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Annual Report2011 - 2012
"ACT gives me support...and hope."
- ACT service user
ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012 ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012
CONTENTS
01 A Message from the Board of Directors
02 A Message from the Executive Director
03 The Four Pillars of Our Work
04 Research and Knowledge Exchange
05 Community Capacity Building and Training
06 Support Services
07 Volunteer Profile
08 Community Health Programs
09 Communications
10 The Provincial Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative
11 Financial Statements
12 Supporter Lists
13 Board of Directors 2011 - 2012
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Over the last year, ACT has displayed tremendous growth, driven by a single enduring purpose: a community still in need. There remains a significant demand for HIV/AIDS prevention and support services in Toronto as we still see roughly two new HIV infections every day in our city.
Our 2011 – 2012 Annual Report profiles our efforts to continue to be a strong leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS. From our research initiatives and our community health and support services programming, to our communications and financial development strategies – we continue our legacy as an agency that not only acts but leads.
The slow economic recovery in 2011 has put pressure on the agency to do more with less. And ACT has responded. As HIV infection becomes more recognized as a manageable chronic condition rather than a terminal disease, ACT has tapped into its resilient, resourceful and passionate spirit to increase cost–effectiveness, improve efficiency and set strategic priorities and goals to meet the needs of the communities living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Toronto.
We are proud to report that ACT’s management team has continued to make significant progress in its effort to reduce its annual deficits. The success of this fiscal year demonstrates the team’s dedication and innovation in providing maximum effort and results with limited resources.
We would like to thank our fellow members of the Board and, on their behalf, we would also like to thank the staff, volunteers, supporters and service users of ACT for making our work possible. It is an honour to help lead ACT at this time. Our commitment to challenging ignorance, fear and stigma is stronger than ever. Our work unites us.
Richard Willett, Co-Chair Jamie Slater, Co-Chair
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACT bold.
ACT strong.
ACT resilient.
No other time seems to capture the essence of our new tagline as much as this past year. From our research programs to our support services and community health initiatives to our fund development activities, we have demonstrated our boldness, our strength, and our capacity to be a resilient organization.
This year ACT reached out to our service users for feedback and with the launch of our annual service satisfaction survey, 87.5% of those service users believe ACT’s programs and services have helped their overall well-being
We provided hot lunches, counselling, case management, organized support groups and retreats, and found employment for HIV-positive people ready to return to work through our Employment ACTion program.
We reached over 100 women from the African, Caribbean and Black communities through our Women’s Coffee Night, Community Kitchen and Wellness Retreat. We launched a new preventative initiative for young gay men called Totally outRIGHT aimed at cultivating peer facilitators to become sexual health leaders within their social networks and the larger community.
We started Spunk! as a way for gay, bi and queer-identified men who use substances to connect with each other and have open, meaningful discussions about their substance use in an environment that is non-judgmental and “safe.”
And with support from the M·A·C AIDS Fund, we integrated a self-employment initiative open to all people living with HIV into our Employment ACTion program.
We strengthened partnerships with other AIDS service organizations by offering a number of new joint activities. For example, along with the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation, we launched a financial management series that helped people living with HIV/AIDS to plan for and secure their financial future. With four other AIDS service organizations we launched the Circle of Care: a collaborative initiative aimed at providing support programming and services for women living with HIV. And, along with other organizations, we continued to be part of the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure to monitor developments, and to lend our voice to ensure that people who are HIV-positive are not criminalized if there is no significant risk of transmission.
Our research initiatives helped build our capacity to better understand the work we do and want to do in the coming years. For example, Research With A Purpose (funded by the Canadian Institutes of HIV/AIDS Research) brought evidence and knowledge about the health promotion priorities (mental health, aging through the lifespan and stigma) we identified in our 2010 - 2015 strategic plan, Resilience.
Our capacity-building opportunities included the forums we provide to the community on HIV/AIDS. Last year the forums reached over 600 people, and with the assistance of the Ontario HIV/AIDS Treatment Network, we are now able to broadcast those forums online which has increased virtual attendance to over 4,000.
Our women's community development staff reached over 1,300 service providers, primarily in the settlement sector, to increase understanding of HIV and its implications for the HIV-positive women who access their services.
Our outreach team went to bars, bathhouses, fairs, community events, Pride, and a diversity of community venues to reach out to communities at risk for HIV to promote safer sex and raise awareness about HIV. Of note, is our Gay Men’s Resilience campaign that celebrates the resilience of gay men, despite the impact of HIV to the gay community. Posters were placed in key locations with taglines that said it all: Keep it up! Keep it on! and Keep it sexy!
