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The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Magazine

The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Magazine

FINDING BALANCE

Family Matters at the Stollery A CANADIAN FIRST AT THE STOLLERY

Complementary Alternative Medicine SIMPLE TO MAKE, TASTY TO EAT

Healthy Hero Recipes

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And then a hero comes along . . . some great lyrics in a beautiful song performed by Mariah Carey. It’s what you’ll find on the pages of this issue. In all of our stories, you’ll find that in every case a hero came along. It perhaps wasn’t their intention, but their dedication, or commitment in the community, or the great love of someone in their family took them to heights they didn’t expect.

Our Stollery Youth Reporters wrote about some very special heroes. Braden Mole wrote about his own doctor, Keith Aronyk and his work as Chief of Neurosurgery at the Stollery, and MacKinnley Colgan wrote about the Purcha family who faced some very difficult times together and how they came through to the other side. These pages are filled with inspiration.

We’re also celebrating some community initiatives. These are people who take up the Stollery voice and carry it into the community to help raise the funds needed to ensure we can continue to offer the specialized care the Stollery has become known for across Canada and also its growing reputation throughout the world.

As the referral centre for all complex pediatric heart surgeries and transplants in Western Canada, we are blessed to know special children like Sophie who is on our cover this issue. Her giant smile and bubbly spirit keeps us all focused on our commitment to raise funds for the necessary specialized work at the Stollery.

We hope you enjoy learning more about the Stollery and the many heroes who make our work at the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation so rewarding. To all of you who donate to the Foundation, thank you for being Stollery heroes.

Jennifer WoodPresident & CEO

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation

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ContentsHeroes 3 A Hero in Action 4 How Shaving Your Head Can Save a Life 6 Treating the Whole Child 8 Caring for Kids 9 Putting Good Ideas to Work 10 Every Day is Dad’s Day

Stollery Youth News Team 11 At Work With Dr. Ayronk 12 Family Matters at the Stollery

Recipes 14 Very Berry Milkshake 14 Blueberry Wheat & Oat Pancakes 14 Homemade Macaroni & Cheese

Children’s Activity 15 Play Safe

Corporate Heroes 16 Save-On For Kids 16 Cans For Kids

Donations 17 Community Innitiatives 18 Honour Roll 20 Our Shining Stars 21 In Honour

Cover photo courtesy: Christy Dean Photography

EditorJan ArchboldVice President Marketing & Communications

Design & ProductionDONOVAN Creativedonovancreative.com

PrintingDouglas Printing Limited

Publication Number: 40012957Return undeliverable Canadian Addresses to:Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation1502 College Plaza8215 - 112 StreetEdmonton, AB T6G 2C8Tel: 780.433.5437Toll Free: 1.877.393.1411Email: [email protected]: www.stollerykids.comThe Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation would like to thank our material and services providers and our volunteer photographers for helping to make this magazine possible. The generous support of businesses in the community help us to keep our administration costs at 10%, and well within the national average.

Board of Trustees:ChairRichard HironCitytv & OMNIVice ChairZahra SomaniPirani GroupAudit & Investment ChairCraig WarnockFIRMA Foreign Exchange Corp.Naseem BashirWilliams Engineering Canada Inc.Valerie BergerATCO Ltd.Sandy ChipcharATB FinancialKevin ErkerDouglas Goss, Q.C.Bryan & Company LLPRay Hansen, Q.C.Syncrude Canada Ltd.Ashif MawjiUpside Software Inc.Catrin OwenCalder Bateman CommunicationsGordon PanasPCL Constructors Inc.Dr. William J. SharunDallas L. Smith, Past ChairRBCMichael WebbMacLachlan and Mitchell Homes Inc.

Ex Officio:Deb GordonAlberta Health ServicesGlenda Coleman-MillerUniversity of Alberta Hospital, Stollery Children’sHospital and Mazankowski Alberta Heart InstituteDr. Susan GilmourUniversity of Alberta and Stollery Children’s HospitalDr. William ColeUniversity of Alberta and Stollery Children’s HospitalDr. Verna YiuUniversity of AlbertaDr. Po-Yin CheungWomen & Children’s Health Research Institute,University of AlbertaJennifer WoodPresident & CEO

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By Jan Archbold

598 days. At the printing of this magazine, that’s the number of days four-year-old Sophie will have been a patient in the

Stollery. She was just 34 months when her heart gave way to the stress of chemotherapy treatment for leukemia. Sophie had braved her way through the treatment and seemed to be recovering well, but she became one of the 1 in 500 children who will experience heart damage during treatment.

Parents Ed and Ning, were told twice during those early days that Sophie wouldn’t make it, so it’s easy to understand why there are tears when the memories flood back. They were living in Winnipeg at the time, and became aware of the heart program at the Stollery. As the referral centre for all complex pediatric heart surgeries and transplants, looking to the Stollery for support was a great first step. Through consultation, the doctors at the Stollery believed there was a chance Sophie could recover if her heart could rest and take time to heal. If that wasn’t possible, they could look at a transplant. So while their baby was air lifted to the Stollery, they waited for her to arrive in Edmonton not knowing what the future would bring.

Sophie’s recovery has had many joys and bumps along the way, but as we sit to chat about this article, she’s laughing, telling jokes, and enjoying playing games with Grandma Rita. “She never gets tired of playing,” says Ed. “She was born happy.” As soon as she opens her eyes in the morning, she sings a good morning song to her parents. And, then as her comic hero WordGirl would do, she challenges the nurses on the ward with a new word to learn. She loves words and to talk, and added to the list is the Beach, the Stollery’s play area for kids. When people comment on how long she’s been in hospital, Sophie is quick to say, “But there’s the beach!”.

Sophie’s parents describe her as amazing, and the doctors are amazed at her resilience, too. There is not yet a definitive answer to whether Sophie’s heart will be strong enough on its own or whether she will need a transplant. Ed and Ning share a glance between them when they mention how easy it is to become an organ donor. “Just sign your Alberta Health Care card here in Alberta and let your family know your wishes,” says Ning. The thought is interrupted by a squeal of glee from Sophie who has just discovered the perfect colour paper for her craft. “Only this moment matters. We cherish every moment of everyday.” What a perfect way to spend a day . . . with a Hero.

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How Shaving Your Head Can Save a LifeSpreading Hope and Raising Awareness May Help Stop the Spread of Cancerby Andrea Donini

I n the fight against cancer, family and friends help replenish hope in ways that few people have the words to express. It is the family and friends of cancer patients,

lacking the ability to fight a loved one’s cancer directly, who so often valiantly and tirelessly work to raise awareness and research dollars. It is an inspiring battle, this fight to end cancer, and one that is taken up by medical researchers around the globe and right here in Edmonton.

At just 4 years old, Kali McDonald was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy. Mom Tammy MacDonald could do little more than try and comfort her daughter as she lost her hair and her health, so she did everything she could to maintain hope. After three years of treatment, Tammy realized cancer cannot be fought alone; it must be fought as a community. In the spirit of community, Hair Massacure was born and in its first year claimed the hair of 42 participants raising $37,000. In 2007, Hair Massacure began funding pediatric cancer research through the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Dr. Sunjata Persad is a molecular biologist in the Stollery Pediatric Thrombosis Research unit at the University of Alberta. Her lab is one of several largely funded by Hair Massacure donations through the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation – all that pink hair and all those shaved heads put Dr. Persad and her grad students to work every day learning how cancer works at a cellular level.

The truth about cancer is that we don’t know enough about how it works. Despite seemingly miraculous advances in cancer treatment, the medical community is still learning just what

causes cancer to start? How does it grow? How does it spread? It is this last question – how does it spread? – that is the focus of Dr. Persad’s research.

“All cells, in any tissue in the body, are held closely together by something we call adhesion,” Dr. Persad explains, “This adhesion happens by specific proteins that ‘stick out’ from the cell wall connecting to the same proteins on other cells. These proteins are called e-cadherins.”

