The Annette Silva Women with Drive Golf Tournament in benefit of Credit Valley

S+C Partners LLP Chartered Accountants has signed on to be the Title Sponsor of the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation’s Women with Drive golf tournament on Thursday, June 14, 2012.  This year’s tournament will be named: The Annette Silva Women with Drive. The firm will be sending at least 2 foursomes to the event and running the Fastest Hole Competition.  The firm has also decided to discontinue its annual golf tournament.

“We are very pleased to be involved with this year’s event and to be working in conjunction with the Foundation” reports Kalin McDonald, Client Service Partner and Treasurer of the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation.  “It was difficult to make the decision to discontinue our event after having held it for 15 consecutive years and after having raised more than $449,000 for Credit Valley. We are appreciative of all of the efforts of our team members, our clients, our business partners and friends of the firm, their past attendance and  tremendous support.”

Annette Silva was a Women with drive.

Sadly, Annette lost her 3-year fight with  breast cancer on September 10, 2011 at 46 years of age.  On June 14, 2012 we will celebrate her life and her memory
in support of one of her favourite causes: The Credit Valley Hospital.

Annette was promoted to Client Service Partner  at S+C Partners LLP in January 2000 after starting as the firm’s first co-op student in 1987.  She was the first student to pass her Uniform Final Examinations to become a Chartered Accountant in 1990.

Annette was immensely talented.  A graduate of Brock University, she was also a Certified Financial Planner and Trust and Estate Practitioner.  Annette was the backbone of our tax department.  She led our Human Resource  function for many years and was responsible for hiring and training many of our students.

Annette loved our annual charity golf day.  Annette joined us in June 2011 to celebrate the firm’s 15^th annual charity golf tournament in benefit of Credit Valley.  Annette was a reluctant golfer herself but never hesitated to tee it up for a great cause.  She was well known at the Credit Valley Hospital, not because of her patient status but because of
the loving, caring and philanthropic person that she was.

We miss Annette every day.  She was the firm’s Easter Bunny and unofficial photographer.  She organized our Christmas party and our Childrens’ skating party.  Annette knew the names and birthdays of every child born to the employees of the firm. She cared about her work, her clients and the people she worked with.

Annette was our business partner and friend.  S+C Partners LLP is very pleased to be the title sponsor of this year’s Women with Drive.  Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to sponsor this event in Annette Silva’s name.

Please join us in support of Credit Valley on June 14.

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