Our fundraising events and activities continue to draw support from the community for our work at ACT. It is so important that we continue to develop programs and services that are responsive to community needs, demonstrate our commitment to the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS, and impress upon our donors, funding partners, and volunteers that our work is vital and their support makes our work possible. In an environment when resources are limited, we need to ensure that our work is relevant and our cause is still important.
Our many thanks to everyone who has made this year one of great accomplishment for ACT. It is the dedication of our staff and volunteers that helps to keep our work relevant, responsive and demonstrative of a reputation that truly reflects ACT NOW!
Hazelle Palmer
Executive Director
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THE FOUR PILLARS OF OUR WORK
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Initiating community-based research projects to inform our program development that focus on emerging trends and issues related to HIV/AIDS and sharing the research findings with the communities with whom we work.
Community Capacity Building and Training
Creating opportunities for individuals, communities and organizations to enhance their knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS. Providing individuals with ways to enhance their own learning and skills.
Community Health Promotion
Increasing, knowledge, skills and resilience within communities at risk for HIV/AIDS, and linking this to the social determinants of health.
Support Services
Providing services and supports that help and empower people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS to achieve self-determination, informed decision-making, independence, and overall well-being.
All of our programs and services are informed by evidence and input from the communities we serve. ACT works with gay men, women and youth to increase their knowledge, skills and resilience living with HIV/AIDS and reduce HIV transmission.
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BY THE NUMBERS
OF SERVICE USERS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THEY ACCESSED LAST YEAR.
Our annual service user satisfaction survey was distributed in October 2011. This confidential survey was used to record feedback from those who access ACT services and provide insight into the quality, accessibility and utility of our programs.
SERVICE USERSATISFACTION
85.5%
87.5%
50%
OF RESPONDENTS AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: “ACT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES HAVE HELPED MY OVERALL WELL-BEING”.
OF RESPONDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN ACCESSING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ONLINE.
65 SERVICE USERS RESPONDED
67%
33%
11.3
%
66.1%
22.7
%
RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
Research With a Purpose
ACT’s researchers conducted an environmental scan to capture and assess the program and service landscape related to the health promotion priorities identified in our 2010 - 2015 strategic plan: mental health, stigma and HIV across the lifespan. The scan aimed to strengthen the agency’s knowledge and evidence base for program development related to the priorities. The results will help ACT explore new and innovative program ideas to address the evolving needs of our service users more effectively.
What's In It For Me?
The purpose of What's In If For Me? was to facilitate and support the development of research literacy and capacity for people living with HIV/AIDS, enabling them to better engage in, direct and critically examine knowledge production in the field of HIV/AIDS. The project curriculum was developed in consultation with people living with HIV/AIDS and we held four focus groups to assess the experiences of those who had previously served as research participants or peer research assistants. Focus group participants provided primarily positive feedback about their experiences with research, but were also troubled by a lack of follow-up, detailed process information, shared responsibility, and opportunities for increased involvement. Our workshop sessions focused on addressing these issues and covered the behind-the-scenes of research processes including: consent and confidentiality, legal risk and ethics, qualitative analysis, psychometric scales, the role of the participant, and the greater/meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA/MIPA). The success of What’s In It For Me? enabled workshop participants to feel more comfortable with research, and encouraged them to collectively explore their research interests.
In our nearly 30-year history, we have actively sought how to understand the diverse needs of the men, women and young people who rely on our programs and services. ACT’s engagement in research has focused on developing an interactive space between the organization and the communities we serve. In the last year we have been able to continue to develop meaningful research; engaging in work that is beneficial to creating current programs and services and improving the lives of our service users. What has been identified as particularly influential in our work is focusing on implementing purposeful research. Emphasis has been placed on the areas of health promotion, community representation and the satisfaction of our service users.
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BY THENUMBERS
120new intakes
job placements42
COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING
Employment Services
Employment ACTion has undergone an ambitious development of new activities within the past year. Measures in expanding our communications strategy, service user intake plan and also offering specialized services have all been top priorities. Building on the strength of ACT’s excellence in developing and producing relevant outreach information, Employment ACTion has strengthened its visual identity with the introduction of a new and standardized logo. Our visual communication overhaul has also included informative brochures specific to both our service users as well as prospective employers.
Part of Employment ACTion’s goal to make further connections with service users interested in returning to the workforce was enhanced in the development of the self-employment stream. Although the self-employment stream is in its infancy, many successful graduates of the program have launched businesses in fields such as hospitality and retail and have even applied and successfully received funding from competitive grants.
The workforce is a dynamic changing environment and one of Employment ACTion’s successes has been in offering contemporary workshops for our service users. Applied skills in using social media to find employment and creating digital resumes were the most popular.