Dr. Persad goes on to explain that when the e-cadherins on the outside of cancer cells release their hold on the other cancer cells of the tumor, metastasis (or progression) occurs. Once a cancer cell is free of the tumor, it crawls to the nearest blood vessel and “shoulders its way in, where it surrounds itself with a blood clot so the body doesn’t know to fight it,” says Dr. Persad.

Once masked, the cancer cell travels through the vascular system until a narrow point it cannot fit past. The masked cancer cell then sheds its protective cover and pushes its way back out of the vascular walls where it finds another favourable location for survival. The cancer cell then begins to multiply and re-express the e-cadherin that allows adhesion, forming another, secondary, tumor.

This process is triggered by a group of proteins inside the cell called catenins and, specific to Dr. Persad’s research, a protein called beta-catenin. But what happens with the beta-catenin to trigger the loss? One day, Dr. Persad hopes to be able to answer that question.

Currently Dr. Persad, her two grad students and lab tech are working with cancer cells in vitro (in petrie dishes) to try and determine the exact cellular mechanics of cancer progression. They are trying to determine what happens inside the cell nucleus to signal the e-cadherin to let go. Dr. Persad’s researchers have seen evidence that those e-cadherins can be put back, causing a reversal of metastasis.

“This is important because a cancer that does not spread is really just a chronic condition – not a life-threatening disease,” says Persad.

But just as running a funds-and-awareness-raising event is a labour of love and dedication, so too is the research required to learn just how cancer grows and spreads. Dr. Persad and her researchers work in sterile environments, under extraction hoods to prevent contamination or risk to researchers handling live cancer cells. Each researcher in the lab runs hundreds and hundreds of tests in any given week. Reams of data must be collected, and the results of any given test – no matter how promising – have to be repeatedly evidenced to ensure accuracy.

It is not an easy job. Nor is it a job that’s close to completion. In these beginning phases of research, Dr. Persad and others see a great deal of promise, but scientific protocols demand rigorous research. The next step for Dr. Persad’s project is to obtain more funding so that they can move from working in vitro to in vivo (with biological organisms). From there, they will have to involve clinicians and design the protocol that could take what is learned into a clinical trial situation. They will be running tests for years. “But it’s interesting,” Dr. Persad says, “and it’s so incredibly worthwhile. We don’t want to stop.”

Tammy MacDonald and her family feel the same. Through years of hard work and perseverance the family has built the Hair Massacure event into one that has raised $4.7 million and shaved the heads of more than 6,000 participants. This year’s event alone raised $1,050,000. It’s been the inspiration for countless other similar events and only continues to grow.

For a family, and a little girl, who battled a growing cancer threatening a life so dear to them, it must be immensely satisfying to know that they are growing an event that may one day be the reason cancer is stopped in its tracks.

Dr. Persad at work in the lab. (I) Jaskiran Sidhu, M.Sc Candidate; Dr. Persad; Li Hao, Laboratory Manager; Jacqueline R Ha, M.Sc Candidate

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Treating the whole childComplementary Alternative Medicine at the Stolleryby Theresa Shea

There are few things more heartrending than to witness a child in pain. Is it any wonder, then, that parents will go to any lengths to decrease their child’s suffering?

Commonly, when children enter a hospital, medical staff attempt to heal by using conventional western medical practices. However, a growing number of parents are turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), also known as integrative medicine, when seeking the ideal treatment for their children.

Dr. Sunita Vohra is the director of the Stollery’s Complementary and Alternative Research and Education (CARE) Program. She is a soft-spoken and determined individual with a great vision: to bridge the gap between conventional and alternative medicines in order to derive the greatest healing benefits from each.

If a child with cancer is suffering from nausea or vomiting, why not prescribe acupuncture in conjunction with chemotherapy? Or add a session of reiki to his or her treatment to help decrease anxiety? And what about music therapy, massage therapy, and biofeedback?

The Stollery is the first children’s hospital in Canada to have a pediatric integrative medicine program. Beginning this fall, CARE will offer its complementary alternative medicine to in-patients. “It’s very exciting,” Vohra says. “It’s an opportunity to bring together the best of both worlds and to be patient and family centred.”

“In the conventional model,” she explains, “the health care provider suggests therapies to the patient. By contrast, in the complementary model, it’s the patient who requests a treatment program, like acupuncture, for example. So in other words, the integrative model is more of a patient-driven phenomenon.”

What Vohra and other medical professionals have witnessed in the past decade is an increase in patients using alternative medicines on their own. According to the Fraser Institute,

Canadians spend almost $8 billion a year on visits to providers of alternative medicine. Given the access to information that the internet provides, parents of sick children often come armed with many treatment options when they see a medical professional. However, credible scientific information about CAM can be difficult to find, including potential side effects, especially for children.

“It’s an opportunity to bring together the best of both worlds

and to be patient and family centred.”

“It’s become a safety issue,” Vohra explains. “Too often parents were afraid to tell their doctors that their children were also using alternative medicine. So the role we play is to act as a bridge and to create opportunity for discussion. Our research with integrative medicine is very evidence based. We want to find a healthy approach to treatment whether it be through acupuncture, massage therapy and/or conventional therapy.”

The CARE program has already received wonderful feedback. Children with complex medical conditions generally have many consultants involved in their care and many drugs are often prescribed to deal with their illness. However, as Vohra discovered, parents also want to be more involved in their children’s treatment options. “So, when we offer them the services of a naturopath, or a massage therapist, for example, parents often feel empowered and enjoy taking a more active role. It’s wonderful to be able to promote a good relationship between the families and the rest of the health care team.”

Another strength of the CARE program has been promoting patient safety. “We’ve had families whose children were taking natural health products that may not be safe for them, especially at the doses that were being used. Some kids were showing signs of toxicity. So when things are discussed openly, rather than kept secret, we’re able to help reduce harm.”

Dr. Vohra has a host of stories to illustrate the many successes of the CARE program. In one, she talks of a boy with a Berlin heart (an external mechanical heart that keeps a child alive while he or she awaits a transplant) who was on many medications and was routinely seen by a number of doctors. “He was having ongoing issues around pain and anxiety,” Vohra explains. “When we added music therapy, reiki and massage therapy to his care treatment, we discovered that he didn’t require as much medication.” In other words, the benefits of adding the complementary medicine enabled him to reduce both his stress and pain.

Starting this fall, as a part of a clinical trial, the CARE program will offer five services for in-patients at the Stollery: acupuncture, massage therapy, reiki, music therapy and biofeedback.

Biofeedback involves using very sophisticated computer games with images that vary according to the patient’s age. If a child is

young, for example, the image used might be a balloon. In order to “win” the game, the child will have to keep the balloon afloat. The more relaxed and calm the child is, the higher the balloon floats. To achieve this calm, the child must bring her heart rate down. This simple skill can help her reduce her own anxiety or pain. As Dr. Vohra explains, “drugs are not always an ideal choice. Despite the best pain medications, there are still kids who have pain. No one wants to have children in pain, so if we can find medication-free options as well as provide on-going coping skills, then so much the better.”

The CARE Program is also in partnership with CASA House, a residential treatment program for children who have complex mental health issues that don’t enable them to live at home. “These children are a highly vulnerable population,” Vohra says, “and we’re studying if integrating mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) into their treatment plans helps them feel better.”

MBSR is a non-pharmalogical technique that helps to teach individuals how to be present in the moment and aims to reduce debilitating stress. In the larger picture, it teaches a lifelong skill that helps kids be more resilient and more able to cope with anxiety.

In children’s hospitals across Canada, 70% of pediatric patients have at some point in their lives used some form of alternative medicine. Physicians trust therapies that have been proven to work, so including acupuncture, reiki, massage therapy, music therapy and biofeedback in trials will assist in generating new evidence-based approaches in pediatric care.

