Bill Kindou

A barbecue and a golf tournament gave Barrie residents two opportunities to enjoy good food and company while supporting a worthy cause. This is the eighth year that Bill Kindou, broker of record at Sutton Group – Incentive Realty, hosted a golf tournament. It raised money for the new cancer treatment facility at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

A new $400 million redevelopment will double the size of the existing hospital and include the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. More than 60,000 patients are expected to visit the centre in its first year of operation.  Since government funding is limited, the hospital relies on contributions from individuals and businesses. Kindou’s goal is to raise $10,000 for the hospital expansion and equipment.

“This disease affects so many people that we felt this was an important cause to support.  I lost my mother-in-law when she was 59-years-old, which was just a year before she planned to retire,” he says. “She was diagnosed with cancer three months before she died. Many people I work with have friends and family who have been affected by cancer too. Several years ago, one of our sales associates, Fred McColman, lost his battle with cancer.  Patients used to have to travel all the way to Toronto for treatment and now it is so beneficial to have this facility in our backyard.”