ACT is committed to creating opportunities for individuals, communities and organizations to enhance their knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS. 320
Employment ACTion service users
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COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAININGVolunteer Program
Volunteers remain an integral part of our agency. In the last fiscal year, volunteers in fund development as well as programs and services contributed a total of 27,042 hours of service, which is the equivalent of 14 full-time staff people.
In this past year, ACT hosted six volunteer information nights for prospective volunteers to learn more about the work we do and to discover what volunteer opportunities are available. From this process, we recruited and trained 69 new program volunteers through our Volunteer Core Skills Training program held in the spring and fall of 2011.
We have seen a great demand in volunteers wanting to help in areas of our work including: gay men’s outreach, harm reduction outreach, Positive Youth Outreach, women’s programing and fund development. In order to ensure volunteers receive the information, skills, training and support needed we undertook a number of innovations including the creation of a standardized agency-wide volunteer intake process and a revamped database to accurately track the numbers of active volunteers in the agency.
We hosted five ‘in-service’ training sessions, attended by 162 volunteers. Topics for these training sessions included managing conflict and anger, introduction to harm reduction (working with substance users), mental health, aging, and HIV transmission updates that included the newest information on viral load as well as PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) and PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis).
In order to ensure that our Core Skills Training--a workshop all volunteers must complete in order to provide program and service delivery--remains up-to-date, we also began to review and revise the curriculum. This revamped training will be offered in fall 2012.
VOLUNTEER PROFILE: CARMEN GALAVAN“I chose ACT because it does good for the HIV-positive community and it focused on getting service users to feel like part of the team. It was also very refreshing to see that a lot of the work that was done through ACT was volunteer-based, with many of the volunteers also being service users.”
As an undergraduate, on the road to completing her Social Work degree, Carmen is a leader in the community. She actively seeks out opportunities to engage in volunteer work, assist peers and gives a voice to young people living with HIV in Toronto. Carmen says, “The youth I worked with have changed my life. I feel that what they have given me is far more than I could ever give them and I hope they realize this. They taught me about issues that are facing people that are HIV-positive and the stigma associated with it not being spoken about openly.”
Carmen’s volunteer work here at ACT has lead her to establish a specific goal she is set on achieving: “After I graduate I hope to eventually move back to my home country, Mexico, and work toward raising awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention and advocate for better services and treatment for people living with HIV."
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BY THENUMBERS
285people accessed counselling
94people accessed support groups
people accessed case management
143people accessed lunch programs
146 people accessed bathhousecounselling (TowelTalk)
180
314 people accessed tax and insurance benefits clinics
SUPPORT SERVICES
Community Health Forums
Our community health forum series features expert presentations and panel discussions about health issues relevant to people living with HIV/AIDS including barriers to treatment, healthy relationships and aging. We have seen this program grow not only with attendees but also with the quality of internationally renowned speakers and contributors and the number of participants. 633 people attended the community forums in person and, with the support of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), we successfully launched the forums online to increase accessibility which resulted in over 4,300 people in virtual attendance.
Women's Support Programs
Through our monthly Women’s Coffee Night, our Women’s Community Kitchen for African, Black and Caribbean women and a retreat for women living with HIV, we reached 106 HIV-positive women and provided supportive, safe and culturally significant environments to provide an opportunity for women to share their experiences and learn more about how to manage their health.
Financial Management Series
With new medical interventions and holistic care treatments available, people are living longer with HIV/AIDS than ever before. As their prospects for long-term health improve, many are eager to reconsider or, in some cases, seek clarity to gain long-term financial options and security. In 2011 - 2012, 12 unique service users participated in these inaugural workshops. This series will be offered again in the coming year and an additional workshop on ‘estate planning’ will be included based on participant feedback.
Effective services and supports help to empower men, women and young people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and promote self-determination, informed decision-making, independence and overall health and well-being. This year, we continued to provide our counselling, case management and social support activities while successfully enhancing additional program areas to increase the knowledge, skills and resilience of the communities we serve.
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BY THENUMBERS
378,161 condoms distributed*
1,001 outreach events
2,674 significant conversations
327,974 lube packs distributed*
245workshops, presentations, discussion groups, and training sessions
7,683 participants
27,287resources distributed
*agency record372
young people attended PYO drop-in sessions
COMMUNITy HEALTH PROGRAMS
Resilience in Our Work
Communities in Toronto that have been most affected by HIV/AIDS have long histories of surviving adversity – and despite this adversity, we have grown stronger as individuals and communities by working together.
