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17-year-old Cancer Survivor Trades in Wheelchair for
Recumbent Bike in Epic Cycling Event
Seventeen-year-old Stephen Radu of Lacombe, Alberta
will demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit,
July 16 to 18, 2010, when he takes part in Tour for
Kids – Alberta, a three-day annual cycling ride that
raises money to send children with cancer to camp.
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Canada's First Residential
Summer Camp for kids who have a parent with Cancer
The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA)
announced today that this summer it will offer
children who have a parent with cancer a chance to
go to summer camp. The first residential camp
program in Canada to reach out to this population,
Camp SunHaven fills a need identified by the Kids
Cancer Care Foundation and other cancer agencies in
the province.
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KCCFA Mom Olympic hopeful
Carolyn Darbyshire-McRorie, a KCCFA mother, is
representing Canada this year at the 2010 Games in
Vancouver. Carolyn is second for Cheryl Bernard on
the Canadian Women’s Curling team, which also
includes third Susan O'Connor and lead Cori Bartell.
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Scotiabank gives $500K for
Alberta families facing Childhood Cancer
Two Calgary mothers Dawn Wallin and Margaret Taylor
and their daughters Ryane and Madison paid a visit
to Scotiabank today to thank George Marlatte, Senior
Vice-President, Prairie Region, for the company’s
$500,000 donation to the Kids Cancer Care Foundation
of Alberta.
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Calgary woman fulfills lifelong dream of
establishing Alberta’s first specialized camp for
children with cancer
Children and families coping with cancer
have a special getaway of their own with the
creation of Camp Kindle. The camp, purchased
for $2.2 million by the Kids Cancer Care
Foundation of Alberta, is the first of its
kind in the province. The 40-hectare
property, located about 80 kilometres
northwest of Calgary, features bunkhouses,
sports fields, a barn and stables, said
Christine Wandzura, who founded the
organization 19 years ago.
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Research looks at the effects of childhood
cancer on grandparents
The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA)
today announced its first Nursing and Allied
Health Research Awards, which will be
awarded to clinical researchers and health
care professionals at the University of
Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital
whose research show promise for improving
the lives and outcomes for Alberta children
with cancer and their families.
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Cancer Cell Grown
in Petri Dish Offers Hope for Kids with Rare
and Aggressive Brain Cancer
The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta
is announcing today the research findings of
cancer scientist and physician Dr. Aru
Narendran and his colleagues, which were
published on July 24, 2008 in the Journal of
Neuro-Oncology. The Calgary-based team has
developed a unique method for growing
atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT) in
a laboratory setting. AT/RT is a rare and
aggressive brain cancer that grows in
infants and small children. The survival
rate for children under three at diagnosis
is less than 10 per cent.
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Cash Boost Means More
Scholarships for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Calgary, AB – The Kids Cancer Care
Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA) today announced the names of 26 childhood cancer survivors from southern
Alberta who are the first Albertans to
receive a KCCFA Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship. The
recipients will each walk away with a $1,000 scholarship for studies in the fall.
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Alberta’s first
education scholarship for childhood cancer
survivors
Calgary, AB – The Kids Cancer Care
Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA) today
announced the establishment of a new
scholarship for young people in Southern
Alberta who have a history of childhood
cancer. The scholarship is the first in
Alberta and one of only a handful in Canada.
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Alberta Parent wins
National Parent Award
Calgary – Christine Wandzura, founder and
CEO of the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of
Alberta, was one of five Canadians to win a
Today’s Parent For Kids Sake award on
Monday, April 16, 2007 in a ceremony in
Toronto.
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KCCFA CEO awarded
an Alberta Centennial Medal
In honour of Alberta’s centennial on
September 1, 2005, Premier Ralph Klein
nominated her to receive an
Alberta Centennial Medal |
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KCCFA CEO awarded a
Governor General Award
On September 1st, 2004 it was announced that
Christine will be awarded the
Meritorious Service Medal by the
Governor General for her role in founding
KCCFA |
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KCCFA CEO named
Reader’s Digest Canadian Hero of the Year
Reader's Digest Canada announced that its
inaugural Canadian Hero of the Year for 2003
is Christine Wandzura, founder of the Kids
Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA).
The magazine created the annual award to
celebrate the many Canadians whose heroic
efforts make a real difference in their
community and in the lives of others.
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Cancer Care
At a Calgary hospital on Christmas Eve,
1986, a doctor gave Christine Wandzura the
kind of news every parent dreads. Her
five-year-old son, Derek, had a cancerous
brain tumor that was robbing him of the
ability to walk and taking away his
eyesight. Derek lived another 4 ½ years,
enduring punishing rounds of radiation. Yet
he remained a boy of high spirits and good
humor whose greatest regret was that he
couldn’t smile due to partial facial
paralysis.
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KCCFA CEO named to
Maclean’s 2002 Honour Roll
Maclean's Magazine announced in its Canada
Day special edition that Christine Wandzura,
the founder and CEO of the Kids Cancer Care
Foundation of Alberta, has been selected as
one of 10 remarkable Canadians who are being
recognized on the Maclean's 2002 Honour
Roll.
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KCCFA CEO receives
Global TV’s Woman of Vision Award
KCCFA CEO Christine Wandzura was awarded
with a 2002 Woman of Vision Award in August. |
