Leaving a legacy: Selwyn Wong
Long-time donor, Selwyn Wong designated BC Children’s Hospital Foundation as a beneficiary in his Will to elevate care for BC’s children for years to come.
Here—in one single place—you can keep a pulse on the latest that’s happening to advance children’s health care. You’ll see how fundraising dollars are being spent and learn about some of our most recent strides.
Long-time donor, Selwyn Wong designated BC Children’s Hospital Foundation as a beneficiary in his Will to elevate care for BC’s children for years to come.
Nine and ten year olds from across British Columbia and Washington State fundraised for BC Children’s Hospital in their communities, then played for fun at the fourth annual Apex Winter Classic Hockey Jamboree in January.
Canada’s only drop-in immunization clinic has opened at BC Children’s Hospital, made possible thanks to a transformational gift from lead benefactor Save-On-Foods. Over 2,000 patients and families have been vaccinated since the clinic opened its doors in October.
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, currently located in East Vancouver, and the only rehabilitation centre of its kind in BC, is preparing to move to BC Children’s Hospital’s Oak St campus
Survival rates for many types of childhood cancers have reached 80%—a huge increase from a few decades ago. But there’s still more to do to ensure the treatments used to treat kids don’t harm them down the road.
The new surgical procedures suite in the Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children’s Hospital helps improve the experience for kids and families.
Asthma is a big problem in Canada—and it’s only getting worse. Dr. Stuart Turvey believes the culprit could be that our kids are too clean. Specifically, his research pinned down four kinds of bacteria that could help prevent the debilitating disease in kids.
The Jeans Day School Program, generously sponsored by Odlum Brown Limited, encourages participants to #JeanUp and raise funds in support of BC Children’s Hospital.
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce that London Drugs stores in BC have raised over $1 million dollars since 1987 in support of BC Children’s Hospital.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Marcel de Jong and Jeremiah Johnson are announced as Jeans Day 2018 ambassadors.
BC Children's is the only hospital in the province devoted exclusively to children
kids visited the hospital for specialized pediatric services last year
researchers on our campus work tirelessly to discover new treatments
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