Today, ACT continues to nurture our community's resilience by building the capacity of individuals living with HIV, those at risk for HIV, and the communities most affected by HIV/AIDS. By nurturing individual capacity, creating a sense of belonging and fostering the development of community, we enable ourselves to increase control over and thereby improve our health and well-being.
Each facet of community health programs operationalized resilience into all of our community education and outreach programs. We have reviewed and updated internal and external education and outreach materials including websites, social media, and workshop and training presentations to ensure they are rooted in a strength-based approach.
In 2011 - 2012 we launched new programs and services that exemplify creativity, innovation and boldness. Our featured programs include: SPUNK!, Totally outRIGHT and the Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative Toronto.
ACT’s community health promotion initiatives include the development and delivery of resources, workshops, trainings and discussion groups. We also continued to offer a wide range of outreach and community development initiatives that promote increased awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues to a diverse range of individuals and communities. Our priority populations to which we tailor our programs toward are still identified as gay men, women, and young people. We have shaped our programs from a resilience model, which we have used to nurture and grow the capacity of those we serve.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMSSPUNK!
There is a need to provide stronger support to gay, bi and queer-identified men who use substances. To address this SPUNK! was launched in February 2012 as an opportunity for men to connect with each other and engage in open, meaningful discussions in a confidential, sex-positive, substance-user-positive space. Participants enthusiastically reported that the tools they learned, and the facilitation of the group process, were beneficial to them in challenging the shame, judgment and stereotypes often experienced with substance use and gay culture and offered encouragement, alternatives and tools for making positive changes in their lives.
Totally outRIGHT
We continue to develop our health promotion programming for young people at increased risk for HIV; in particular, young gay men who make up 85% of new infections among young people in Toronto ages 18 to 29.
We were successful in our funding application to the City of Toronto to bring Totally outRIGHT to ACT, a program that had already seen tremendous success in Vancouver. The new funding allowed us to build new infrastructure and create a new Peer Facilitator position to begin delivery of the program in March 2012. Totally outRight was designed to transfer knowledge and foster learning about gay men’s sexual health and to encourage young gay men to become sexual health leaders within their social networks and in the larger community. The program will continue to run for a second time in June 2012 and we have been successful in our application for renewed funding for the coming year.
Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative - Toronto
ACT is one of the 17 provincial sites of the Provincial Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative (PWHAI) launched in 2010 to provide better HIV education and training to agencies that work with women. ACT’s ongoing work with women and the services that empower them has seen great success in the last year. Despite the considerable challenges of stigma, lack of awareness, and under-resourced agencies serving women, in 2011 - 2012 our women’s community development staff completed 96 activities, including 30 trainings that engaged 1,314 people. Training sessions lead by our community educators explored the basics of HIV, and provided insight into counseling and sexual health. The investment in building networks in the non-AIDS service sector will continue to generate interest and demand for future trainings that equip service providers with knowledge and motivation to better support women living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS in Toronto.
CAMPAIGN PROFILE: GAY MEN'S RESILIENCE
Gay men have been made the subject of many studies, surveys, reports, projects, and theses. Most often, deficiencies are highlighted over accomplishments. For example, most studies of gay men's sexual behaviour focus on those who have reported unsafe sex, and the factors that contribute to unsafe sex--but not on the factors that help gay men practice safer sex. The philosophy of our 2011 sexual health campaign celebrated the assets of gay men--that despite the huge impact of HIV, gay men have survived, thrived, and continued to have the highest rate of consistent condom use and that gay men care about their health and the health of others. The bold imagery created for the campaign is a cheeky nod to gay men’s sexual health and an acknowledgement of the 30 years of the gay community’s resilience.
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BY THENUMBERS
3,514,144 total hits to ACT website (to date)
1,977 twitter followers
1,269 facebook likes
121 media contacts
29,418 materials distributed
COMMUNICATIONS
ACT’s communication activities seek to engage those communities most profoundly affected by HIV in ways that are respectful and appropriate and at the same time increase support for our work from individuals outside of our priority populations who are more inclined to be supportive of our cause.
The past year was a busy one for our communications department as we launched our new communications strategy with goals to:
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BY THENUMBERSapproximately
300 women test positive for HIV in Ontario
approximately 15% of Ontarians diagnosed with HIV are female
women now make up an increasingly large portion of new HIVcases in Ontario*
*23 to 25% in 2007 and 2008 (Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit, 2009)
PROVINCIAL WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE
The Provincial Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative (PWHAI) was developed by the AIDS Bureau of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care in response to community requests for a coordinated, decentralized focus on women and HIV/AIDS across Ontario. The overall goals of the initiative are to:
1) Reduce HIV transmission among women;
2) Enhance local community capacity to address women and HIV/AIDS; and,
3) Build safe environments to support women and their HIV/AIDS related.
