James Howie (far left) with current winner Paula Resende and St. Mike’s TIPSY team.
Since 2009, Howie, Sacks & Henry has been proud to be the sole sponsor of St. Michael’s Hospital ThinkFirst Injury Prevention Strategy for Youth (TIPSY) Program.
Established in 2006, TIPSY program is a half day injury prevention program offered throughout the academic year to high school students (grades 11 & 12) in the GTA. The goal is to help youth understand how driver inexperience, lack of restraint use, and drinking/drugging while driving can result in tragedy on the roadways.
This popular program is taught by an inter-professional team of nurses, physicians, and representatives from Toronto Police Services, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and a Voice of Injury Prevention (VIP). The VIP is a trauma survivor who has sustained a brain or spinal cord injury and recounts first-hand the events leading up to his/her injury, its consequences and lasting effects.
About TIPSY
To learn more about TIPSY, visit this link.
HSH TIPSY Scholarship Winners
The TIPSY Scholarship Competition gives participating students the opportunity to win a $1,000 scholarship provided by Howie, Sacks & Henry.
2013 – 14: Paula Resende is this year’s winner with her short story, Not Everything That Happens Is an Accident. The official presentation took place on August 27th.
2012–13: Melissa Lloyd won with her poem entitled Six Feet Under.
2013-14 Winner Paula Resende
2012-13 Winner Melissa Lloyd
