Unfortunately, the Numbers Don't Lie! Message from SVP, Fund Development

Like many of you, I do the shopping in my household and since the beginning of COVID, I have unfortunately experienced the incredible rising costs of virtually everything. Even the “substitute” and sundry items have been hit. Once again, like many of you, over the past four years I have had to “sharpen my proverbial pencil.” All of us have been pushed to the limit, pushed to change our lifestyles and shopping habits; eat differently, shop and travel less. The operative mindset when shopping is if it isn’t necessary, then it isn’t part of the shopping basket.

As you know, the David Foster Foundation provides assistance to families going through the pediatric living-saving organ transplant process by providing financial support for non-medical expenses, for example: rent, mortgage, interest payments, fuel, food, accommodation, clothing, car payments and the list grows. Combine the emotional hardships of transplant