This initiative is being implemented through 17 local AIDS service organizations throughout the province. In 2011, ACT was identified as the host agency to coordinate this initiative and we have hired a Manager to lead and coordinate the initiative’s deliverables, build capacity among the local initiative workers, and to develop resources that assist them in the work they do.
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FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
78%16%
6%
TOTAL AGENCY REVeNUE:$4,113,390
Fund Development (Net) $648,814
Government and other grants $3,207,303
Other $257,273
TOTAL AGENCY EXPENSES:$4,122,460
23%Community Development $961,706
17%Support Services $707,443
17%Employment and Volunteer Services $701,090
14%Operations $562,257
12%Health Promotion $481,832
9%Research and Program Development $365,872
8%Communications and Policy Development $342,260
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SUPPORTER LISTS 2011 - 2012
GOVERNMENT FUNDERS
Government of Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Public Health Agency of Canada
Government of Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – AIDS Bureau
Ministry of Community and Social Services
City of Toronto
REGIONAL PARTNERS
$100,000 and above
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
$5,000 to $99,999
Circle of Care
Mid-Toronto Community Services
Ontario AIDS Network
Ryerson University
CORPORATIONS
$100,000 and above
M·A·C AIDS Fund
$10,000 to $99,999
Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Inc.
Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc.
Janssen-Ortho Inc. / Tibotec
Merck Frosst Canada Inc.
TD Canada Trust
The Village Pharmacy
ViiV / Shire Canada
Up to $9,999
1629323 Ontario Inc.
ACE Canada
Advantex Express Inc.
A. Kong Medicine Professional Corp.
Arch Insurance (Canada)
Aronovitch Macaulay Rollo
Aviva
Big Carrot Natural Food Market
Capital One Services Inc. Canada
Chartis
Chopper Pictures
Colourgenics Inc.
Crawford & Company
Cunningham Lindsey Canada
David Milner and Associates Inc.
Dr. Kevin Russelo & Associates
Equity Credit Union
Evelko Designs
Guild Electric Limited
Independent Booking
Infield Marketing Group
IQ Business Events
Kiangtex Company Limited
Labatt
Lawn Barber
Levi Strauss & Co. Canada Inc.
Lifford Wine Agency
With the generosity and patronage of thousands of supporters in the community, ACT is able to provide compassionate, proactive services to people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. We gratefully acknowledge our government funders, regional and international partners, and the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and groups that have supported ACT with philanthropic commitments, grants, or sponsorships during our 2011 - 2012 fiscal year.
Liteworks Lighting Productions Inc.
LOFT Communications and Events Inc.
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Rainbow Cinemas
Razor Creative Solutions
Resolve Audio Inc.
Retail Category Consultants Inc.
RSA Group
Scotiabank
Scott Knaut Communications Inc.
Spark Inc.
Starbucks
Thorek, Scott & Partners
Tower Litho
Travelers Canada
WHIRL Inc.
Willis Canada Inc.
FOUNDATIONS
$25,000 and above
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Up to $25,000
Bermuda Foundation
Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Legacy Private Trust Foundation
Les and Kae Martin Charitable Foundation
Red Meets Pink Foundation
Philip Smith Foundation
EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
$5,000 and above
IN Toronto Magazine
Pride and Remembrance Association
Up to $5,000
BMO Employee Charitable Foundation
Crescent Town Community Church
The Design Bitches
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Hydro One Employee’s and Pensioner’s Trust Fund
INK Entertainment
Manulife Financial
Mayhem North (Goodhandy’s)
OPG Employees’ & Pensioners’ Charity Trust
Oulton Technology Management
Pegasus on Church Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada
Straight on Church
Telus Corporation - Employee Charitable Giving Program
Toronto Eaton Centre
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Windsor Arms Hotel
Wish Restaurant
Woody’s
INDIVIDUALS
Thousands of individual supporters sustain our work, whether through one-time gifts or on a monthly basis through our Partners in ACTion monthly giving plan. We particularly thank our Leaders in ACTion, individuals who give $1,200 or more annually, who lead the way in our fight against HIV/AIDS.
