reflections JASLEEN SIDHU DEVED WITH HER BOYS.
5 MAIN BENEFITS OF DONATING THROUGH STOLLERIFIC 1
STOLLERIFIC CARE GIVERS
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Initiating the healing process or getting closure on a significant chapter
Honouring the journey and giving back
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BY JASLEEN SIDHU DEVED
Making a positive impact, especially in situations where you have often felt powerless
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ear, denial, shock, helplessness; these are a few of the emotions experienced when you find out there’s something potentially wrong with your child. You never think it’s something that will happen to your family. It’s a surreal experience. Did you even know babies could be born with cancer? I didn’t. I thought having a high-risk twin pregnancy was enough to process. Fast forward through NICU stays, a neuroblastoma diagnosis, countless scans, three surgeries and many
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Honouring your family and child’s journey in a meaningful way
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sleepless nights, and we finally feel the worst is behind us — that we are the lucky ones. I will never again take for granted the medical resources we have available to us through the Stollery. My husband and I wanted a way to express our gratitude. A simple thank you didn’t seem like enough. How do you honour the talented people who made your family’s survival possible? Some care givers may not even know that a simple act made a world of difference on a particularly difficult day. And how many other
Stollery care givers go about their day not knowing how much they are appreciated? We thought to ourselves, what better way to express our gratitude than to make a donation in their name? And so Stollerific was born. Our hope is that this new Stollerific Care Givers program will create a culture of pride, appreciation and inspiration for the Stollery community as a whole. We also envision it will begin a ripple effect when families like yours also raise or donate money in honour of their Stollerific care givers.
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Paying it forward to ensure the Stollery remains on the leading edge of technology and patient programs 5
Contributing to acknowledgement and retention of our amazing Stollery talent