“The innovative and pioneering work done by the CARE Program requires multiple funding sources,” Dr. Vohra explains. “Integrative medicine is not yet funded by the health care system, and there is a tremendous need for more research and more education, to help train integrative pediatricians of tomorrow.”

Donations that are directed to the CARE Program, then, will extend far beyond our own borders to set an example for the kind of innovative medical treatments required for the twenty-first century.

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Caring for Kids Astral Radio Broadcast

by Aleesha Jex

There was a big smile on his face when Langdon proclaimed his teddy bear’s name. “Bear!” the four-year-old exclaimed. It was a day to celebrate bears; in

fact, we had The Bear right beside where we were sitting.

Langdon Hughes was one of many children whose Stollery experience was shared during our May 5th Caring for Kids Astral Radio Broadcast on 104-9 Virgin Radio, 100.3 The Bear and The Team 1260.

Kathleen Hughes, Langdon’s mom, was very happy to be able to be at the broadcast. It was just three weeks ago that Langdon was admitted to the Stollery. He was complaining of extreme pain in the back of his head when his parents decided to take him to the Stollery’s emergency department. Doctors quickly determined he had Cavernous Arteriovenous Malformations, which is a mass on the brain.

Dr. Aronyk performed brain surgery and successfully removed the mass. The Hughes family was told it could possibly take weeks for Langdon to regain his balance, but this ball of energy wouldn’t be stopped, and the day after Langdon was discharged, he was walking and running without any assistance. We have these amazing doctors in Edmonton and the necessary leading-edge equipment available because people in our community make supporting the Stollery a priority.

Along with our donors, there are many people in our community who recognize the importance of the Stollery to the well-being of our children. Supporters like Edmonton Rush players Jarrett Toll and Jimmy Quinlan, Edmonton Eskimo Kyle Koch, and Edmonton Oiler Jason Strudwick and former Edmonton Oiler Ryan Smyth made sure they dropped by or called in. Premier Stelmach’s schedule was booked solid, but he managed to make an interview a priority stop between appointments.

Thanks to our incredible families, partners, donors, volunteers and sponsors, like Great Canadian Roofing, Exteriors and HVAC who was our presenting sponsor for the radio broadcast, we raised $425,000. And, the Intuit volunteers took all of those pledge calls from listeners at its call centre.

There are too few words to express our thanks to the team at Astral. They just stepped up, hit the ground running, and never looked back. Since its inception in 2005, the Caring for Kids Astral Radio Broadcast has raised more than $3.1 million for the kids at the Stollery. That’s something that has helped bring a smile to many children’s faces.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Corey Graham and Guy Flaming with Team 1260 chat with Premier Stelmach

Langdon with Bear

Every dollar Bart Yachimec and the Yachimec Auto Group have donated to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation is a group effort, and every dollar counts.

In addition to direct fundraising and a matching program, a portion of every vehicle sold at the Group’s eight Edmonton dealerships goes to the Stollery. As a result, the donation comes from the customer, the salesman and the dealership.

That’s a big group effort, with a tremendous impact. Since 2007, the Yachimec Auto Group has donated more than $1 million to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. “Our campaign involves everyone in the giving, which is where it draws strength,” says Yachimec. “It’s all about being a part of and supporting the local community.”

“It’s all about being a part of and supporting the local community.”

In 2007, Yachimec was looking for a different kind of marketing strategy – something that would make a difference. “We wanted to give back in some way to the community, while still creating a strong marketing campaign,” he says.

The result was a Stollery awareness campaign that has had a significant, unexpected impact. The dealerships started marketing the Stollery in a way that had never been done before – dressing up shuttle vans and developing strong partnerships with local newspapers and radio to promote the Stollery in the local community. The resulting awareness has significantly contributed to the overall funds received by the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

“The Stollery is a great cause everyone believes in it,” reflects Yachimec. “All eight dealerships have gotten behind it and really promoted it. And you can see the impact with our customers – you can see it on their faces.”

In addition to the marketing campaign, the dealerships do special fundraisers, such as Christmas parties and golf tournaments, and the Yachimec Auto Group matches every dollar employees raise.

The Group includes Great West Chrysler Dodge Jeep, West Side Acura, West Side Mitsubishi, North Side Mitsubishi, West End Nissan, Alberta Honda, Edmonton BMW and Mini Edmonton. “We’re in year five of our fundraising commitment,” says Yachimec. “The $1 million benchmark is a result of that ongoing commitment.” The funds this Edmonton business has helped to raise support the purchase of specialized equipment, sub-speciality medical education to train the best of the best, research to pave the way to the discovery of new treatments or cures for child health issues, and specialized programs that support the whole family.

Yachimec says the best part is seeing the response from Edmontonians. “It has been very gratifying, seeing what has been accomplished. We’ve done something that has made a difference.”

Putting good ideas to work by Sheila Graham

Bart Yachimec putting good ideas to work at Edmonton BMW. “The Stollery is a great cause everyone believes in it,”

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Caring for Kids Astral Radio Broadcast is a national Children’s Miracle Network event, raising needed funds for children’s hospitals across Canada.


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Over sixty percent of Canadian men between the ages of thirty and forty-nine are fathers. However, the traditional father role these men grew up with has changed dramatically in the past thirty years. Today’s father is expected to take a more active role in childrearing, but for many men, that role does not occur naturally.

While it may seem obvious, studies have shown that children whose fathers play an active role in their lives are happier, more academically successful, more likely to participate in social activities, and less likely to engage in criminal behaviour. In other words, for the vast majority of Canadian children, having an involved father makes for a better life.

Some fathers see their children daily, know what kind of role model they’d like to be, but still have difficulties achieving that goal. Others don’t live full-time with their children and, although they want to be available, are uncertain if their presence is desired. There are all kinds of family scenarios out there with different challenges. Whatever the case may be, service providers are recognizing that fathers often have different challenges than mothers. Simply put, why not design social programs specifically aimed at fathers?

What does it mean to be a good father? What are the benefits of being present for your children? How is child discipline different from punishment? These are just a few examples of questions that the Alberta Father Involvement Initiative might help men answer. Only the third program of its kind in Canada, the Initiative helps link fathers and service providers so that other programs can be developed that directly assist in encouraging father involvement.

Patrick Dillon is the Provincial Co-coordinator for the Initiative and he speaks quite enthusiastically about its mandate. “Our goal,” he explains, “is to make connections with fathers and service providers throughout the province and to help fathers improve their relationships with their children.”

Operational since 2009, the Alberta Father Involvement Initiative is proud to have the Encana Corporation as a funding supporter through the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. In addition, Alberta Health Services, the Alberta Network for Safe and Healthy Children, and the Alberta Home Visitation Network partner in the development of the program.

The Initiative does not target any particular group, such as fathers who are divorced or unmarried. It recognizes that men in all kinds of living situations can have the desire to improve their relationship with their children.

Currently, there are approximately four dozen fathers across the province working with the Initiative. Dillon hopes that an increased social media presence will allow more men to learn about services available for fathers. In fact, identifying and implementing relevant social media strategies is the next step in reaching more men to promote father engagement. The website for the Alberta Father Involvement Initiative is currently being built and should be operational by the end of June (maybe even by Father’s Day). “Our number one goal,” Dillon says, “is to work in the best interest of the children.” Healthy family relations have a positive effect not just in our homes, but also in our workplaces and in our communities.

The Stollery Children’s Foundation funds a number of worthy endeavours that are all geared to improving the health of children. The Alberta Father Involvement Initiative supports that goal.

Every day is Dad’s day by Sheila Graham “I enjoy working on high-tech machines,” say Dr. Keith

Aronyk about his hobbies at home. It is no surprise. Dr. Aronyk is Chief of Neurosurgery for both the

University of Alberta and the Stollery Children’s Hospital, where he works with the most complex machine of all— the human brain.

An Edmontonian at Heart

His love of science came early in life, and at 22 he finished medical school. “I did a year of internship at the old General Hospital, then went into general surgery. But every time I rotated through neurosurgery, I loved it more. And once I started into neurosurgery, I realized I wanted to go into pediatric surgery.”

