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Have you ever met someone who can light up a room? That’s exactly what eight-year-old Shaelyn Stonnell can do. Shaelyn is this year’s ChildRun Champion Child—an honour bestowed each year upon a special childhood cancer fighter. She and her mother...
Miracle Weekend Kickoff
Yesterday was a very special day for those of us on the BC Children's Hospital Foundation Miracle Weekend team. We gathered for our annual Miracle Weekend Kick-off. For some of us “newbies” on the ChildRun Committee, it was a really...
Fundraising and ChildRun: Youth and Energy
This is a guest post by Heather Cadenhead, a fourth year student in Kinesiology and Health Science at the University of British Columbia. She initially began volunteering with the hospital because of the time she spent there as a patient....
Kids Raising Funds for Kids
It’s the time of year when Sunny Bear visits schools in the Lower Mainland, educating students about the hospital and ChildRun. Recently Sunny Bear stopped by Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, and boy were the kids inspired! Each of the kids in...
Spring into Summer with your family
Contribution by Ellen Schappert, BC Children's Hospital Foundation April's showers gave way to May flowers; the days are longer and the thermometer's on the upswing. Yesterday, I watched a dad from my building playing catch with his daughter. That got me...
ChildRun - A Celebration of Artwork
This past Saturday, May 14th, Oakridge Centre Mall teamed up with BC Children's Hospital Foundation's ChildRun team to celebrate the Top 10 entrants of the artwork contest. Friends and families of the entrants gathered around to celebrate the artistic abilities...
ChildRun Artwork Contest
Connect with your inner artist and join ChildRun for our 2011 Artwork Contest, sponsored by Oakridge Centre. Simply draw what ChildRun means to you, and your artwork could be selected for our official ChildRun t-shirt design - that's over 6,500 t-shirts...
