The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation and the Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation wish to extend our sincerest thank you to the many individuals and organizations that provided information, guidance, and statistics for our third Waterloo Region's Vital Signs report.

This year's Waterloo Region's Vital Signs could not have been made possible with the help of Quarry Integrated Communications for the design and layout of the report, PMG Intelligence for hosting the online survey, and to Eastwood Printing for support in printing the report.  These partners have exceeded our expectations with their support and encouragement!

We are significantly indebted to the dynamic community leaders of our expert resource panel who helped provide the foundation for this year's Waterloo Region's Vital Signs - Ernie Ginsler, Lorie Fioze, Todd Letts, Sandra Hanmer, Karen Mason, Mary Louise McAllister, Doug Brown, Debbie Hoekstra, Melissa Kwiatkwoski, Sue Mark, Mike Morrice, Anthony Piscitelli, and Erin Van Dahl.

We'd also like to thank our media friends for helping us take the Vital Signs  message out to the community.  Many thanks to Rogers Television for their implementation of an 11-part Waterloo Region's Vital Signs series on Talk Live with Mike Farwell. Thank you to CTV Southwestern Ontario for promoting the report in the news.  And finally, a warm thanks is sent to the Waterloo Region Record for their support and promotion of Waterloo Region's Vital Signs through a four-page Waterloo Region's Vital Signs insert, numerous ads encouraging people to get involved in the Waterloo Region's Vital Signs photo contest, and for publishing our monthly Vital Signs advertorials.

And, a huge THANK YOU to the 1,183 community supporters who participated in the online 2009 Waterloo Region's Vital Signs survey!

One last and very special thank you goes to RIM,  The Frank Cowan Foundation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Lyle S. Hallman Foundation, Miller Thomson LLP, and KPMG for their leadership and generous financial support in making the 2009 Waterloo Region’s Vital Signs report a reality.