Leaders in ACTion
Gold Supporters ($5,000 to $9,999)
Rick Hynes and Jack Roks
Bob Pente
Anonymous
Silver Supporters ($2,500 to $4,999)
Ricky Boudreau
Chris Ciavaglia
Clive Desmond
Maria Diaz-Robinson
Paul Hains
Don Pfeil
Anthony Sweeney and Mike Parrish
Anonymous
Bronze Supporters ($1,200 to $2,499)
Brad Berg and Brian Rolfes
Donald Cameron
Donna Campbell
Dan Caputo
Patrick W. Casey
Dr. David L. Clark and Tracy L. Wynne
Wayne Clark
Elvira A. D’Ambrosio
Donald Dodds
Peter Erlendson
John-David Fentie
Jonas Giesen
Dr. John Goodhew
Philip Ing
Harry Koster
Ernie Laurenciano
Jacquelyn Mathe
Scott McConnell
Scott C. Miskie
David O’Brien
Alan Smith
Walter Stewart
Sandra Whitbread
Chuck Wong
Maritza Yumbla
Anonymous (2)
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Sustainers ($500 to $1,199)
Ritva Aalto
Alexander Antonijevic
Todd V. Austin
Lisa Balfour Bowen
Robert Bartlett
Norma Bertuzzi
Robert Boardman
Bob Dorrance and Gail Drummond
C. George Boisvenue
Andrew C. Bome
Bill Bossert
Paul M. Brennan
David Brethauer
Gary Bunch
James Burn
Richard Cadieux
Brent C. Carver
Pegi Cecconi
Chris Chambers
Roxanne Chandoo
Terence Chang
Terry Christiansen
Anna Christofides
Geoff Ciaschini
Joanne Clark
Margaret Cockshutt
Dr. Evan Collins
Brian M. Cornelson
Maria Corral
Robert Crichton
Elena Daldan
Craig Daniel and Jim
Turner
Anita Day
Dave Doig
Paul Douglas
Leah Duncan
Richard Ellis and Andy Colwell
John Embry
Nancy Embry
Joe Essaye
Mark Faircloth
Brian Finch
Marco Andre Fiola
Rick Fishell
Sandra Fisher
Heather Fitzgerald
Doris Flanagan
Roland Fortier
George Ganetakos
Thomas W. Garnett
Greg Garrison
Dinarte Gaspar
David Gerry
Michael Goldberg
Keith Goranson
Carla Granger
John and Judith Grant
Rita Healey Grave
J. Thomas Greenwood
Jim Gregory
Christopher D. Grimston
Earl Groenewegen
Boulos Paul Haddad
Beth Hanson
Ursula Harbutt
Peter Hawkins
Ronald G. Hay
Raymond Helkio
Mary Hennessy
Geoffrey Hogarth
Barbara Houlding
Pieter C. Huisman
Tom Hutchinson
Martine Irman
Maria Jankovic
Andrew M. Johnston
Carol Johnston
Colleen Johnston
Barry Joslin
Ellen June
Blair Kissack
Philip B. Lanouette
Esther Lee
Bob Leeming
Gabriele Litz
Bronwen Lloyd
Dennis R. Loney
Rob MacLellan
In memory of Andrew MacNaughtan
Mahmoodi Manoochehr
Leslie Manzano
Moe Marion
Victor Maurice
Jannie McInnes
Kevin McMurray
Ross Morrison
Shawn Newman
Ian V. B. Nordheimer
Mark Oudesluys
George Papatheodorou
Peter Perdue
Andrew Pruss
Patrice Pusey
George C. Pyron
Maria Racz
Simon Raphael
Mark Reid
Edward J. Richardson
Tom Ricketts
Gary Robinson
David Rose
Ron H. Rosenes
Alan Rowe
Ken Ryfa
Dorothy Salusbury
Phillip Sanford
Erik Schannen
Rick Schiralli
Bernie Silverman
Gulshan Singh
Zahid Somani
Kyle Spencer
James Stewart
Francine Stowell
John Strachan
Phillip Sutherland
Jane Swatridge
Stephen Tait
Timothy Thompson
John Wallace
James Waters
Jessica Whitbread
Richard J. Willett
Becki L. Williams
Paul T. Wragget
Edgar Wright
Shivonne Yarden
Stephen A. Yarrow
Paul and Devin Zalesky
Anonymous (5)
LEGACY OF ACTION
A planned gift, such as a bequest in a will or gift of life insurance, is the ultimate expression of support in our fight against HIV/AIDS. ACT’s legacy fund was created in 1999 and is housed with the Toronto Community Foundation. Upon completion of fiscal year 2011- 2012, the fund stood at over $782,000.
We thank the many individuals who have made a planned commitment to ACT, and gratefully acknowledge legacies left in the last fiscal year:
Estate of George E. Clark
SIGNATURE EVENTS
AIDS Walk for Life Toronto 2011
National Presenting Sponsor
Scotiabank
National Platinum Sponsor
Santa Margherita – Pinot Grigio Wines
National Gold Sponsor
Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc.
