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Ian Russell I have selected the Veterans’ Comfort Fund of the Sunnybrook and Women’s Foundation as my designated charity. The federal government has declared that this is the Year of the Veteran. It has now been 60 years since the end of WW II and most veterans are now in their 80s and 90s. General McArthur said it best in his speech to Congress in 1953, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” We owe a debt of gratitude to these men and women who have given so much to our country and done so much for the cause of freedom. Many are now forgotten; many are alone and ill; and many need care. The Veterans’ Comfort Fund in the K-Wing at Sunnybrook Hospital will do so much to improve the quality of life of our aging veterans. These man and women deserve nothing less than the highest standard of care and comfort in their last years and to be treated with dignity and respect.
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