
Caroline & Jason Cabral
$50
Jill Saito
$50
Lynn Barrett
$40
Ruki Bastiansz
$40
Ms. Phyllis Brown
$35
Diane Lalla
$30
Mr. J Greg Deeks
$30
Emily Girdwood
$25
Mrs. Edyth Fuglerud
$25
Linda Woolman
$25
Gillian Thomas
Melissa Kalmbach
$25
Judy Lefebvre
$25
Joan Wilkinson
$25
Mary Massey
$25
Kim Turner
Doreen Kudelski
$20
Mary Ann Mackenzie
$20
Alma Espiritu
$20
Michelle Monaco
$20
Sara Johannessen
$20
Sheila Cholyk
$20

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