December 3rd, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
One thing that grows bigger in our hearts at Covenant House is our gratitude for friends like you.
In a world where beautiful and innocent children are all too often simply discarded and forgotten, it’s your compassion that gives our kids hope.
Your kindness makes the difference between a child sleeping in an abandoned [...]
December 3rd, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
cbm is an international Christian development organization, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world.
These are the most forgotten people in the world.
Children who aren’t given the chance to go to school because they can’t see, can’t walk or can’t hear. Moms [...]
December 1st, 2009 Tanya Hutchens is happy to showcase the work of Meyer School students in raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Meyer School students in November raised more than $1,132 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in a fundraiser the school called “Pennies For Patients.” Piggy banks were broken into; spare change was delivered day after [...]
November 26th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Peer support volunteers have been there too
The Peer Support program is a one-to-one, telephone-based support service that matches people who are living through cancer with others who have had cancer in the recent past.
A service for people living with cancer
The Peer Support program is designed to help people living with cancer over [...]
November 18th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Multiple sclerosis is a complex disease. While it is most often diagnosed in young adults, aged 15 to 40, we know that it affects children, some as young as two years old. The impact is felt by family, friends and by the community. MS is unpredictable, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and [...]
November 12th, 2009 Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.
Founded in 1937 as Foster Parents Plan, we are one of the world’s oldest and largest international development agencies, working in partnership with millions of people around the world to end global poverty. [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Getting back into school can be difficult when you aren’t living at home anymore. It’s also hard to get back into it when school didn’t go well in the past.
We have teachers who can work with you one-on-one at your pace.
You can get regular Grade 9-12 high school credits in math, English [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Dr Shoukat Dedhar, BC Cancer Agency, UBC, $682,500 over five years, is focusing on how a group of receptors, integrins, and a protein that he identified, ILK, react to their microenvironment to regulate cell growth, movement and death. This work may lead to the development of more effective therapies for cancer.
Dr Grant [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Cerebral palsy results from a brain injury at the time of birth, or during infancy. Premature birth, lack of obstetric care, and rampant malaria combine to produce a [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Scientists are making great strides in identifying potential new interventions to diagnose, slow, prevent, treat, and someday cure Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, more than 90 drugs are in clinical trials for AD, and more are in the pipeline awaiting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to enter human testing.
AD research can move forward [...]