When asked about his first surgery, Dr. Aronyk explains that there isn’t really such thing; that you don’t go straight from books to brains. It’s a gradual process involving a great deal of mentorship and supervision from very experienced and talented practicing surgeons.

Along with his schooling at the UofA, Dr. Aronyk studied at Cornell Medical Centre in New York, and at schools in Toronto and Chicago, ultimately earning himself a job offer in Chicago that he decided to take. Now a husband and a father, he moved out of Edmonton. “It was a big move for my family. We went to Chicago with the intention of staying there for good.”

However, in 1993, it was decided that a children’s hospital would be built in Edmonton. “The head of that children’s hospital came to Chicago to meet with me and said ‘Would you come back and be the Chief of Surgery?’”

The Stollery had a slow start and in 1994 was cancelled after changes in government leaving Dr. Aronyk disappointed. “I had left the best job in North America to come to a general hospital.” But when the Stolley was finally up and running in 2000, Dr. Aronyk was there and took his position as Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, keeping him and his family in the city he grew up in.

Getting up for work in the morning has always been a joy. “Whatever it is it just keeps getting better and better because I love coming into work every day, and I have ever since I was a paperboy for the Edmonton Journal.”

Dr. Aronyk is gentle, but realistic when talking about miracles that happen at the Stollery. “I’m afraid there are not very many miracles in neurosurgery. The brain is such an unforgiving organ.” He explains that upon opening the brain, a surgeon can tell right away whether or not there is a chance for success. “To the family it may seem like a miracle, but a miracle is a completely unexpected outcome. Nothing in the last 25 years has surprised me.”

Dr. Aronyk’s history is ingrained into the Stollery’s history. “The Stollery has a sense of identity now. We built a pediatric unit out of nothing,” says Dr. Aronyk who would love to play a part in the development and creation of a separate children’s hospital, but from an informational and inspirational point of view.

One of Dr. Aronyk’s biggest visions is for the Stollery to become its own hospital. The Stollery has always been known as a hospital within hospital, which has it’s set backs, and he believes the people of Edmonton would be better served if the hospital were a separate entity. That said, Dr. Aronyk acknowledges the many advantages to being a part of the University Hospital. Both the pediatric and adult sides of neurosurgery are able to share resources and skills. “It’s very interactive,” he says.

As for what comes next for Dr. Aronyk, he will start recruiting new talent to build the Stollery surgical team, making sure it’s left in good hands, before retiring early. “Then it will be time for me to be a full-time machinist.”

At work with Dr. Keith Aronyk, Chief of Neurosurgeryby Braden Mole, Stollery Youth News Reporter with Youth Mentor Erinne Sevigny

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Amanda Purcha, a grade eleven student in Sherwood Park, Alberta, has grown up helping take care of her younger brother, Brandon, a strong sixteen-year-old born with Down’s syndrome. Brandon’s family has always dealt with the fact he isn’t “normal,” it never being a problem for the Purcha family. Brandon is very self sufficient and independent, able to do most things for himself. When asked about how her friends react to her having a brother with special needs Amanda said, “I’m actually shocked at how well they accept him. He has just started coming to my school this year, and when I told everyone they were very excited. They think he is the cutest thing alive, and they treat him just how any other brother would be treated.”

Brandon has had other medical issues throughout his childhood from heart surgery at two months old to progressively worsening hearing loss. His speech is difficult to understand, but he is able to communicate with his parents and sister through use of an iPad.

A Family in Crisis

In late December 2009, after dropping Amanda off for a sleepover with a friend, Colleen (Brandon and Amanda’s mother) and her husband went to the Stollery where she

asked for a blood test for her son. Brandon had been feeling ill for weeks. Earlier, his pediatrician had diagnosed him with pneumonia. However, on a family vacation to Hawaii, a normally active, water-loving Brandon only wanted to sleep. Back at home he became worse, crying at school and sleeping more than usual. Eventually, he stopped eating and would collapse upon standing. Concerned, Colleen called Health Link looking for answers, fearing it might be H1N1.

“As soon as they took his blood, they knew. He was neutropenic (no white blood cell count). A lady came in and started checking his body head to toe, and asking so many questions: What is your support system like? Does cancer run in the family? Question after question, I still had no clue where she was going with it all,” Colleen remembers. Late into the night, doctors were still looking at x-ray and test results, working past normal hours. Later still, an oncologist came asking to speak with Colleen and her husband. Colleen didn’t even know what an oncologist did, that is how foreign cancer was to her. The oncologist told her she wanted to admit Brandon to the Stollery for leukemia treatment. Colleen fell apart. She called her husband who had left earlier in the night and he returned immediately.

Amanda remembers when she first learned of her brother’s situation. Her father picked her up early from her friend’s in

Family Matters at the Stollery by MacKinnley Colgan, Stollery Youth News Reporter

The Purcha Family: Greg, Amanda, Brandon, Colleen

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the morning. “I was like: ‘Why am I leaving?’ I knew Brandon was in the hospital, but I didn’t know it was so serious. At the end of a diagonal hallway I saw my mom, and as soon as she saw me she started crying. My dad said: ‘This is not going to be a good day’ and I thought ‘I know that already, what is going on?’ Mom started to explain things to me and she said ‘Brandon has cancer’ and hugged me. I heard her but it didn’t register. As soon as we walked into the room, though, it hit me like a brick wall, and I guess I broke down, I started crying.”

When asked if there was a discussion on how things would change, how the family would carry out their day-to-day living, Amanda says, “Everything shifted. There wasn’t a discussion like ‘okay here is what’s happening.’ It just happened.”

Colleen also recalls that day clearly. “My first thought was that I was going to have to bury one of my children, but from the moment we got to the Stollery, we knew we were in the best place. The doctor came in at 3 am to tell me that Brandon had a 75 to 80% chance of surviving this. Down syndrome children have a higher susceptibility to leukemia, but also higher chances of beating it.”

Balancing Family Matters

For the first three weeks, Brandon was in hospital every day. He received surgery almost once a week. “Everything was day by day now, no future plans. We basically wrote 2010 off, everything now depended on Brandon,” explains Colleen.

In a situation with one child sick and one healthy, though, how do parents ensure that their non-sick child is still having their needs met? “Siblings of hospitalized children experience a wide range of emotions and it is so important to provide them with support and attention during this time in their lives. They have to adjust to so many changes and the accompanying strong feelings all at once can be overwhelming,” says Allison Ingram, provisional psychologist at the Stollery.

Colleen explains: “At first balancing time between Brandon and Amanda was very hard. I would be at the hospital the entire week, and when I got home I just wanted to shower and sleep

for two days solid. I sometimes forgot about Amanda, and not because I wanted to. The focus was all on Brandon, but I needed to come home and focus on her and find out about her life, too.”

The Stollery offers support groups and one-on-one therapy for siblings of children in hospital. Allison’s work “focuses on helping siblings understand the illness and treatment and correcting any misconceptions they may have, giving siblings an opportunity to express their feelings in a safe environment, and building coping strategies.” Finding a balance was hard, but the Stollery Children’s Hospital is family orientated, and no matter who the patient is, they love and get to know the entire family, which was the case for the Purcha family.

Amanda met frequently with her counsellor, Allison. “It helped because I had someone to go to even when I couldn’t go to my parents about my problems. They had to worry about Brandon. Allison gave me someone, other than my parents, that understands everything but doesn’t have to worry so much about Brandon, though she still does, and can be there for me to talk to.” Amanda further explained, “I don’t really like to be in a hospital, but there you feel like you’re part of the community as soon as you get there, it is so family orientated, it’s nice.”

