In 2021, Children’s Health Foundation donors fully funded the ROSA One Brain Robotic Arm, a state-of-the-art piece of equipment, made specifically for paediatric patients. The addition of the ROSA One Brain Robotic Arm for Children’s Hospital’s Paediatric Epilepsy Program – one of only two Regional Epilepsy Surgery Centres of Excellence in Ontario – has been transformational.
High School Students Transform Paediatric Inpatient Unit
In early 2022, John Paull II Catholic Secondary School art teacher Christine Mancini received a text from her friend Ashley Stephen, a nurse in the Paediatric Inpatient Unit at Children’s Hospital. Ashley had a question for Christine: would her students be interested in creating some fun murals for the unit?
How Two Kids’ Friendship Created Lasting Holiday Magic
Hunter’s Mom Sarah shares what this time of year means to her and her family.
Peer Support for Kids Changes Their Hospital Experience
At Children’s Hospital, Youth CoRE ensures our kids and teens have peers to talk to.
World Prematurity Day: Midwifery Helps New Parents Have an Unforgettable Moment
At Children’s Hospital, the Midwifery Department is finding the best ways to ensure parents can hold their newborns skin-to-skin as soon as possible – even after a cesarian section.
Getting Kids Closer to The Care They Need
This week, YOU can help kids like Hunter get closer to the care they need. Donate your Aeroplan points during Air Canada’s Aeroplan matching week October 2 to 8 and help ensure kids from all over Western Ontario have access to leading-edge care.
Leading-edge Cancer Care at Children’s Hospital
As our kids face cancer, they have expert clinicians and researchers working around the clock to provide the best possible care.
The Children’s Group LHSC Auxiliary Celebrates 100 Years
Leaders from across our health care community shared in the Children’s Group’s centennial and thanked them for their contributions.
A stay at Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be a difficult start to motherhood
Motherhood can already be a lonely journey but then add on the uniqueness and difficulty of a NICU stay to the mix…
You Made It Possible for Lauren to Breathe
Today, Lauren is beyond proud to be using her storytelling skills to share how Children’s Health Foundation donors transform the lives of our kids. With your help, they can become adults like her!
You helped Juliana Embrace Her Story
She is overjoyed to be here and is so grateful for the expertise of Children’s Childhood Cancer program, Children’s life-enriching patient support programs and the chance to make a positive impact with her story.
Children’s Health Foundation receives the Children’s Miracle Network Award for Canada’s Hospital Foundation of the Year.
Children’s Health Foundation, fundraising partner to Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, TVCC and Children’s Health Research Institute, has been awarded Canada’s Hospital Foundation of the Year at this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Conference in Orlando, Florida. This honour is reserved for one children’s hospital foundation and recognizes their […]
ECG Machines help transform health care for kids like Tia
Performing life-saving tests and procedures on babies as small as Kayleigh requires specialized equipment like the NICU shuttle that allows infants to remain connected to IV pumps, isolettes, and more while on their way to CT scans, MRIs, or other treatments and procedures. Thank you Rona for helping us purchase this life-saving piece of equipment!
Meet our 2023 Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child
Kshitij was just five-years-old when his family noticed something wasn’t quite right – he was falling while walking. His family was stunned to find out his diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which causes muscle weakness throughout the body. “When our little boy was suddenly diagnosed with DMD, we didn’t […]
The NICU Shuttle helps transform health care for kids like Kayleigh
Performing life-saving tests and procedures on babies as small as Kayleigh requires specialized equipment like the NICU shuttle that allows infants to remain connected to IV pumps, isolettes, and more while on their way to CT scans, MRIs, or other treatments and procedures. Thank you Rona for helping us purchase this life-saving piece of equipment!
Supporting Our Kids When Emergency Strikes
Grateful DiCecco Family and St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus (Nobleton, ON) Joseph DiCecco loved snowmobiling, hockey, boating and life at the cottage. From the time Joseph could walk, he enthusiastically worked right by his father’s side at the family business, Greenside, a very busy and well-known landscaping company. Joseph’s much-loved […]
Sandra Schmirler Foundation Helps Protect Babies in Crisis by Funding Leading-Edge Equipment
Sandra Schmirler Foundation Helps Protect Babies in Crisis by Funding Leading-Edge Equipment.
Born 2 months early with 2 holes in her heart – this is Maia’s story
Maia has known Children’s Hospital her whole life. She was born 2 months early with two holes in her heart. After her open-heart surgery at just 7 months old, Maia began visiting Children’s Hospital every week to make sure her heart stayed strong! Between her prematurity and her heart, Maia […]
Cordelia’s Early Diagnosis Saved Her Life
Before Cordelia was born she was a patient with Children’s Hospital. Following her mother’s 20-week ultrasound they were immediately referred to Paediatric Cardiology at Children’s Hospital. Using a state-of-the-art echocardiography machine, Cordelia’s health care team at Children’s performed a fetal echocardiogram – a specialty ultrasound – to confirm that she […]
Sandra Schmirler “Queen of Curling” Legacy Lives on with the Foundation’s Telethon
As a three-time world curling champion and Olympic gold medalist, Sandra Schmirler’s love of family lives on through the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.
Where Is Tia Now? Our 2022 Children’s Miracle Champion Child Has An Exciting Future Ahead!
You may remember Tia, our 2022 Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child.
Tia was only two years old when her physician heard a heart murmur and referred her to Children’s Hospital. But where is she now? Read to find out where Tia is now because of the support of donors and the health care team.
Zavitz Insurance & Wealth Celebrates National Award
Children’s Health Foundation Celebrates Extraordinary Community Partner Zavitz Insurance & Wealth as They Are Designated a Business Leader in Canada’s Volunteer Awards. Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognize community leaders, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses that have made significant contributions to improving the lives of others. Award recipients are highly engaged in […]
Give a Gift That Makes a Difference
Give a gift that makes a difference for sick and injured kids at Children’s Hospital, LHSC. When you join LCBO in supporting Children’s Hospital, you help make sure children, youth and their families have access to life-saving care and life-enriching programs. LCBO customers are invited to add a $2, $5 or $10 donation to their purchase!
You Help Create Joyful Moments for Sick Kids
Throughout her cancer treatment, your support helped bring moments of joy and comfort to Marah and her family at Children’s Hospital.
Support Kids Like Evie With Dream Lottery
When you support Dream Lottery this fall, patients who receive care at Children’s Hospital, like Evie, will benefit from enhanced patient care, innovative equipment, education and research.
Dickens Magical Village Brings 45-Year-Legacy to Families at Children’s Hospital
After 45 years of collecting, Joan and Ross Totten – in honour of their late nephew Rob – hope the Dickens Magical Village will spark moments of happiness for families at Children’s Hospital.
Petra’s Story
When you buy a smile cookie, you help create more moments of hope and possibility for the one thousand babies each year who need our NICU. You can give families like Petra’s more chances to smile!
Children’s Health Research Institute’s Award-Winning Research Project Brings Kids’ Mental Health Needs to The Forefront
By launching a research project focused on the increased mental health needs of our kids, dedicated clinicians and researchers at Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI) a program of the Lawson Health Research Institute, help ensure that kids struggling with mental health issues are met with specialized care – just for them.
Why more Canadians are leaving a gift to charity in their Wills
You can build a brighter future for children faced with serious health challenges. Leaving a gift in your Will is a powerful way to contribute to greater care for our kids.
Children’s Hospital’s Shared Decision Making Program Empowers Families, Earns Award
Children’s Hospital the first paediatric hospital in Canada to provide families with the Shared Decision Making program.