On January 14th, 2020, Nicole Palladino was doing two of her favourite things - traveling and enjoying the outdoors - when her life changed forever. Nicole was traveling in Costa Rica to celebrate completing her Bachelors in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta and capping off her eli...
Our friend Marshall was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2019, at the age of 29, after months of increasing paralysis in his left hand and a seizure. He underwent surgery at Vancouver General Hospital on November 27th, only to be diagnosed with a Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma, a malignant...
On Friday January 17th 2020, one of our fellow employees and friend Toshi was in a serious snowboard accident while riding here in Whistler. He was airlifted from the mountain directly to Vancouver General Hospital and taken straight into surgery for a broken neck. As of the 23rd January Toshi...
This was supposed to be Wade and Emily’s year. The year they became parents and started their own little family. Instead, on January 14, 2020 Emily’s whole world was stolen from her. Her husband was taken from her and her unborn baby too soon in a tragic work accident. Wade Hartin wanted wa...
**English below** Le 16 Janvier 2020, Jaël a été tragiquement soutirée à ses 6 enfants. Sa famille, sous le choc, a besoin de notre aide financière pour traverser cette difficile étape. 6 enfants se retrouvent sans papa, ni maman en moins de 24 heures. Les fonds seront remis à Véronique Cantin...
Our friend Sasa Jurak passed on January 7th, 2020 and left behind his beautiful daughter Katarina who is four years old. Please share in helping us raise money for Katarina's scholarship fund to help secure her future as Sasa would have wanted. We thank everyone for their love and support at this...
This is a tough one to write, as all of those who know, love, and are close to Kim, her boys, Brian, family and friends are still trying to process this information. Late yesterday afternoon Kim admitted herself into the ER during her shift complaining of dizziness and a chronic headache. She r...
English below Josefina alias la Copo, Josetita, Tita, antigua profesora por más de 20 años en el Colegio Cristo Rey de Altamira, necesita de nuestra ayuda. Ella esta ahora visitando a su hijos en México porque uno de ellos se casa. Josefina esta de emergencia en el Hospital Español de CDMX porqu...
As many of you have recently discovered, our great friend, our brother, Tanner Hutchinson was recently diagnosed with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma. As he prepares for his first 6 rounds of chemo in two weeks, he needs to get a bone marrow biopsy and a port installed inside his chest to administe...
Dear all, I would like to thank you all for your condolences, warm and kind words and your extraordinary generosity. We’ve overachieved the initial target and donated 28+ thousands of Canadian dollars just in 3 days. All these funds will be transferred directly to Lopyrev’s family next week after...
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Pankaj Jagdale on January 22, 2020. This has been devastating to his family & friends . Supporting Pankaj's family in this time is a tangible way to show our love and support. We have started this campaign to assist the family with the mem...
On January 23, 2020, Geordie Murray passed away in a tragic accident while in Alberta with dear friends. This wonderful husband, brother, son and friend was an adventurer with a huge heart, who died doing something he loved. Geordie was one of the most selfless people on this earth. He was a pass...
Our friend Marshall was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2019, at the age of 29, after months of increasing paralysis in his left hand and a seizure. He underwent surgery at Vancouver General Hospital on November 27th, only to be diagnosed with a Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma, a malignant...
On Friday January 17th 2020, one of our fellow employees and friend Toshi was in a serious snowboard accident while riding here in Whistler. He was airlifted from the mountain directly to Vancouver General Hospital and taken straight into surgery for a broken neck. As of the 23rd January Toshi...
Welcome here!! My name is Kody Stewart. Dan and Marissa have been dear friends of ours for a very long time and even though we live on opposites sides of the country, we are blessed to be able to see them annually and we stay in touch with regular texts. As many of you know, Marissa has been...
If you clicked on this GoFundMe, you likely know Ann Poochareon. Ann is the incredible entrepreneur behind Little Robot Friends. She’s an AMAZING, talented, kind and hilarious woman, and she is our very dear friend. Recently, Ann had some devastating news that she shared on Facebook: her third...
On January 23, 2020, Geordie Murray passed away in a tragic accident while in Alberta with dear friends. This wonderful husband, brother, son and friend was an adventurer with a huge heart, who died doing something he loved. Geordie was one of the most selfless people on this earth. He was a pass...
In loving memory of one of the most loving, funny and outrageous men that any of us were blessed with knowing. Brendan was always a man that everyone could count on for help or anything in general. He lives in all of our hearts and forever in our memories. This is our final thank you for the a...
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Pankaj Jagdale on January 22, 2020. This has been devastating to his family & friends . Supporting Pankaj's family in this time is a tangible way to show our love and support. We have started this campaign to assist the family with the mem...
**English below** Le 16 Janvier 2020, Jaël a été tragiquement soutirée à ses 6 enfants. Sa famille, sous le choc, a besoin de notre aide financière pour traverser cette difficile étape. 6 enfants se retrouvent sans papa, ni maman en moins de 24 heures. Les fonds seront remis à Véronique Cantin...
Hatch a Bird farm, a small family-run farm here in Powell River, experienced a serious fire in many of their out-buildings. The storefront, tool shop, food storage shed, seed starter room, and one of the chicken coops were all completely destroyed in the blaze, and a few of the greenhouses were s...
On January 19th, 2020, my sister Anika Walters was en route to board her flight back to London, Ontario from Montego Bay, Jamaica. Tragically, the car that she was being transported in met in a head on motor vehicle collision with a local tour bus. Anika received serious injuries and is curre...
On January the 24th, Bruce Nadorozny was admitted to the hospital after complaining from the worst headache of his life. His daughter Cassandra had heard a fall at 5:20, who immediately contacted 911. She then contacted his second daughter, Chelsea, who was at work who immediately rushed home and...
THIS PROGRAM IS BEING POSTED WITH THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF LORRAINE PAYETTE: As most of you are now aware, while away, taking care of her bed ridden Mother, Lorraine's home burnt to the ground. For anyone who has been to any of our local events, big or small, Lorraine was probably there cove...
Appeal for help to send body of manjinder Singh, aged 27— back to his family village Attari, Amritsar Punjab. manjinder singh(manni), My friend suddenly passed away & it’s been really hard on his family. He moved to australia 6 years ago for study and struggled everyday to send money to his mom...
Bismillah! My name is Rana Akbari & I am from Canada & Syed Rahman Saif (Modern Wall Art) from USA. We believe Allah swt brought us to a country with great opportunities so that we can use our resources to help & benefit the poor. With your generosity, last Ramadan 2019 we raised over $30,000 for...
Hello! For those of you that didn't know, I have been travelling for the past 4 months for a combination of exploring and volunteering. I am currently volunteering in a school in a rural area in Kenya for a few weeks. The school was founded by Cosmos Mwema who because of his own personal struggl...
I recently travelled to Ethiopia, in the eastern part of Africa and during my travels I was fortunate enough to visit the elementary school my father studied at as a child. The school is located in a rural village named Anbesame within the Gondar region. During the visit, the director of the scho...