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20 stouffville suntribune saturday feb 10 2007 es mark ham s markh am herman and marya grad owners of the hiltonsuitestorontomarkham conference centre spa have taken community support to a new level they recently announced a 500000 donation to the markham stouffville hospital foundation on behalf of the hotel located at highway 7 and wardenavenue the grads designated their gift to the markham sites emergency department which is identified as a highpriority area for redevelopment once completed this expansion will help the hospital maintain its excellent service to the growing populations of markham and stouffville the hiltons generosity will help the hospital to keep pace with the rapidlygrowing community said janet m beed president and ceo of markham stouffville hospital the hilton suites in markham is a caring and supportive corporate friend after discussing the hospitals wonderful reputation with marya and our staff we decided to ask the hospital to designate our donation to the emergencyjdepartment said mr grad we feel that this will help the most people and make the greatest impact on the community when the successful torontonian was asked why he chose to make such a generous contribution to the markham community he replied i have seen this community grow and i have grown with the community markham is a friendly place and feels like family to me mr grads family has owned land in markham for forty years and he has witnessed the population explode he believes that local businesses have a responsibility to help improve their community the grad family has a history of generosity in the community mrs grad volunteers her time as a ce- chairofmemarkhamstouffvillehospitalfoundation board of directors thetownofmarkhamrecpgnized mr grads philanthropic actions in the community with the anthony romanaward hilton suites general manager jdaniel mathew explained thatthe employees continually support four or five local charities through various fundraising initiatives each year mr grad modesdy described his desire to give the only reason to give is to help others real charity comes from the heart without expecting anything inreturn markham stouffvillc hospital msh foundation p fi o g fl 6 s s i v communit v- cf fl uuj iu mshonco