Kids Candidly - Gratitude Report 2021

how to help

ways you can help us

rebuild young lives during COVID and beyond

CRUSH IT

CYCLE

Let 2022 be the year you CRUSH your fitness and fundraising goals!

Grab a few friends or family and join us May 28 for the 2022 Kindle Pursuit at Camp Kindle.

Your ride. Your way. Join us July 9 to 23 for the Kids Cancer Care Cycle Challenge.

Cycle on your own, with family or friends. Choose your distance, your destination and raise funds.

Join us at Camp Kindle on July 23 with other cyclists to celebrate your achievements!

BE A MONTHLY FUNDRAISE DONOR ONLINE You can be a superhero in the life of a child with cancer. Your monthly gifts will add up over time and make a lasting impact in the lives of children with cancer.

Start an online fundraising event to help kids living in fear of what COVID-19 could do to their fragile health.

YOUR GIFTS AT WORK, TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER GRATITUDE REPORT 2021

kidscancercare.ab.ca

BE BRAVE Show moral support for children who lose their hair to chemo and cut, colour or shave your lid for a kid. Raise funds for our essential online and COVIDadapted programs.

Donate, register or learn more at kidscancercare.ab.ca today.

volunteers

2021

✚ 300+ volunteers giving 5,665 hours to help us deliver essential programs, hold memorable fundraising events and maintain Camp Kindle

GRATITUDE REPORT

research Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta 5757 4 Street SE Calgary, Alberta T2H 1K8

kidscancercare.ab.ca

Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is a registered Canadian charity #89940 9171 RR0001.

✚ $100,000+ making research possible to give kids with cancer a fighting chance

Unique Perspectives Photography

CEO message

Thank you for your heartfelt support in 2021.

Your generosity empowered us to continue offering our essential programs in these isolating and uncertain times. As you can imagine, the fear and loneliness of the pandemic are compounded for families facing a child’s cancer. Your support in 2021 meant that we could be there for them in their time of need.

Our 2021 Gratitude Report demonstrates the many ways your support touches the lives of the children and families we serve.

Whether its offering private family get-aways at Camp Kindle, delivering home-cooked meals to families or offering online tutoring support and therapeutic exercise classes to kids, YOU are at the heart of everything we do at Kids Cancer Care.

educational

1,140 HOURS of online tutoring support helping 51 KIDS build their learning skills and new levels of confidence ✚ 18 refurbished laptops and tablets delivered to families, making online learning possible ✚ 208 school kids developing greater understanding and compassion for children with cancer through 10 Cancer in the Classroom presentations ✚ 22 teens gaining transferrable life skills and leadership skills during monthly online and inperson get-togethers — raising funds, volunteering their time and completing a 3-DAY cycling trip ✚ 11 cancer survivors following their dreams with a Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship at a post-secondary school of their choice WHAT IS A CHEMO PORT? HOW DOES IT WORK? Silicone top

Catherer

Chamber

Sincerely,

Christine McIver, M.S.M., LLD (Hon), CFRE Founder and Chief Executive Officer

therapeutic

camp & outreach

1,500+ PARTICIPANTS enjoying our year-round camp and outreach programs — Glamp Kindle, Family Fun Day at Camp Kindle, Stampede Play Day, equine-assisted learning at ROARR, Halloween Howler, Polar Express, Theatre Calgary's 120 ONE-TO-ONE exercise sessions A Christmas Carol AND MORE with our PhD exercise specialist ✚ 484 kids and parents renewing helping 30 KIDS build their muscular their spirits during 112 private family and cardiovascular strength, get-aways at Camp Kindle flexibility and endurance to ease ✚ 74 delicious home-cooked meals the long-term effects of cancer delivered to 15 families facing cancer

✚ 40+ parents and children finding healing ✚ 70 kids enjoying the rewards of regular and support through our Bereaved exercise through PEER — weekly therapeutic Program, sharing in a candlelight vigil exercise classes online and in-person, hiking, at Time to Remember, cooking with canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, rowing, their partner during our online Bereaved skating, dancing, disc golfing and regularly Parent Cooking Class and reviving their engaging in team sports such as laser spirits at Bereaved Family Camp. tag, soccer, basketball and lacrosse ✚ 1 brand new skid steer digging, grading, ✚ 100+ kids connecting throughout the dozing, lifting and transporting materials year during 21 child life sessions online to keep Camp Kindle in tip-top shape and in-person, easing the loneliness and isolation of cancer and COVID

Medication is given through the silicone top

Sk in

Thank you for caring about children affected by cancer and the families who love them.

YOU are at the heart of everything we do. Here are some of the many ways your generosity touched the lives of children affected by cancer through our online and in-person COVIDadapted programs.

