PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE CARSWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION

Regent Park School of Music The non-profit community school provides deeply subsidized music lessons to more than 1,700 young people in Toronto aged 3 to 18.

Carswell has been a major supporter of the school’s expansion into the Jane-Finch community since 2013.

Canadian Association of Physicists The association recently launched “Ignite the Spark,” a national campaign to spread the word about the impact of physics and value of a physics education.

Carswell kick-started the campaign with a pledge to match all donations to the cause.

Alzheimer Society of York Region The society’s individualized day programs for adults with dementia and caregiver support sessions have been invaluable for Allan Carswell, whose wife, Helen, has been a client in the day program.

In 2015, Carswell issued a challenge to donors to match his gift of $600,000, with a view to cutting the wait list for services.

South East Toronto Family Health Team In 2011, Carswell’s foundation donated $1 million to the South East Toronto Family Health Team’s new family health centre at 1871 Danforth Ave.

In 2001, prior to the establishment of the foundation, Carswell and his wife made a personal donation to the Toronto East General Hospital (now the Michael Garron Hospital) to establish the 75-bed Helen Aird Carswell Complex Continuing Care facility.

Helen trained as a nurse at the TEGH and Allan was born there. Laurie Monsebraaten