Brandon Straughan: Caledon, Ontario Age: 17 Hobbies and Interests: History, Music, Baseball Experience with Childhood Cancer Type of cancer that has affected me or my family: Medula Blastoma Number of years on treatment: 1 year Number of celebrated years off treatment: 13 years My toughest challenge with childhood cancer: Fitting in with people / relating [...]
Kathryn Peeters: Omemee, Ontario Age: 16 Hobbies and Interests: Reading, crafts, collect ladybugs I have a brain tumour Experience with Childhood Cancer Type of cancer that has affected me or my family: Brain tumour Number of years on treatment: 1 year Number of celebrated years off treatment: 11 years Number of months or years Bereaved: [...]
Madison Scott: Whitby, Ontario “I can’t say enough about the staff at SickKids. Doctors, nurses, child life – they all took the time to comfort us and assure us that everything would be fine.” – Peggy-Jo Scott In the summer of 2007, Madison, 10, was starring as one of the Scouts in “To Kill a [...]
Erika Campbel: Barrie, Ontario Erika, 11, supports her friend, Adam Fedosoff, through his diagnosis and ongoing treatment of High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Erika Campbell is 11 years old and resides in Barrie, Ontario with her mom, dad, family dog, Fritz and two rats, Vada and Bella. Erika attends Algonquin Ridge Elementary School and [...]
Andy Brooks: Oakville, Ontario Child’s condition: 10 years fighting cancer. 4 years in celebrated remission Brain Tumour Age: 17 Colds last 7 days with treatment or a week without, and that week seem to drag on forever. Imagine 4,745 days of illness, give or take 100 days or so. Andy has been battling and living [...]
Camp Trillium is being featured on the radio today. Katharine McNevin at CBC Radio One has put together an eleven-minute documentary. To listen live, tune in Saturday between 5-6pm Eastern. The show is Bandwidth and the station is CBC Radio One (or 91.5 in Ottawa). Outside the Ottawa area? Go here to listen live: http://www.cbc.ca/bandwidth/. Catch ya [...]
Marisa Solta: Winnipeg, Manitoba The Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation is saddened to share the news of the passing of one of our beloved ambassadors, Marisa Noel Solta, in Winnipeg on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Child’s condition: Thorasic PNET Number of years on treatment: 8+ My toughest challenge with childhood cancer: Isolation, death of friends & [...]
Child’s condition: High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) UPDATE: Earned his angel wings March 11, 2012 Age: 17 Adam was always known for his athleticism, especially in minor hockey. His talent as a young hockey player was very promising as he continued to succeed year after year earning top points for every rep team he [...]