Amanda visited her brother in hospital often. “When I was there it was kind of our thing to colour together. We’d play cards or board games or even hallway hockey.” A scrapbook put together by Colleen, with help from Stollery members, shows the many good times both Brandon and Amanda have shared despite Brandon’s illness. The Stollery Children’s Hospital had become a home away from home for this family. Without the knowledge and support the Stollery has provided, this family would not be where they are today--close, joyful and on the road to recovery.


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Healthy, active kids reason to celebrate. In the February issue of Hero, we told you about the great work Dr. Geoff Ball and his team are doing at the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health. In March, Dr. Ball was awarded the 2011 Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Paediatric Society. His research is benefitting children today and will be there for children in the future. Congratulations, Dr. Ball!

RecipesThese recipes are fun and easy ways to incorporate the 5–15 daily servings of fruits and vegetables recommended for a healthy diet. Created by registered dieticians and nutritionists, recipes such as these can help prevent childhood obesity.

Very Berry Milkshake1 cup (250 mL) Berries, fresh or frozen

1 cup (250 mL) Low fat vanilla frozen yogurt

1 cup (250 mL) Milk, 1%

½ tsp (2.5 mL) Cinnamon (if desired)

Directions:Place all ingredients in blender and blend until mixed. Enjoy!

Makes four servings

© 2010 Alberta Health Services.

Blueberry Wheat & Oat Pancakes

1 cup (250 mL) All-purpose flour

½ cup (125 mL) Wheat germ

½ cup (125 mL) Quick cooking oatmeal

1 tbsp. (15 mL) Granulated sugar

1 tbsp. (15 mL) Baking powder

¼ tsp (1 mL) Salt

1 medium Egg

2 tbsp (30 mL) Vegetable oil

2 cups (500 mL) Milk

¾ cup (175 mL) Blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:In a medium bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside.

In a small bowl beat egg, mix in oil and milk.

Add egg mixture to flour mixture.

Stir, but do not over mix. If pancake batter is too thick, add more milk (1 to 2 tablespoons).

Stir blueberries into batter.

Drop batter by spoonfuls onto lightly greased hot pan, when bubbles appear and edges begin to dry, turn pancakes to brown other side.

Makes 12 pancakes


Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

2 cups (500 mL) Whole wheat macaroni, dry

3 tbsp. (45 mL) Margarine

3 tbsp. (45 mL) All purpose flour

4 cups (1 L) Milk

2 cups (500 mL) Low fat cheddar, shredded

½ cup (125 mL) Onion, diced

1 tsp (4 mL) Dry mustard

¼ tsp (1 mL) Pepper

For the Topping

1 tbsp. (15 mL) Margarine

4 tbsp. (60 mL) Dry bread crumbs

¼ cup (60 mL) Low fat cheddar, shredded

Directions:For the Macaroni

In a large pot, bring about 2 litres of water to boil. Add pasta and cook until soft (8-10 minutes). Drain pasta.

In a medium saucepan, melt margarine and stir in onion, flour, salt and pepper.

Add milk. Cook and stir until sauce boils and thickens.

Add dry mustard and cheese to sauce and stir to melt.

Combine sauce with macaroni. Pour into a medium casserole, set aside.

For the Topping

In a small saucepan, melt margarine. Remove from heat.

Stir in crumbs into melted margarine until coated. Add cheese and sprinkle over top of macaroni.

Bake in 350˚F (180˚C) oven for 30 minutes until hot and bubbly and cheese is melted.

Makes 4 to 6 servings



donations


corporate heroes

Community Innitiatives

The Haunted Hike2010 marked the third year of The Haunted Hike, a Halloween-themed event hosted by the Glowatsky family in Sherwood Park. Along with close friends, the Glowatsky family dress in elaborate Halloween costumes and put on the most amazing performances, to celebrate the spooky season, but more importantly to raise money for sick and injured children in our region. Because of their passion and dedication, and the overwhelming support from the community, they raised just over $30,000 in 2010. The volunteers even learned, perfected and performed the Michael Jackson Thriller Dance for the folks waiting in-line to brave The Haunted Hike. In total, this event has raised close to $50,000 in just three years. Thank you Glowatsky family & Haunted Hike volunteers for your continued support.

Alberta Outdoorsman Forum - Pay It ForwardKen Lysons is a member of the Alberta Outdoorsman Forum and created a Pay it Forward thread--with the premise being that anyone could give a ‘gift’ which would give them a Pay It Forward credit. The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation was chosen as the 2011 recipient. In six weeks, they received more than $5000 in donations. There are already plans to do the same in January 2012.

Valleyview Cup Rec Hockey TournamentEvery year, the town of Valleyview hosts a hockey tournament, and the Stollery has been the beneficiary for the last couple of years. Teams from all over Alberta accept pledges to play in the tournament, and this year they raised just over $10,000.

Medicine Cup Charity Tournament More than 250 people came out to play in the 7th Annual Medicine Cup Charity Tournament, organized by the University of Alberta Medical Students. This event raised $15,000 for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation--bringing their 7-year total to $75,000. They also made a donation to the Flying Doctors of Canada, a charity group that provides medical care in underprivileged countries.

Stollery Family Day ClassicThe Stollery Family Day Classic took place from February 18 to 21, 2011 at the new Terwilligar Recreation Centre. This tournament was completely focused on children, families, active living and good health. The mission of the tournament was to create an event that was about giving back and promoting awareness and support for the Stollery Children’s Hospital among our youth and community at large. It was also in support of Hockey Edmonton and future player developmental initiatives.

Tournament Organizer Steve Serdachny, world renowned Professional Power Skating & Skills Coach, Elite Hockey Consultant and Skating & Skills coach for the Edmonton Oilers, wants to turn this into an annual event which will continue to promote and help our youth develop a sense of responsibility and caring for others through the great game of hockey. He wanted to convey an important message, which was to empower and enable the players and teams to give back and support others in our communities.

“Playing for Healthy kids - Giving back to others” The tournaments goal is to promote hockey and healthy children!

Teaching children the value of:

• Family

• Being healthy and supporting others to regain health

• Philanthropy and giving back to individuals and community

• Fair play, sportsmanship, fun and reasonable competition

This year’s tournament had 66 teams, consisting of more than 1,000 minor hockey players. Through amazing sponsorship and the hard work and dedication of the volunteers, families, coaches and players. The event raised just over $144,000 for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Glowatsky Family and (r) Stephanie Perilli, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Stollery Family Day Classic committee members L to R: Steve Serdachny, Patrick Dumelie, Stephanie Perilli, Mike Webb and Cori Lyn Gengenbach

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In October 2009, more than 200 Alberta Bottle Depot Association locations signed up to participate in the province-wide Alberta Cans for Kids Campaign.

This campaign encouraged staff and customers to drop their empty bottles and cans into marked bins specific to the Stollery. These recyclables then

turned into cash for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

To keep the momentum going in 2011, the Alberta Bottle Depot Association decided to split the campaign across the province and raise $100,000 in northern Alberta alone. With this money, the Stollery can purchase items such as echocardiography equipment to allow ultrasound scans of the heart in 3-D and 4-D, rather than the old 2 dimension scans. It allows cardiologists to study the heart of a child, a baby, even a fetus in utero --looking at the valves, blood vessels and chambers all at the same time to see how each is positioned and how they function. It’s non-invasive testing and gets to the heart of the matter in much more detail than was previously possible.

Thank you to our top fundraising depots: Blue Heron (Athabasca), Centennial (West Edmonton), Recycle Plus (Grande Prairie) and Rehab Society of SW Alberta (Lethbridge), who all raised more than $6,000 each. The average donation per depot is about $1,000.

Cans for Kids Save-On For KidsFundraising for the new Stollery Children’s Hospital pediatric emergency department is underway, with a phased opening beginning in November 2011.

Overwaitea, Save-On-Foods’ parent company, had a look at the project and decided it would make the emergency department its fundraising priority and pledged $250,000. Since the pledge was made in November 2009, the stores have already raised $200,000 through paper bear icon campaigns, in-store barbeques and festivities, contests, grand opening celebrations and much more.

