Bogoroch & Associates is pleased to be able to give back to the community we live in and to those less fortunate, both here in Ontario and around the world. Over the past several years, Richard Bogoroch has led the firm’s ambitious charitable giving campaign. We are proud that since the firm’s inception we have been able to donate in excess of one hundred thousand dollars to deserving charities. We are particularly pleased that Bogoroch & Associates has been able to assist organizations that provide vital services to our clients.

Some organizations that have benefited from the Bogoroch and Associates charitable giving program include:

• St. Michael’s Hospital Head Injury Clinic and the Trauma Neurosurgery Unit has received over $50,000.00.

• Variety Village, with the assistance of a $10,900.00 donation from Bogoroch & Associates was able to purchase much needed gym and exercise equipment for the use, benefit and rehabilitation of individuals suffering from spinal cord injuries.

  Richard Bogoroch presents a cheque for $10,914.00, towards the purchase of a MOTO-med and three rowing machines, to Ed Oliver, Managing Director/CEO of Variety The Children's Charity.

• We are also pleased to provide assistance and support to the Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA), various community brain injury associations, fibromyalgia support groups and the National ME/FM Action Network among others. In June, 2008, Bogoroch & Associates was honoured to be the recipient of the OBIA Legal Fellowship Award. Click here to learn more.

• Bogoroch & Associates has sponsored the Ontario branch of the Canadian Paraplegic Association’s Wheelchair Relay and supports the CPA-Ontario in a variety of other ways.

Just before Christmas, 2005, Bogoroch & Associates also participated in building homes for those less fortunate by volunteering one day at Habitat for Humanity’s McLevin Trail Site in Scarborough. And as Richard said, “At the end of the day what lasts and what is permanent and ultimately most rewarding is the contribution all of us are able to make to improve the lives of others.”

• AWIC is an organization dedicated to assisting members of the South Asian community through counselling, education and practical skills instruction. Tripta Chandler, a lawyer at Bogoroch & Associates, is a volunteer member of AWIC’s Board of Directors and the firm is pleased to support this important organization.

• Bogoroch & Associates was proud to sponsor two productions of "After The Crash", a play about brain injury was presented in the fall of 2006 in Toronto. Geared primarily to health care providers, this play was developed by Toronto Rehab as part of the research project "Research-based theatre about traumatic brain injury". Focus groups were held with traumatic brain injury survivors, their family members and health care providers. A team of researchers and actors worked together to develop the play and the end result is a compelling portrayal of what life with a traumatic brain injury is like.

The importance of education and sharing one’s knowledge to benefit others cannot be overstated.

• Bogoroch & Associates has established a $50,000.00 Renewable Entrance Scholarship at Osgoode Hall Law School ensuring that a student with good academic standing, but limited financial resources, will be able to realize his or her potential and become a lawyer. This scholarship will provide two Osgoode students with $8,325.00 per year for three years of study. Read more about the Osgoode scholarship here.

• The firm is also pleased to be the sponsor of several education-related travel bursaries. Beneficiaries of these bursaries include the Head Injury Clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute's Acquired Brain Injury Service and the Spinal Cord Rehab Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute's Lyndhurst Centre. Learn more about the travel bursaries here.

While supporting local charities is an important part of Bogoroch & Associates' philosophy, we also realize that those in need are found in all parts of the world. Through the Red Cross we have provided financial assistance to the victims of natural disasters, including the tsunami in South Asia and Hurricane Katrina in the United States. We have also made various donations in support of medical research.

Bogoroch & Associates will continue its charitable giving program in keeping with our commitment to the well-being of our community. It is a great privilege and honour for us to be able to give.