about the scholarship fund

The KCCFA Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship Fund was launched on February 15, 2008 on International Childhood Cancer Day but its origins go back to November 17, 2007 on the occasion of Christine McIver’s 50th birthday. That day, over 150 friends gathered to celebrate her birthday and to raise money for a scholarship fund for young people with a history of childhood cancer. The name of the fund honours Christine’s son Derek, who passed away in 1991 from a malignant brain tumour.

KCCFA announced the scholarship fund on February 15, 2008, to mark International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). With the help of generous community friends, KCCFA was able to endow $100,000 in the scholarship fund, and, later this spring, will award $5,000 in bursaries to the program’s first recipients.

The bursary is open to residents of Alberta who have a history of childhood cancer.

The KCCFA Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship fund is managed by The Calgary Foundation (TCF) and remains open for donations, thereby increasing its value and benefit to cancer survivors. Donate to the KCCFA Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship fund here, call 403.216.9210 or email us.