YOUR IMPACT

The Hazel McCallion Walk for Health will support the redevelopment and expansion of the Mississauga Hospital. What was a small community hospital in 1958 has since grown into a major centre for regional programs like cardiac care, stroke and more, supporting the health of our citizens. Over that time hospital standards have evolved and the pandemic made it abundantly clear we must redevelop. By joining the walk, not only will you be celebrating health care workers in our community but you will also help raise money to support THP. Money raised from the event will help build the largest hospital in Canada, the future home of The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital. 

When the new hospital is built it will replace the existing 62–year old facility and is a critical part of THP's plan to build a new kind of health care that serves a growing and diverse community. The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital will offer over 950 beds, more surgical capacity and a much larger emergency department.

THP AT A GLANCE

YOUR PERSONAL FUNDRAISING PAGE

When you registered, you created a username and password that allows you to log into your personal page. Your personal page is basically your fundraising hub. You can manage your online fundraising efforts by:

• Customizing your page and adding personal photos
• Setting your fundraising goal
• Asking for donations through customized emails or using a customized link to make donation requests through your personal email
• Receiving donations through a secure online pledge payment process
• Providing automatic electronic tax receipts for your donors as soon as they make an online donation
• Tracking your progress

Alternatively, you can also fundraise offline by downloading a pledge form (PDF) here!

FUNDRAISING TIPS

Get started!

Now that you’ve registered, take some time to familiarize yourself with all the great things you can do through your personal fundraising dashboard. The page will allow you to set your fundraising goal, track your progress and ask for donations.

Have fun and personalize your page.

You can either use the template we’ve provided or have fun and add a photo and your reason for joining The Hazel McCallion Walk for Health. Participants who customize their pages often find that they are more successful at fundraising and reaching their goals.

Start your fundraising momentum by donating to yourself.

Kick-start fundraising by donating to yourself. This is a great way to show your support and it helps suggest a donation amount to others who will be visiting your page. Alternatively, if you’d rather not ask anyone to sponsor you, feel free to donate the full fundraising minimum.

Get the word out that you’re participating!

Use one of our templates in the participation centre or grab your personal link to send emails from your personal email. Ask for support and tell your colleagues, friends and family why you’re walking. This will help you reach your fundraising goal. Consider adding a suggested donation amount of $25, $50, $75 or donate what you can to give people an idea of how much to donate.

Share on social or text your personal link.

Share your personal donation page on your favourite social media channels, and consider texting your friends to ask them to sponsor you (or even join you at the walk)!

Follow-Up

Everyone is busy and they may not remember receiving a message from you. It’s ok to ask again. Consider sending a second message via email, text or on social media to remind people to sponsor you.

Say thanks.

We’ve tried to keep things simple for you and added a template for that, but thank you messages are more meaningful when they are personalized, so feel free to customize your message. This is also a good time to remind your sponsors that they should have received automatic tax receipts.

REWARDS FOR FUNDRAISING

Getting outside to celebrate health care workers with your friends, family and colleagues is a great way to give back and get active but raising the funds needed to help us build Canada’s largest hospital is what will make you feel good and get you some great prizes and rewards.

Anyone who reaches their fundraising requirement will receive:

• Swag Bag filled with goodies
• Free event T–shirt (*Corporate and THP Team participants can qualify for customized shirts)
• Participant ribbon
• Wristband to enjoy morning breakfast, barbeque lunch and access to the festivities
• Rest station on walk route with free water and healthy snacks
• Free bag check (please do not put valuables at bag check Trillium will not be responsible for lost or stolen items)
• Access to win fabulous pledge incentives and prizes
• Post-walk Family Fun Festival!

*Corporate and THP Team participants receive a customized team T–shirt. Note: the last day for ordering customized team T–shirts is on May 16, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. If you miss your order, you will receive a regular event T–shirt on event day.

Please note that team T-shirts will be available for pick-up on:

• Friday, June 3rd between 9 am and 4 pm at Trillium Health Partners Foundation, 89 Queensway West, Suite 800
• On event day at the registration tent.

TOP FUNDRAISER PRIZES

When you reach fundraising milestones you can win some awesome prizes from Canada Goose! Details below:

• Top individual fundraiser will win a $1,500 Canada Goose gift card
• Top fundraising team will win Canada Goose accessories
• THP team captain participants will enter a draw for a chance to win a Canada Goose prize