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2 stouffville suntribune saturday april 28 2007 t vcta rtw- v publication mail agreement 40007673 markham back row left to right michael carlo angie and silvio degasperis front row left to right grace giovanni anna and ada degasperis tacc construction lid owned by the degasperis fa m i ly pictured at left has donated over 11 million to the hospital giovanni degasperis far right with sons left to right silvio carlo and michael in the mri centre markham the degasperis family owners of tacc construction ltd recently announced a 1 million gift to the markham stouffville hospital foundation the largest donation in hospital history giovanni silvio carlo and michael who together operate the familyowned business have decided to designate the funds to mri services so much of what we do at tacc revolves around building neighbourhoods where families can thrive and grow commented silvio degasperis knowing that our support of markham stouffville hospitals mri helps provide the community with access to this essential service is the perfect compliment to our philanthropic aims the hospital received its mri machine in january of 2005 it has since reduced the wait time for mri from eight months to the current average of about two weeks the lowest wait time for this service in ontario on behalf of everyone at markham stouffville hospital corporation i would like to express my sincere appreciation to giovanni silvio carlo and michael degasperis and tacc construction for such a generous gift commented janet m beed president and ceo of markham stouffville hospital corporation tacc has played an important role in making this service possible to our community through this donation medegasperisfamily chose to honour former markham mayor don cousens in addition silvio carlo and michael also chose to honour their parents giovanni and anna the centre wiu be named the don cousens mri centre generously donaitedi by giovanni and ahha degasperis when asked 6f the decision to avoid mention of memiselvesm the centres name silvio pasperis said don cousens has always displayedaeriuine concern for ttis community and markharnisivery fortunate to have known leadership such as hisi for so many years he is an inspiration and we believe he deserves this honour for his mqedible commitment to the wellbeing of memarknarn community mr degasperis proceeded to explain the intention in honouring their parents our parents came to canada for a better life for our family york region has been very kind to us and without this kindness we would not have experienced such success and happiness here this community embraced us and now it is our turn to give back on behalf of our parents who made our success possible the hospital will hold a special recognition ceremony at the don cousens mri centre to publicly thank the degasperis family and tacc construction for their continued generosity the mri centre will be named in honour of former markham mayor don cousens pictured above as well as giovanni and anna degasperis jvmrkhrm stouffviu bl hospital msh foundation now it is our turn to give back on behalf of our parents made our success silvio degasperis tacc construction ltd progr6ssiv6 community cfir ujwwmshoncct