National Bronze Sponsor
Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Inc.
National Promotional Partners
Canpar
Cineplex Media
Empire Theatres
enRoute Magazine
Maclean’s Magazine
Marketwire
Rainbow Cinemas
Magic Lantern Theatres
Local Sponsors
103.9 PROUD FM
104.5 CHUM FM
Clockwork Productions
The Co-operators
Dragos Productions
Exclusive Affair Rentals
Extreme Fitness
Grassroots Advertising Inc.
Nella Bella
Nestlé Waters Canada
Pizza Pizza
Rainbow Cinemas
Trojan
Xtra!
StarWalkers ($250 and above)
Kira Abelsohn
Massiel Acuna
Carmela Aita
Solmaz Akef
Sergio Alvarado
Jersey Anderson
Danielle Aronovitch
Antonio Arribas
Jennifer Baines
Eric Balfour
Marlon Banez
Robert Bartlett
Kevin Beaudoin
Calvin Bill
Matt Blair
Jill Borra
Ricky Boudreau
Adam Bowslaugh
Daniel Burns
Adam Busch
Marilyn Calleja
Gail Campbell
James Campbell
Lawrence Campbell
Steven Campbell
Jessica Cattaneo
Roxanne Chandoo
Lisa Chapman
Sheila Chevalier
Jeff Christensen
Rahim Chunara
Julia Church
Erica Cih
Jo Clark
Andrew Clarke
Jason Cloutier
Megan Cockerill
Jason Cole
Vincent Cote
Jocelyn Courneya
Mhairi Cumming
Sara Curtis
Charles Cuschieri
Thomas Daly
Glenn Daniel
James Darling
Stephanie Darrach
Doreen Davies
Daraugh Dawes
J. J. Dayot
Craig de Blois
Scott De Laplante
Marcellius de Leon
David DesLauriers
Cal Dethmers
Laura Di Labio
Maria Diaz-Robinson
Michael Diorio
Michael Dix
DJ Diggy
DJ Sumation
Marie D’lima
Lee Dobbs
Hamal Docter
Kiran Dogra
Amy Donkers
ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012 ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012
Leah Dungan
Adam Dunn
Robert Durocher
Kim Dwyer
Andrew Eaton
Mark Edwards
Kevin Einig
Dwaine Elder
Kieran Engel
Katie Evans
Jessa Featherstone
Amy Fedrigo
Brian Fernandes
Chelsea Ferris
Randy Filby
James Forbes
Lorne Fox
Marcelle Francis
Margaret Fung
Francis Gaudreault
Robert Gauvin
John Gaylord
David Grant
Kyle Greenwood
Adam Grenier
Shree Guha
Zulfikar Gulamhusein
Michael Gurevitch
Chad Hale
Tony Hamill
Jeanne Hanna
Kirsten Harding
Josh Hass
Ted Healey
Isabel Henkelman
Laura Hensley
Patricia Hernandez Crowe
Paul Hill-MacRae
Denise Hines
Ken Holt
Rupert Hon
Soteira Hortop
Bobby Hrehoruk
Pieter C. Huisman
Tom Hutchinson
Tamryn Jacobson
Sally Jacquart
Ellen June Hyelim
Ryan Kaufman
Jen Keystone
Blair Kissack
Sandi Kiverago
Vanessa Kong
Helen Kotsopoulos
Vivianna Kouwenhoven
Andre Kuhne
Helen Kwak
Sandrine Kwan
Geneviève Landry
Stephanie Lao
Ernie Laurenciano
Margot Lautens
Don Lawson
Jude MacDonald
Jenna MacKay
Amy MacKinnon
Duncan MacLachlan
Gillian MacLean
Colin MacRae
Kermit Malcom
Mahmoodi Manoochehr
Sergio Martinez
John Joseph Mastandrea
Jacquelyn Mathe
John Maxwell
Laura Lee Mazzocca
Evan McCraney
Emma McDermott
Rob McGee
Cathy McKim
John McNain
Rodney McPherson
Mario Medeiros
Diana Mejia
Charlene Meredith
Owen Milburn
Paul Mineo
Maegan Minichiello
Shari Mogk-Edwards
Amy Morrell
Kevin Moulton
Natasha Moulton
Aj Mundie
Kate Murzin
Stefan Naccarato
Arjun Nanda
Karrey Neyedly
Stephen Nunn
Felicia O’Brien
Caroline O’Toole
Phil Ottenbrite
Tim Paige
Hazelle Palmer
Cindy Pelletier
Peter Perdue
Danielle Pettigrew
Don Phaneuf
Rui Pires
Brad Pottle
Liz Racz
Maria Racz
Raffaele Ragonese
Ike Rai
Stephanie Raymond
Dwane Read
Kenneth Reid
Shaun Reid
Stephanie Rentel
Gary Robinson
Janine Roos
Amy Rose
Ron H. Rosenes
Philip Roy
Amanda Ruppert
Mélissa Sabourin
David Salak
Dianne Salt
Scott Scambler
Elizabeth Scarff
Rick Schiralli
Brad Schmale