There have been some great store success stories:

• Strathcona had an icon selling contest for their cashiers and raised $3,277 in one week.

• Summerside teamed up with its shopping centre neighbours to raise more than $3,000 in one weekend.

• Ellerslie accepted donations in return for used books collected from community members and raised $1,600 in one day.

• Stadium increased their annual icon sales by $1,000 since 2009.

Go Save-On-Foods Employees!

Since the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation opened in 2001, Save-On-Foods has contributed more than $605,000 towards child health, including the Stollery’s emergency expansion.

The new emergency will meet the need of the more than 26,000 patients who come through the doors annually. The expansion will double the number of beds from 12 to 24, create a separate entrance, triage area and waiting room, and provide a child-friendly environment that is comfortable for families.

Did you know…

• $100,000 worth of cans is the equivalent to about 1 million containers,

or 54 cubic feet of space! Think of the environmental impact!

• Aluminum recycling is so efficient that it can take as few as 60 days

for a can to be collected, melted down and made into a new can.

• We use about 392 cans per person per year.

• PET bottles can be made into fleece jackets or carpet.

• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough electricity to run a TV for

three hours.

• You can help support the Stollery by donating your cans and bottles

or by organizing a can-round-up at your office or school and drop

off the recyclables to your local depot. Call Lori for more details at

780.431.4603.


donations donationsHonour RollThis list acknowledges individual and corporate donations of $250 or more made between January 9 to March 31, 2011.

1207765 Alberta Ltd1247693 Alberta Ltd1279140 Alberta Ltd-Louieville Lounge1292500 Alberta Ltd1372856 Alberta Ltd. O/A Stone

Operating Services1411429 Alberta Inc1521601 Alberta Ltd379157 BC Ltd.590122 Alberta Ltd604315 Alberta Ltd881190 Alberta Ltd/ O.K. Tire Store921192 Alberta Limited955895 Alberta Ltd./Double T Tank

TrucksA & A Trenching (Partnership)Abacus Enterprises IncAdams, GerryAdams, JennyAdvanced Appraisal ServiceAdvantage Hot TubsAjax Drywall 2000 LtdAlberta Barrel Racing AssociationAlberta Bottle Depot AssociationAlberta Ukrainian Self Reliance LeagueAldergrove SchoolAlegro Projects & FabricatonAlexander, MarkAlford, RandyAlton, DanAmbrozic, ChristineAmyotte, JacquelineAnderson, TraceyAndree Enterprises Inc.Andys Oilfield Hauling LtdAnonymous, AnonymousAntoniuk, RobinArena Auto Service (1988) Ltd.Argus Machine Co. Ltd.Armstrong, MelissaAs-Per-Safety & Rescue LtdAstraZeneca Canada Inc.ATB FinancialATB Financial - Branch 855ATCO I-TekAtco Structures & LogisticsATL HeatingAustrom, BrianAviva CanadaAXIS Specialty LimitedAyotte, Peter

B & B Demolition Ltd.B2L PartnershipBailey’s Welding & ConstructionBaird, DarrellBaker, ChadBalan, RichardBalsa, TeresaBaninschoot, ChrisBanks, MargaretBaraich, HardeepBarmac Contracting LtdBarr, DickBarrick EnergyBarrtech Heavy Equipment Repair

Battle River Credit Union Ltd.Baudoin, HarrietteBaumann, SuzieBayou Perma-Pipe Canada Ltd.BDM Safety IncorporatedBeaton, DerekBeattie, YvonneBeck Commercial Inc.Bee Bell Health BakeryBee Clean - Building MaintenanceBelay Benefits Inc.Belvedere SchoolBenevolent Protective Order of Elks St

Albert #585Bentley Royal Purple Lodge #264Bergstrom, CurtisBergum, RogerBettec, BrianBeyer, JarredBijou, JimBioWare ULCBiro, JoyceBlock, NormaBly, GeraldBMO Bank of Montreal - Main OfficeBMO Employee Charitable FoundationBMO Employees Charitable FoundationBogdanski, WesBohnet, PatBoisvert, BarryBorno, AuniruddhaBowen, GregBoyce, DeborahBoychuk, RobertBoyko, CarlaBoyko, JamesBPOE Lodge No. 156Bradford Consulting 1335348 Alberta Inc.Bradford, SandraBrady, DeanBrady, MargaretBrakk Services Ltd.Brandenburg, MargueriteBrassard, RaymondBremner, DonnaBritz, ThomasBrodie, ShellyBrook, ColinBrookline Public RelationsBrown, TRUEBuchert, BrendaBurrows-Robins, TeresaBurton, DonButerman, Kevin

Cadrain, TonyCaldwell, JenniferCameron, JamesCampbell, CarolCamrose Lodge No.563 - Loyal Order of

Moose Bingo Acct.Can-Tran International IncCanada Safeway Ltd.Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. -

CalgaryCanalta Panels Ltd.Canonbie Contracting LimitedCaron Measurement & ControlsCarrodus, SimoneCarter, DoneldaCathrea, DouglasCharles, Samuel

CHEOChildren’s Miracle Network - Can Escrow

CheckingChokanov, EvgeniyChong, JerryChris Page & AssociatesChristie-Milley, DChristie, RobertChuy, StanleyCIBCCJC Enterprises Ltd.Clarke, CaseyClassic Residential DesignCnAdrSal_AddresseeCold Lake Kinette Club- Bingo AccountCollingwood Motion Ltd.Collins IndustriesColteck Energy Services Ltd.Comfort Furniture GalleriesCooper, RegCophis Cribbing LtdCox, KarenCranesmart Systems Inc.Crawford, ShaneCrist, TomCurry, Duane

Dairy Queen - 27303Dale, DenisDallas HotelDane’s Office Services LtdDaradics, RitaDASH DistributorsDavies, ScottDavmar Mechanical Contracting IncDebruin, RebeccaDeJong PrintingDeleeuw, DarrylDemeulenaere, PatDempsey, MarcDenham, LucilleDiamond International Trucks Ltd.Dickhout, DonaldDillon, JoanneDitch Donkey WeldingDolce Vita Homes LPDrebert, JimDubetz, StephenDubois, PaulDul, ScottDumelie, PatrickDunrite Express & HotshotDupeau, RaymondDutchman Equipment & Rentals LtdDynamo Dynamo Pipefitting

E-MAC Corrosion Inc.E&L Custom Homes and Renovations LtdEastman, LillianEbertz Brothers RacingEbertz, KeriEdmonton Area Council One Society

CasinoEdmonton Civic EmployeesEdmonton Gymkana AssociationEdmonton Kubota LtdEdmonton Nut & BoltEdmonton Society of Model Railroad

EngineersEleanor Hall SchoolElwi, AlaaEmmett, Tim

Enercon Products Ltd.Enertech Plumbing & Heating Ltd.Enhanced Communication Solutions IncEstate Of Alexander NowickEstate of Gabriele BeattieEstate of Lockey AskelandEwanowich, JonExcel Credit Services Inc.

Fedyniak, ClaytonFeeney, JamesFirethorn Energy ServicesFischbach, KimberleyFletcher, WilliamFlight Tech AviationFluid Design Solutions Inc.Foss, RobertFossen, TheresaFountain Tire Charitable FoundationFreeman, JimFriedericksen, RalphFunds Administrative Service Inc.

