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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Max Rady College of Medicine Department of Surgery Associate professor Dr. Lawren Gillman (right) performs surgery on a plush toy owl while his children Sophie Gillman (left) and Michael Gillman (middle) assist in the medical produre as Children's Hospital Foundation President & CEO Stefano Grande watches in the Dr. Goodbear Clinic at the 36th annual Teddy Bears' Picnic by Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Man., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. An endownment fund has been set up in memory of Dr. Gillman's late wife Kerry Gillman. The fund is used to purchase supplies and to support the Dr. Goodbear Clinic and the Teddy Bears' Picnic in perpetuity.