Small Town Brings Big Love and Big Challenges
If this story were fiction, you’d set it down and say, too unbelievable. But it is true for one of our cancer families. Emily ...
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The Baby Who Beat the Odds and Changed Thousands of Lives
Who could have predicted a tiny baby with a ten-percent chance of survival, would grow up to help thousands of families get through what her ...
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Across Canada for Jordan
Life was already a challenge for Michelle. When she learned she was pregnant she also learned that she would be going through this as ...
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Impossible Choice- Home or Heart?
Before his own world was upended, Franklin had doubts about charitable giving. Is my contribution really reaching the people who need it most, he ...
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Eja’s story
The anticipation of the first day of school can bring up many emotions – excitement, nervousness, enthusiasm, anxiousness. August 31, 2023, just before the first day of Grade 9, ...
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Irsa’s story
Afzal and his wife Maria are proud parents to two young girls – seven-year-old Alaya and five-year-old Irsa. Seven months ago, they were living what appeared ...
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Ed and Baylen’s story
It was a Thursday night in December of 2018. Ed was sleeping soundly when his 13-year-old son, Baylen, woke him. Something was wrong. The headaches that ...
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Landyn’s story: how your support has made “a world of a difference”
When asked to describe her two boys, Kristin smiled at the possibilities. Her oldest, nine-year-old Khylin, has high-functioning autism. He’s quiet, calm, focused and ...
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The 5% Kid – Jack –
“One day, our whole world changed, we went from normal into crisis mode. Our family went from having an average income, to not much, ...
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The Haggas Family ( Meghan Haggas)
Mark and Sue were introduced to Helping Families Handle Cancer through a Social Worker at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. During their daughter Meghan’s ...
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