Participants gathered at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre on Sunday, June 27 where they helped put together over 100 paper build-a-bear kits to donate to patients and families at BC Children’s Hospital. The event raised funds of $710 for the Hospital and the event organizer, Ida Chan, is hoping to make this a growing, annual event.

Photo: Event organizer, Ida Chan, and event participant, Ashley.
 

2nd Annual Bats for a Cause

In 2009, the event saw a huge turnout. A total of 12 teams participated and raised over $13,000 for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. This year, their goal is to double what they had achieved last year, and you can help by signing up at www.bcchf.ca/batsforacause.

On Thursday, February 25, employees of Fresh Direct Produce presented BC Children's Hospital Foundation with a cheque for $20,762 - money raised through their annual mandarin orange program in support of ChildRun and BC Children's Hospital. A big THANK YOU to Fresh Direct Produce for their continued support. We look forward to seeing you at ChildRun on Sunday, June 6!

From left to right: Greg Holmes (BC Produce Marketing Association President), Ashley Kwan, Zan Chow (Procurement Manager), Cheryl Gipson (event coordinator), Andrea McDonald (ChildRun chair), Davis Yung (Fresh Direct Produce President), Margie Schurko (BCPMA), Albert Lum (Director of Sales), Susan Leung (Senior Import & Export Manager), and Flora Chu (Import Buyer).

Nintendo of Canada presented Diane Hart, Director of Child Life, with 20 new Nintendo DS systems in the central courtyard playroom at BC Children's Hospital.
 

Cobalt Engineering LLP donates $1,350 for BC's kids!

On Friday, January 22, Denise Villapana and Pablo Gutierrez of Cobalt Engineering took time from their day to visit BC Children's Hospital and presented a cheque in the amount of $1,350 on behalf of Cobalt Engineering. "It's always a gratifying and inspirational experience visiting," says Denise.

Thank you to Cobalt Engineering for your support!

Thank you to the Bottle Line Team at Molson Coors Brewery Vancouver for donating $1,000 to BC Children's Hospital.

Canucks Support Children's Hospital Kids

The Canucks are great supporters of BC Children's Hospital. Every year the whole team drops by just before Christmas to meet kids and their families. With H1N1 precautions, we couldn't make it work this year so the Canucks made a video for the kids.

Check it out. 

Wednesday 16 - Give the Gift of Flight

Thanks to the Air Canada Kids' Horizons' Hospital Transportation Program, you can help make it possible for children across Canada to have access to life-saving care, regardless of where they live.

On Wednesday, December 16 Aeroplan will match all Aeroplan Mile Donations to Air Canada Kids' Horizons. Visit www.aeroplan.com/donate and click on Air Canada Kids' Horizons.

Smiles all over as B.C. Children's Hospital picks up $5,400 donation from Futureshop.

VANCOUVER, B.C - A $5,400 donation from Future Shop employees will help cheer the mood a little when Santa visits B.C. Children’s Hospital this Christmas.

The Children’s Hospital received a donation of a $4,400 gift card that can be used to buy all kinds of small electronic gifts for kids and another $1,000 to use as the hospital wants, said Future Shop public relations officer Elliott Chun.

“Nine Future Shop stores in the province including Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, Prince George to Chilliwack and Kelowna joined forces to raise this amount to donate to the B.C. Children’s Hospital,” he said. 

“A number of stores in BC are supporters of the BC Children’s Hospital and have been providing support over years through initiatives like the Build-a-Bear program. This year, they wanted to appeal to all ages of hospitalized children and decided to donate electronics,” Chun said.

“ Instead of collecting the gifts on their own, they wanted to give the hospital staff the opportunity to shop at Future Shop and hand-pick what the kids want,” said Chun.

Lace up for Kids

For the second year in a row, UBC REC organizers pulled off a fun and successful fundraiser for BC Children's Hospital and its Rare Disease Foundation fund. With over 1,100 supporters participating in the event at the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre, Lace up for Kids raised $62,000.

Bullet Racing for Children Event

The Rolex 24 at Daytona, next scheduled for January 30-31, 2010, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at the historic Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Rolex 24 hrs race is the toughest and most demanding twice-around-the-clock challenge in North America. This year, the Bullet Racing team has set a goal to complete the race (that is around 700 laps) and in doing so support BC children.

As they fund-race for BC Children's Hospital Foundation, your support is essential - Donate or make a per lap pledge online www.bcchf.net/bulletracing.

Race for Life benefits oncology patients at Children's Hospital

The Race For Life started in 1981 when a 12-year-old BMX racer, Todd Kingsbury from Michigan, discovered he had Leukemia.  When Todd's friends and the American Bicycle Association learned of his diagnosis they organized Race For Life and signed up over 130 tracks to participate and raise funds.  Since that first event the ABA has held a series of yearly Race For Life events nationwide to help in the fight to find a cure for young oncology patients.

On a local level this year's ABA BMX Canadian Nationals, which took place at Chilliwack Heritage Park on October 9, 2009, raised $30,239 through Race For Life events to support BC Children's Hospital oncology programs.

The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group
Joins our Growing League of Superheroes!

On April 14, 2009 BC Children's Hospital Foundation announced a partnership with the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. Under the partnership, Pattison Broadcast Group stations will support the foundation in its efforts to promote the $200-million Campaign for BC Children around the province. As campaign radio partner, Broadcast Group stations will run a series of public service announcements featuring campaign information, as well as featuring children from around BC who have received care at the hospital.

With 19 stations across the province, the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group gives the hospital access to a host of listeners. More than 67 per cent of the 75,000 children who come to BC children’s hospital each year live outside the City of Vancouver. The Pattison stations have enormous potential to provide coordinated radio coverage to reach more of the communities served by the hospital!

For more information on the campaign, click here.