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Foundation News March 25, 2019

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Congratulations to the 2019 Golisano Global Health Award Honorees

2019 Golisano Global Health Leadership Award Honorees: Seated from left to right: Luc Marks, Ann Costello, Nyasha Derera, Kamal Bani-Hani, Ashok Dhoble; Standing from left to right: Adnon Villamayor, Ying Feng, Javier Vasquez, Manoj Shah, Jayna Shah, Peter Seidenberg, Renee Manfredi, Drew Boshell, Reena Kumar

Ann Costello was honored to present the 2019 Golisano Global Heath Leadership Awards to seven champions who are advancing inclusive health for people with intellectual disabilities around the world. They are breaking the barriers, changing systems and opening doors to quality healthcare year-round for people all over the world with intellectual disabilities. The awards were part of the Global Inclusive Health Forum at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi on March 13.

Healthy Athletes opened following the Forum.

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Watch! Learn more about the work of the 2019 Golisano Global Health Leaderships Award Honorees The seven global finalists were selected from a record 105 recipients of the 2018 regional Golisano Health Leadership Awards by a Special Olympics International cross-departmental team of Special Olympics athlete leaders, Healthy Athletes Global Clinical Advisors and a representative from the Golisano Foundation.

Watch! Tom Golisano Imagined the Possibilities of Inclusive Health through Special Olympics Health We were pleased to show this short video on Tom Golisano's support for Special Olympics Health in Abu Dhabi at the Global Inclusive Health Forum. Thanks to WXXI for their help in putting this together.

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This Friday we will Break Ground for the New Golisano Autism Center and Golisano Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness Building

Groundbreaking for the new Golisano Autism Center and the UR Medicine’s Golisano Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Building Friday, March 29 on the Al Sigl Schwartz Family Campus . The building will be located at 50 Science Parkway at the corner of South Avenue & Science Parkway. The campus will be home to a combined 72,000 square footage of program, clinical, school and gathering space. The new centers will share a connection building, symbolic of the collaborations that this construction will make possible. Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation provided lead gifts of $3 million for the Golisano Autism Center and $5 million for URMC’s Golisano Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Building to launch the projects.

Thank You for Spreading the Word Inclusion!

Thank you, to everyone who participated in this year's Spread the Word: Inclusion campaign. Thanks also to Best Buddies Area Director Lindsay Jewett, for coordinating so many events. From schools to hospitals, individuals to corporations, you are all helping to make the world a better place where everyone is valued and appreciated for their abilities. Exclusion and discrimination continue to divide people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Together we are changing that.

Take the Pledge!

See Photos of Spread the Word Activities

Register Now for AADMD 17th Annual Conference to be Held in Rochester May 10-12 Register before April 10 for Early Bird Rate - Save $100! NPR's Joe Shapiro is Keynote

The American Association of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry's (AADMD ) annual  One Voice Conference  will be held this year in Rochester NY, May 10-12, 2019 bringing business leaders and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) professionals together to ignite change. Attendees will hear from top keynote speakers, including  NPR reporter Joe Shapiro , whose major investigative stories include his report on the  epidemic of sexual assault of people with intellectual disabilities . Also, meet companies paving the way for inclusive health, participate in topical panel discussions and breakout sessions - and network with top medical professionals dedicated to inclusive health. American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (AADMD) is a non-profit organization of interdisciplinary medical professionals including physicians, dentists, optometrists, neurologists and other clinicians committed to improving the quality of healthcare for people with IDD.

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About Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation B. Thomas Golisano — entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader — is the founder and chairman of the Board of  Paychex, Inc. , headquartered in Rochester, New York. Mr. Golisano has demonstrated an ongoing dedication and commitment to a variety of civic issues and organizations. In 1985 he launched his first philanthropic endeavor by establishing the Golisano Foundation , which awards grants to organizations providing opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities. His personal philanthropic contributions to hospitals, educational institutions and other organizations have totaled approximately $300 million. The Golisano Foundation is now one of the largest private foundations in the nation devoted exclusively to opening doors to opportunity, changing negative perceptions and stereotypes, and forging unprecedented partnerships to ensure individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have pathways to personal dignity, independence and the best possible expression of their abilities and talents throughout their life times. With more than $40 million in gross assets, it has awarded more than $24 million in  grants , about $2 million annually, to non-profit organizations in  Western NY and New York's Finger Lakes Region and Southwest Florida . Read more on Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation's commitment to Inclusive Health for people with intellectual disabilities.

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