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The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation Makes $20,000 Grant to Help Those Recovering from Mental Illness When clients of St. Joe’s seek help for mental illnesses, one of their goals for recovery is often reintegration into the community through meaningful physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual activities. At St. Joe’s, we have a team … Read More

Sam & Roma Mercanti Foundation Pledges $500,000 to Expand Emergency Mental Health Service Sam Mercanti has had a 26-year relationship with St. Joe’s. He was part of the advisory board for St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s Urgent Care Centre in Stoney Creek back in the late 1980s. He was a member, and later the chair, of … Read More

Gifts from the Sandra Schmirler Foundation Help Ensure our Newborn Care is Right on the Button Our Women’s and Infants’ Program has the busiest maternity ward in the city, welcoming over 3,650 babies every year (that’s 10 babies delivered every day!). One of the most common conditions babies are born with is jaundice, which causes … Read More

Our Tee-rrific Golf Tournament Raises More Than $100,000 for the Future of Care! We are grateful to all of the sponsors, players, volunteers and committee members who were a part of the 5th Annual St. Joe’s Golf Tournament on Sept. 8 at the beautiful Glendale Golf & Country Club. It was an un-FORE-gettable day on … Read More

Born Ruffians headline Guitar Strings and Kidney Things supporting St. Joe’s Guitar Strings and Kidney Things returns this fall! Don’t fight the feeling, join us to see Toronto-based indie rock band Born Ruffians on Saturday, October 1 at Bridgeworks, while raising funds to support kidney care at St. Joe’s. Guitar Strings and Kidney Things is … Read More

Thank You for Running For Chris & Supporting St. Joe’s A Run for Chris Raises more than $46,000 to Support Young Adults Struggling with Mental Illness and Substance Use St. Joe’s Foundation is incredibly grateful to the organizers of A Run for Chris for raising more than $46,000 to support young adults in our community … Read More

Get Ready for Back to School, While Giving Back to St. Joe’s! Get an A+ in organization (and make sure your family’s stuff stays out of the lost and found) by taking advantage of our new cause-marketing partnership with Hamilton-based and parent-approved company Mabel’s Labels. Mabel’s Labels creates award-winning labels for babies, kids and grown-ups. The company’s … Read More

A Run for Chris Waterdown Run Honours Chris Owens’ Memory & Supports St. Joe’s Program for Young Adults Living with Mental Illness and Substance Use Chris Owens was a runner from the time he knew how to walk. From the sunny beaches of Australia to the mountainous terrain of Canada’s West Coast, to his hometown … Read More

With Your Support, We’re on our Way to Building a New Home for Emergency Mental Health Care at St. Joe’s! Over the past five years, our Foundation and community have worked together to raise funds to expand and renew St. Joe’s Psychiatric Emergency Service. This is the Emergency Mental Health Service that cares for people … Read More

Come Raise a Glass (and Some Funds) for the Youth Wellness Centre’s YouThrive Program Our friends at Fairweather Brewing Company have ‘draughted’ up a cool way to support St. Joe’s Youth Wellness Centre (YWC) this long weekend! Fairweather has selected St. Joe’s for their next Charity Monday event on August 1, when they’ll be donating … Read More