Do you have a SickKids story? We do. We’ve seen the miracles, first hand, that take place within those walls at SickKids. We were given the gift of 3 years with our child, when the odds were against him from the start. Not nearly enough, but we may never have known how truly amazing he […] Read more…
We did it! For the fourth year in a row, Paul and I walked the full 20km…but this time the boys joined us! I really thought that we might only do 10km this year, for a few different reasons (mostly that we didn’t have anyone to hang with the kids when they pooped out at […] Read more…
Not going to lie….I was sweating a bit when the calendar turned to September and I had yet to start our Walk for SickKids fundraising efforts. This is our fourth year walking 20km (the kids walk 10km) in The Great Camp Adventure Walk to honour our son Zack, who died 5 and a half years ago. The reasons that we […] Read more…
You’ve been following our journey as SickKids ambassadors and now the time has come to get fundraising for the upcoming 20km Great Camp Adventure on September 28th. Along side other incredible families who we have met along the way, Paul, Ty, Jayden and I will be walking for Zackie and working towards our fundraising goal […] Read more…
I’ve been in a funk.Trying to find where I’m going… The last few weeks have been rough. Sad, confusing and even depressing. With the completion of Zack’s Dream Room, I’m left wondering…. what’s next? I’ve been really spending a lot of time thinking about how this last year has completely changed my life in ways […] Read more…
I’m so thrilled to be have been asked to share Zack’s SickKids story tomorrow May 31st during the SickKids Radiothon on Newstalk 1010 at 5pm! We are even being interviewed by John Tory! Every year, I listen to the children and to the parents during the annual radiothon and each year I have been inspired […] Read more…
The following article was posted in the Richmond Hill Liberal on February 18th, 2012. The special section called “The Heartbeat of Our Community” was centred around York Central Hospital Foundation. I wanted to share this, as it really captured the essence behind Zack’s Dream Room and how much it means to us. Community rallies to […] Read more…
I was asked to attend a York Central Hospital Foundation board meeting, to inspire the Major Gifts Team to go out and find donors to fund the remaining 3 pediatric rooms. The hospital has 6 pediatric rooms, of which, one of them is our Zack’s Dream Room funding by our amazingly generous friends and family! […] Read more…