G. Mindus & Sons Holding (1996) Ltd.Gardiner, GregGateway Entertainment CentreGeneral Body & Equipment Ltd.Genfour Thermal Solutions Inc.Gengenbach, GrantGervan, PeterGibeau, NathanGibson, KellyGidosh, MichelleGilewich, BradGillett, KarenGlengarry PharmacyGoddard, ChrisGoddard, JoyceGoettlicher, BarbaraGoin, AaronGordon, DanielleGordon, DeborahGorgichnk, BradGorsy, EricGrahamGraham, BeauGrainger, KellyGranger Financial ServicesGraus, HenryGray, DevinGreat Canadian Roofing CorporationGroten, RichardGrynke, ErinGylander, Jody

Hainstock & Sons Funeral Home and Cremat

Hainstock, BradHalonon, JariHalvorson, JudithHanlom, AlexaqnderHannon, JohnHansen, CherylHarrison, ClintHartum, LilliHatt, CraigHawes, ChristineHawrelak, RaymondHaydon, WilliamHayduk, MattHelm, NittayaHerbers, ChristinaHickey, Laurie

Hills, GwenHoldner, BrentHollingsworth, ElizabethHoong, KhanhHope, JeanneHowden, KathynHSBC Bank of Canada - Calgary Trail

SouthHuising, GarryHusky Energy Inc.Hypnos

iD BohemiaID Industrial Inc.Idler, JasonIM IndustriesIn SyncIndustrial Alliance Pacific Insurance &

FinancialIntegrated Protective CoatingInternational Brotherhood of

BoilermakersInternational Rubber Products LtdInvestors Group Financial Services Inc.Ireland, MonicaIvanhoe Cambridge

J Goudreau Welding LtdJack’s Auto Body Ltd.Jag Flocomponents Inc.Janssen, CoryJasper Place Lions ClubJays Java JacketsJeffrey, AlexJM Developments LtdJohnston, DouglasJomha, AdnanJoseph Y. Man Professional CorporationJulio’s Barrio Mexican RestaurantJung, Kabsun

KAM MechanicalKaminski, WolfgangKammec Mechanical Consultants Ltd.Kampen, RoyKatz, DarylKay, LawrenceKeen, LarissaKeiller, TiffanyKeppler, PaulKey-Tech Automotive RepairKeyera Energy Management Ltd.Kilik Production ManagementKing, AllisenKinniburgh, KarenKirkaldy, OwenKirkham, GaryKlepper, VanceKnights Roofing Ltd.Knox, ChaleneKos, AnnetteKoshman, SheriKrook, Harm-Jaap (Ryan)Kropf, KarlKurylow, KenKwasniewski, ElizabethKyle Johnson Consulting

Larade, KyleLatimer, TimLeduc Minor Hockey AssociationLee Oilfield Service Ltd

Lee, NancyLegge, DionLeo’s Drywall & TapingLequier, LauranceLesko, ValerieLeslie, JLewis, GabrieleLiber, GraceLitke, GailLong & McQuade Limited Musical

InstrumentsLorente, RichardLorenz, BrianLuggage UnlimitedLysons, Kyle

M A WeldingMacDonald, DougMacLachlan & Mitchell Homes IncMaconochie, DaleMacphee, GrantMadak Oilfield Services Ltd.Mah, EdwardMajcher, TedMajeau, DavidMajor General Griesbach SchoolMajor Overhaul And Equipment RepairMalysh, LoriMandrusiak, JohnManna, JoeManufacturers Assoc. for Relocatable

StructuresMapara, ShamiraMarcel Paquet Consult.Marcichiw, RonMarcovitch, MichaelMargiotta, PeterMarkowski, RhondaMarsten, DaveMartin, JamesMason, BryanMathison, VanceMatter, NeilMaurier, ErnieMcAvoy, PhilipMcDonald, SandraMcEwen’s Fuels & Fertilizers Inc.McIntyre, JohnMcKinley Heating ServiceMcKinley, IanMcLean, ChrisMD Truck RepairMecca Glen SchoolMedical Imaging ConsultantsMeekwap Automotive & Industrial SupplyMelanson, LeighannMelney, AndrewMelnichuk, ElizabethMeneses, MannMichaud, LauraMichener, IanMiddelkamp, HarcoMiller, GregMiller, RobMillwoods Town Center Dental ClinicMilner, StanMitchell, RaymondMohr, SharonMoir, JohnMokry, JimMontpellier & Associates

Morgan Construction & Environmental Ltd.

Morrison, GeorgeMoussa, AhmedMueller, AndreaMullback, BarryMulligan, BrockMultiGas Detection & Instrumentation

Services LtdMurray, GerardMurray’s Trucking Inc.Myrfield, Jeff

Nanson, KevinNavy League Of Canada Stony Plain

BranchNelson Lumber Company Ltd.Nelson, DickNespliak, RobertNew Sarepta Community High SchoolNg, SunnyNikitin, PauletteNivek ConstructionNoel, DenisNorman A. McDonald Professional

CorporationNorth Wind Land ResourcesNorthern Canada Ventures CorpsNorthern Hardware LtdNorthgate Industries Ltd.Noyen, Cathy

Ocean TrailerOhlmann, TravisOliver, HaroldOllikka, JasonOmega Tek Ltd.Onyschuk, KenOrder Of Royal Purple CasinoOrder of the Royal Purple - Ponoka #27Order of the Royal Purple #125 -

VegrevilleOrder Of The Royal Purple Lodge # 309Oswald, Bernadette

PaintdruidPals Surveys & Associates Ltd.Panas, GordonPark Derochie Coating Ltd.Parkview SchoolPasula, DennisPatra, JohannesPCL Constructors Inc.Peak Energy Services PartnershipPearson, VernPecush, KarenPelster, HenryPereira, CalvinPerry & Bobby LewisPetersen , Lynn & StewartPetersen, RuthPetryk, DalePfau, BarryPfizer Canada IncPlain, LysePless, WilliePodlosky, GerryPohranychny, DwaynePolar Spas Edmonton LTDPonoka BPO Elks #561Popowich, JodyPorter, Wayne

Poyser, TonyPrecision Chemical Manufacturing Ltd.Precision DrillingPrediger, JeaninePrins, SusanPro-Lite Electric Inc.ProWest Shipping & PackagingPVF Products Inc.

QSI Interiors LtdQueell, Mary

Racing For KidsRafters, StaceyRahim, FadiRaikles, AggeyRajan, ShelinaRana, FakharaRaven & RBL Group-Head OfficeRBC Royal BankRE/MAX - Accord General.Re/Max Cold Lake 2000Realty Executives Western CanadaReil, DonnaRenfert, ClintonReynolds, RobertRheaume, JohnRhind, JohnRichland Custom HomesRio-Tek Canada IncRolling Y Holdings Ltd.Roofmart Alberta Inc.Rooyakkers, AlishaRooyakkers, RobertRoseboom, GertRost, DonnaRouault, RayRoycroft, KayRoyer, ClaytonRoyer, GillesRussell, KarenRynsburger, William

Sammon , Peter & ChristineSande, EdwinSangudo Fire DepartmentSaria, JoseSaskiw, ScottSaunders, TerrySave-On-FoodsSCHF Slo-Pitch TournamentSchoenknecht, BrianSchuler, CameronScona Electric IncScotiabank - 10537 82 AVE NWScott, EvaScragg, DavidScream 4 the StolleryService MasterSeto, JackSeymour, ConwardShanmugam, TracySheppard Insurance Service Inc.Sherry Strause Alpine Heating LtdShewchuk, CherylShim, BrendaShirvell, PeterSimon, MarilynSimpson, ColinSinclair Supply Ltd.Sirett, NeffSli Logistics and Pickers Services Ltd.


donations donationsModin, MeghanMoeller, HowardMulligan, EarlMuncone, TonyMunro, PatriciaMyer, BernardMyer, Mary

Napier, RobekahNess, AustinNiehaus, Valeria

Olson, EthelOuellet, Bernadette

Panylyk, TeriPapuga, JackPas, KaitlynPasychnyk, RobertPeddle, MathewPederson, MyronPereira, MariaPesce, AlexisPetkus, FlorencePezim, NormanPoirier, DebraPorter, AdelinePowell, DalePrasad, SamuelProkop, TedPyrz, Katherine

Rawluk, WilliamRewega, MorganRobertson, SamuelRobichaud, PattiRobins, TroyRogers, DyllanRognvaldson, DouglasRondeau, DeanRondeau, MarkRozenhart, LorraineRule, KenRussell, Aiden