Neil Schmidt
Michael Serapio
Nancy Seto
Barry Shecter
Fanny Simoulidis
Gulshan Singh
Litsa Skrivanos
Rita Skrivanos
Jamie Slater
Alan Smith
Jeremy Smith
Haley Snow
Zahid Somani
Krista Storey
Christine Strack
Amin Sunderji
Kevin Taylor
Julia Teeluck
Sante Tesolin
Rahim Thawer
Jodi Thibodeau
Brad Thomas
Jan Tillcock
Tian Tompkins
Greg Tranah
Elise Tremblay
Sandy Tzogas
Hunter Valentine
Alexander Venditti
Leslie Virdo
Brian Wale
Jordan Wareham
Diane Welborn
Jessica Whitbread
Sandra Whitbread
Sid Whitbread
Dini Wickneswaran
Jack Wilkie
Richard J. Willett
Becki Williams
Bree Williamson
Glen Willows
David Wilson
Karman Wong
Dave Wood
Daryl Woods
Ralph Wushke
Stefan Wypchol
Shivonne Yarden
Simon Yee
Bruno Zaratin
Anonymous
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Presenting Sponsor
TD Canada Trust
Wine Sponsor
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Founding Media Sponsor
Xtra!
New Media Sponsor
Shaun Proulx Media
Live Auction Sponsors
Edward Day Gallery
Dimensions Custom Framing and Gallery
Photo Competition Sponsor
Elevator Digital
Event Sponsors
Akasha Art Projects
Herb Ritts Foundation
IN Toronto Magazine
Event Supporters
Blurb
CCR Solutions
Godiva Chocolatier
Grassroots Advertising
Klix Pix Photo Agency
Loïc Gourmet
Moveable
Ontario Portable Display Systems
Steam Whistle Brewery
Quattro Photo Booths
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS
Many members of the community provide invaluable in-kind support, thereby allowing us to reduce administrative costs and allocate more funds to our services and programs. The following have made receiptable in-kind gifts to ACT in the last fiscal year:
Anna Audette
Steven Beckly
Ronald Boaks
Christopher Boffoli
Jesse Boles
Roberta Bondar
Dianne Bos
Ian Bradshaw
Stephen Brookbank
Colin Carney
Bob Carnie
Simon Clements
Becky Comber
Andrea Cooper
John Cyr
James Robert Durant
Benjamin Freedman
Graham French
Sean Galbraith
Eldon Garnet
Erin Graham
Stev’nn Hall
Yuji Hamada
Lori Hepner
Jonathan Hobin
Kathryn Hollinrake
Susan Horodyska
Vanessa Hussey
Ina Jang
Ellen Jantzen
Joshua Jensen-Nagle
Joan Kaufman
Kevin Kelly
Brendon George Ko
Michael Krauss
Yuriko Kubota
Suzanne Lake
Heidi Leverty
ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012 ACT | ANNUAL REPORT | 2011 - 2012
Eamon MacMahon
Mathew Merrett
Russell Monk
Andrew B. Myers
Jesse Neider
Maureen O’Connor
Meaghan Ogilvie
Brady Olson
Brent Orr
Beverly Owens
Toni Pepe
Vessna Perunovich
Geoffrey Pugen
Adam Rankin
Herb Ritts
Harold Ross
Sonja Scharf
Ryan Schude
Betsy Siegfried
Scott Silverthorne
Heath Simpson
Robert Sprachman
Andres Stenberg
Amber Wachtl
Toni Wallachy
David Welch
Dean West
Dario Zini
We apologize for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. Please contact us at 416-340-8484 ext. 255 for any corrections, additions, or inquiries.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011 - 2012Jamie Slater, Co-Chair
Richard Willett, Co-Chair
David DesLauriers, Treasurer
Peter Macdonald, Secretary
Jeffrey Cowan
Tamryn Jacobson
Lance McCready
Charlie McKee
Peter Perdue
Beena Tharakan
Ken Tong
Dean Valentine
The AIDS Committee of Toronto399 Church Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5B 2J6T 416-340-2437 F 416-340-8224 E ask@actoronto.org Charitable registration number: 11877 9024 RR0001
"ACT has always been there when I needed them."
- ACT service user
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