✚ 7 kids learning to manage their anxiety around cancer and its treatments through one-to-one medical play sessions with our certified child life specialist

Unique Perspectives Photography

CEO message

Thank you for your heartfelt support in 2021.

Your generosity empowered us to continue offering our essential programs in these isolating and uncertain times. As you can imagine, the fear and loneliness of the pandemic are compounded for families facing a child’s cancer. Your support in 2021 meant that we could be there for them in their time of need.

Our 2021 Gratitude Report demonstrates the many ways your support touches the lives of the children and families we serve.

Whether its offering private family get-aways at Camp Kindle, delivering home-cooked meals to families or offering online tutoring support and therapeutic exercise classes to kids, YOU are at the heart of everything we do at Kids Cancer Care.

educational

1,140 HOURS of online tutoring support helping 51 KIDS build their learning skills and new levels of confidence ✚ 18 refurbished laptops and tablets delivered to families, making online learning possible ✚ 208 school kids developing greater understanding and compassion for children with cancer through 10 Cancer in the Classroom presentations ✚ 22 teens gaining transferrable life skills and leadership skills during monthly online and inperson get-togethers — raising funds, volunteering their time and completing a 3-DAY cycling trip ✚ 11 cancer survivors following their dreams with a Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship at a post-secondary school of their choice WHAT IS A CHEMO PORT? HOW DOES IT WORK? Silicone top

Catherer

Chamber

Sincerely,

Christine McIver, M.S.M., LLD (Hon), CFRE Founder and Chief Executive Officer

therapeutic

camp & outreach

1,500+ PARTICIPANTS enjoying our year-round camp and outreach programs — Glamp Kindle, Family Fun Day at Camp Kindle, Stampede Play Day, equine-assisted learning at ROARR, Halloween Howler, Polar Express, Theatre Calgary's 120 ONE-TO-ONE exercise sessions A Christmas Carol AND MORE with our PhD exercise specialist ✚ 484 kids and parents renewing helping 30 KIDS build their muscular their spirits during 112 private family and cardiovascular strength, get-aways at Camp Kindle flexibility and endurance to ease ✚ 74 delicious home-cooked meals the long-term effects of cancer delivered to 15 families facing cancer

✚ 40+ parents and children finding healing ✚ 70 kids enjoying the rewards of regular and support through our Bereaved exercise through PEER — weekly therapeutic Program, sharing in a candlelight vigil exercise classes online and in-person, hiking, at Time to Remember, cooking with canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, rowing, their partner during our online Bereaved skating, dancing, disc golfing and regularly Parent Cooking Class and reviving their engaging in team sports such as laser spirits at Bereaved Family Camp. tag, soccer, basketball and lacrosse ✚ 1 brand new skid steer digging, grading, ✚ 100+ kids connecting throughout the dozing, lifting and transporting materials year during 21 child life sessions online to keep Camp Kindle in tip-top shape and in-person, easing the loneliness and isolation of cancer and COVID

Medication is given through the silicone top

Sk in

Thank you for caring about children affected by cancer and the families who love them.

YOU are at the heart of everything we do. Here are some of the many ways your generosity touched the lives of children affected by cancer through our online and in-person COVIDadapted programs.

✚ 7 kids learning to manage their anxiety around cancer and its treatments through one-to-one medical play sessions with our certified child life specialist

how to help

ways you can help us

rebuild young lives during COVID and beyond

CRUSH IT

CYCLE

Let 2022 be the year you CRUSH your fitness and fundraising goals!

Grab a few friends or family and join us May 28 for the 2022 Kindle Pursuit at Camp Kindle.

Your ride. Your way. Join us July 9 to 23 for the Kids Cancer Care Cycle Challenge.

Cycle on your own, with family or friends. Choose your distance, your destination and raise funds.

Join us at Camp Kindle on July 23 with other cyclists to celebrate your achievements!

BE A MONTHLY FUNDRAISE DONOR ONLINE You can be a superhero in the life of a child with cancer. Your monthly gifts will add up over time and make a lasting impact in the lives of children with cancer.

Start an online fundraising event to help kids living in fear of what COVID-19 could do to their fragile health.

YOUR GIFTS AT WORK, TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER GRATITUDE REPORT 2021

kidscancercare.ab.ca

BE BRAVE Show moral support for children who lose their hair to chemo and cut, colour or shave your lid for a kid. Raise funds for our essential online and COVIDadapted programs.

Donate, register or learn more at kidscancercare.ab.ca today.

volunteers

2021

✚ 300+ volunteers giving 5,665 hours to help us deliver essential programs, hold memorable fundraising events and maintain Camp Kindle

GRATITUDE REPORT

research Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta 5757 4 Street SE Calgary, Alberta T2H 1K8

kidscancercare.ab.ca

Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is a registered Canadian charity #89940 9171 RR0001.

✚ $100,000+ making research possible to give kids with cancer a fighting chance