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The Group's Purpose
The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund supports programs and services for patients living with a brain tumour and their caregivers.
The fund is operated by Adam's wife Janet Fanaki and their children Isobel and Sam. The family knows the stress and emotional toll of living with a brain tumour.
The goal is to provide some relief to individuals and their caregivers who are currently living with a brain tumour, by funding the organizations that develop programs and services that target this demographic.
In 2020 we gave a large donation to the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to continue to provide virtual care programs as well as to distribute Patient and Caregiver Handbooks.
Our fundraising has also enabled the BTF to develop a new app which will provide real-time assistance to people living with a brain tumour.
St. Michael's Hospital's Neurosurgery department received funds from The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund towards compassion programs for brain tumour patients.
We thank all of our donors for their financial support. Special thanks goes to our lead donor Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP along with our major donors BMO Private Wealth, Brian Facey and Julie Soloway, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, TORYS LLP and Nick and Nicki Perpick, and Robert M. Ben of Thomson Rogers Lawyers.
How to Help
People can support The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund by:
- making a donation through Charitable Impact Foundation
- share The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund with your friends, family and community
- Follow us on Instagram (@theadamfanakibrainfund) or Facebook (@theadamfanakibrainfund) or www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com
About the Organizers
Janet and Adam Fanaki were together for 24 fun and adventurous years. They were true partners in every sense, including how they approached Adam's cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatments.
Janet, Isobel and Sam miss Adam very much but are using their grief for a purpose, to help others which in turn helps them feel better too.
When Adam was diagnosed Isobel was 16 and Sam 14 years old. They were by their father's side in the ways that his brain cancer was affecting him both physically and emotionally for over three years.
Since his passing in February 2020, Janet, Isobel and Sam are fully committed to carry on Adam's legacy and help others who are struggling through their own brain cancer story.
