My name is Rick Fronte, I am the owner/operator of The Stork Market, a lawn stork rental business located in Toronto, Ontario.
I service the GTA and surrounding areas, including Hamilton, Stoney creek, Kitchener,Waterloo,Cambridge,Barrie,Wasaga beach, Angus and abroad. I offer same day delivery to all regions that I mentioned above and of course to the Suberbs of Toronto like Vaughan, Woodbridge,Maple,Brampton,Mississauga,Milton,Oakville,Burlington,Markham,Stouffville,Newmarket,Aurora,Orangeville.....well you get the picture.
If you or some one you know is pregnant, and would like some information regarding a Lawn Stork rental to announce the birth of your new baby, visit my website at www.TheStorkMarket.ca
or call 416-525-5557 or 1-877-567-8675
I donate a portion from every Stork rental to SickKids Foundation,
I dont like to advertise this but my friends at SickKids hospital encourage me to, considering every cent raised for their foundation helps save lives, and if it is the deciding factor for a potental customer then everybody wins.
Here are some quick facts on SickKids Hospital
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a health-care community dedicated to
improving the health of children. Its mission is to provide the best in familycentred,
compassionate care, to lead in scientific and clinical advancement, and
to prepare the next generation of leaders in child health.
Donations are a critical source of funding for SickKids that is separate and
distinct from government and granting agencies. In 2008/09, financial support
from SickKids Foundation to the hospital totaled $60.4 million. The funds went
towards infrastructure and supporting physicians, researchers and scientists who
compete for national and international research grants.
Hospital statistics:
• SickKids has more than 5,200 health-care staff and 630 physicians
• SickKids sees more than 300,000 patient visits a year. More than
1,740,000 patients have visited clinics at SickKids in the last five years
• About 13,000 children are admitted for a period or come for day surgery
• 55,000 patients are seen in the Emergency Department
• Almost 324,000 children go to clinics, medical day care or diagnostic
visits
• More than 500 international patients from 48 different countries
received treatment in 2008
• More than 11,000 cases come through the operating rooms each year at
SickKids – that translates to more than 24,000 hours
• SickKids admits a patient every 10 minutes and resuscitates a dying child
every 16 hours
Fast Facts about SickKids
About SickKids Foundation
• SickKids Foundation ranks as the country’s fourth largest foundation by total
assets and the third largest in grant making out of 2,887 foundations
• The Foundation has 300,000 donors. This represents the second largest donor
base for a children’s hospital in North America.
• SickKids Foundation is the largest funder of the SickKids Research Institute.
• In 2008/09, financial support from the Foundation to the hospital totaled $60.4
million
The Hospital for Sick Children Stats
• SickKids has more than 5,200 health-care staff and 630 physicians.
• More than 500 international patients from 48 different countries received
treatment in 2008
• More than 11,000 cases come through the operating rooms each year at SickKids
• Over the last year, SickKids received 1.1 million visits to its patient and family
education site AboutKidsHealth.ca. Visitors to the site come from more than 160
countries and from 450 Canadian sites each month.
• SickKids sees 265 inpatients every day, on average
• Average length of stay for a patient at SickKids is 7.4 days
• SickKids has 325,000 outpatient visits each year
• More than 50,000 children visit the SickKids Emergency Department each year
• Injuries are the number one cause of death for children and youth in Canada
• SickKids performs 90 percent of paediatric cardiovascular surgeries in Ontario
• More than half of the children requiring heart surgery are under one year old
• The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) performed 20 heart transplants on
children from across the country in 2006, setting a record for the number of heart
transplants performed in a year by a Canadian paediatric transplant centre
Fun SickKids Facts!
There are more private bathrooms in the Atrium than in Buckingham Palace!
The underground garage has space for 950 cars!
There are total of 20 elevators in the Atrium which travel 75,000 miles up and down
every year – that’s two times around the equator
Miscellaneous information
SickKids has the largest clef lip and palette program in North America.
SickKids now occupies four city blocks!
The hospital’s interpreter service coordinates language services for more than 60
language groups, as well as for the hearing impaired.
As one of the teaching hospitals for The University of Toronto, SickKids provides
education, training and specialized paediatric experience to medical students and
residents from the Faculty of Medicine, and nursing education to the students of the
Faculty of Nursing.
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Doctors from around the world come to SickKids for specialized medical and research
training.
Special Programs at SickKids
PAWS (Pets at Work) Program
The Therapeutic Clown Program
The Toronto District School Board offers classes to students in all grades from
kindergarten to grade 12.
The Children’s Council is a group of patients and former patients who give the hospital
advice on how to make Sick Kids an even better place for children.
The Family Advisory Committee is a group of volunteers – parents, grandparents, &
former patients – who give the hospital advice on issues that affect patients and families.
Every year approximately 1,200 people in the Volunteer Resources department
volunteer almost 87,000 hours of service in many areas of the hospital.
The Atrium
The Atrium includes 9 stories of clinical space above ground and a service floor below
ground level.
All patients and patient related services moved to the Atrium on March 14, 1993.
Approximately 800 babies annually are admitted to the NICU (Neo-natal Intensive
Care Unit) on the 3rd floor.
The Atrium was designed by Zeidler Roberts Architects, the same architects who
designed the Eaton Centre.
Hospital regulations decree that all patient rooms must have windows (that’s why most
hospitals have many wings) because natural light helps promote the healing process.
Most patients (85%) have a private room, with a full private washroom, storage space
for parent and child’s clothing, TV, phone and a day bed so a parent can stay the night.
Research Milestones
1971 – First successful separations of conjoined twins
1989 – Cystic Fibrosis gene discovered
2003 – Cancer stem cell for brain tumour identified
2004 – Potential of stem cells found in adult skin
2007 – Key breakthrough in diabetes – discovery of link between diabetes and the
nervous system
2007 – Led autism genome discovery
2008 – Pediatric World First: transplant procedure using interventional lung assist device
2009 – Canadian First: baby receives heart procedure in utero
