Cedars Gala raises almost $5 million for the Cancer Care Mission of the MUHC
On behalf of our President and CEO, Jeff J. Shamie, and the Chair of our Board of Directors, Michael Flinker, we wish to thank everyone who took part in the 2025 edition of Le Gala. The event raised an astonishing $4,938,800 for the MUHC Cancer Care Mission. This year’s gala was extra special, as it celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Cedars Cancer Foundation, the 25th anniversary of Sarah’s Fund for Cedars, and the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Cedars Cancer Centre at the MUHC. We are profoundly grateful to the honorary gala co-chairs, Andrew Lutfy and Melanie Cosgrove, George and Simé Armoyan, and Nadim Rizk and Audrey Huot, for their belief in Cedars, for their generous support, and for helping to bring out so many people to the gala. We also wish to thank Paola Aprikian and Daphne Tsadilas-Shamie, the two event co-chairs, for their time, creativity and commitment to Cedars. Our gratitude also goes out to the numerous partners, donors, and sponsors who helped us surpass our fundraising goal. As the gala was raising funds to support excellence in cancer care, research and education at the MUHC, we were honoured to host Peter Kruyt, Chair of the Board of the MUHC; Dr. Lucie Opatrny, President and Executive Director of the MUHC; Dr. Rhian Touyz, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the RI-MUHC; Dr. Armen Aprikian, Medical Director of the MUHC Cancer Care Mission; Christine Bouchard, Associate Director of the MUHC Cancer Care Mission; and Alain Biron, Director of Nursing of the MUHC.
