Some big news
today....Make-A-Wish Canada, and the Children’s Wish Foundation of
Canada announced they were merging, and will be known as Make-A-Wish
Canada. Their aim is to combine their organizations to leverage their
resources with the goal of fulfilling every eligible child’s wish
across the country.
Back in the summer,
the two main charities in Canada that advocate for childhood cancer,
Coast to Coast Against cancer Foundation and Childhood cancer Canada
announced their own merger. Their goal is to combine their efforts to
create more positive outcomes for children, adolescents, and young
adults who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Just last week, Camp
Ooch, and Camp Trillium announced their own merger, “aimed at
furthering their shared goal of reaching every child and family
affected by childhood cancer across Ontario. They hope that a
combined organization will enable them to better support families,
have camps in more communities including 8 hospitals in Ontario, as
well as bringing more families & kids to overnight camp.
I’m optimistic
that this will do nothing but good for the childhood cancer
community. If, by merging, they are able to combine their
organizations to leverage their combined resources to do even more
good, and help even more children and their families, then this is
great news.
I was surprised by
the first announcement involving Coast to Coast Against cancer
merging with Childhood cancer Canada. I was floored by the
announcement involving Camp Ooch, and Camp Trillium. And today, I’m
blown away by Make-A-Wish Canada & Children’s Wish Foundation
of Canada’s merger. In fact, if
I woke up tomorrow with
my head sewn to the
carpet, I
wouldn't be more surprised
than I am now.
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