Schantz, CarolineSchmidt, GarySchnell, PaulSekora, JoeSenio, DarleneShantz, CarolineShenfield, StephanieShenfield, JoshShorey, Isabella RoseShumack, MargaretSidorchuk, LynnSievers, JuliaSimons, JudySjoquist, AlbinSkinner, GeorgeSlater, AndrewSloane, Annie (Nancy)Smith, RonSolarz, CarlSt. Jacques, Anne-MarieStanton, KenStarling, ZakStenberg, JenniferStilve, MaryStollery, JimStollery, ShirleyStollery, Bob

Tarling, BrandonTetreau, Mary AnnieThomas, AllenThomas, ShirleyTietge, Tayler-RaeTrach, DaleTurgren, Sophia, Glenn & Tracy, Drew, Ferydon, Kerri, Tristan

Van Essen, David

Wacowich, AbigailWalaschuk, SandyWard, JeffreyWarford, AngelaWeder, DarleneWiersema, NicoWilkinson, KaiaWilson, KathleenWinter, TamaraWohlgemuth, BruceWong, ChristopherWorbeck, Thomas

Zibrowski, RandyZidar, Brigette

Every effort has been made to ensure each gift is recognized properly, if a correction is required please call 780-433-5437.

In HonourThis list acknowledges donations made in honour of an individual, between January 9 to Marach 31, 2011

Abdullahi, Yahya MohamedAdam, JustineAndree, McKennaArlinghaus’s Daughter, DolciAuger, CaseyAustin, PreslyAustin, JadeBerg, MeganBernardo, BrooklynBier, JessicaBignell, KristyBloommaert, BrittanyBourgeaulp, LisaBroen, Clay

Chan, JarrettChan, EmilyChan, CorinaChristensen, PamylaChristensen, CiaranChristensen, Mr. & Mrs. ErikClassen, ZachComrie, JoshuaComrie, OliviaCoombes, PaulCouty, TylerCrist, RileyCroswell, ColtonCuku, Lauryn

Daniels, LilyDesmarais, KeenanDinner, NicholasDory, BrookeDufour, KendraDuncan, CheyenneDutceak, James

Emily, Ms.Emmett, Isabelle

Fedoretz, LyemFlanders, MakenaFoose, EmmaFortier, AaronFournier-Cote, MayaFowler, HudsonFoy-Jervis, BabyFrehlich, Emma

Gillett, KendraGirard, GraceGrams, JennieGraus, AaronGreenstein, TaylorGustasson, Tyson

Hansen, CaseyHealy, BridgetteHemmerling, JettHess, MilliHohl, TodHuot, SydneyJohnson, Justin

Kahn, IranKalisewski, GavinKerber, TyKomshuh, GradyKondro, MadisonKowalyshyn, KaylaKwasniewski, Sofia

Lien, KentonLinos, JackLunty, Conor

Mackenzie, Deanna, Darby, Delane, AshleyMacLean, HelenMakofka, CarterMarshall, BrittnayMcCutcheon, DylanMcDougall, AnastasiaMcEwen, AidenMcLean, JamesMcNaughton, HeathMeghji, KalenMichielsen, TaylorMills, Kaden & BrookMilne, IanMitchell, JessicaMogg, BradenMole, BradenMonck, ClaraMonck, IsabelMonck, JesseMueller’s grandchildren, Kasee, Grace, Dustin, Eden, Kyle, Marissa, Kealey, Deseree, Courtney & Presley

Nagel, Emma

O’Laney, Riley, Ainsley & Brooklyn

O’neill, QuinnOrange, Matthew

Picard, JoannePidwerbeski, OwenPidwerbeski, ErynPino, ClaudiaPrelusky, Cole

Raikles, HannahRay, MarcusRessler, IsaacRoberta, Dan andRoberts, MonicaRouncville, JennaRoy, KeeganRoy, Brady

Sabatino, ChaseSchatschneider, BreeyaSchmidt, JulieSeehagel, Elise, SethSheldon, CarterShields, AidenSims, CarmenSkelly, LiamSneath, KailynSnyder, SusanSpasiuk, NathanStewart, ZoeStonehouse, Jordan

Thiessen, TaylorTober, RyanTripp, BabyTwin, Heather, Aiden, Yaveer

Van Gelder, Marcy & LisaVanderHeide, JadeVisser, TheronWalker, SeanWarawa, EllaWest, CatherineWillcott, LoganWinspear, Harriot

Zap, BrennanZimmerman, AdamZuk, MackenzieZukowski, KeeganZurawell, Brooklyn


Smith, AlbertSmith, JasonSmith, WilliamSmittys Restuarant & LoungeSnellen Farms LtdSniderman, ArielSnyder, JoanSobeys West Corporate OfficeSommer, SilviaSpaans, PeterSpasiuk, DougSpencer Gifts (Canada) IncSpooner, DavidSt Mary SchoolSt. Edmund SchoolSt. Joseph SchoolSt. Michael’s Ukranian Orthodox ParishSteed, SeanStefanyk, SharonStewart, DaveStockdale, LisaStollery, JonathanStoroschuk, JamesStoroshenko, RodStrad Manufacturing Inc.Strathcona Vintage Tractor AssocationStrathearn Heights ApartmentsStrause, SherrySuggitt, RobertSun Christmas Charity AuctionSuncor Energy CentreSupreme Office Products ltd.Sutherland, Bernadette(Bernie)SW 652 Winter HawksSwan, NatalieSyme, DavidSymes, Char

Taylor Forest Consulting - Lac La BicheTD Canada Trust - Prairie RegionTDM Farms LtdTELUS - Telus CaresTernowski, NancyTerra-Form ConstructionTharle, DavidThe Brick Warehouse LPThe Country PumpkinThe Giving Tree Foundation of CanadaThe Hospital Activity Book for ChildrenThe Jim Pattison FoundationThe Korea Veterans Association Of

Canada Inc.The Lions Club of drayton Valley ActivtiesThe Royal Canadian Legion - Ladies

Auxilary Branch #108The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.Thibert, LindenThomson, MurrayThorsen, DebbieTiger Calcium ServicesTitan Supply Inc.Toma, CarmenToma, MarvinTomahawk & District Sports Agra SocietyTonko Realty Advisors (Edm.) Ltd.Tonn, AdolphTooke, MaureenTower, ChristyTown Centre Seniors Drop InTrent, TerriTrican Social Club

Trigg, DouglasTriple G Mechanical LtdTroppmann, AlfredTurko, Duane

UCB Canda IncUffelamn, CurtisUganecz, KristopherUlliac, BernardUnited Way Alberta Capital RegionUnited Way Grande Prairie & RegionUnited Way of Greater TorontoUnited Way of the Lower MainlandUnited Woodmasters BonnyvilleUniversal Coating IncUnterschultz, AllanUpside Software Inc

Valleyview Petroleum AssociationVan Essen, BobVanderwell, JohnVetro, AnthonyVictory Christian Center

Waelpoel, EdWainman, CarolineWakulchyk, TrentonWaluk, KenWard, AnthonyWarren ElectricWarren, JonWatson, CaseWatson, KendallWatson, LaurieWebb, JaneWebb, MichaelWebb, PaddyWerner, LorneWestbrook, IanWestern Camp ServicesWestern Star Truck (North) Ltd.Westworld Computers Ltd.Wheaton, WillWhite, LloydWiebe, DanWieler, AndrewWilf Peddy Truck & Bobcat ServicesWoloshyn, MaryWorley ParsonsWouters, SandraWutke, TraceyWynnyk, Bob

Yablonsky, ShaniYorkton Management GroupYoung, AmyYoung, RalphYouth In Action

Zaffino, TinaZanello, YvonneZimmerman, Dale


Our Shining StarsThis list acknowledges memorial donations made between January 9 to March 31, 2011.

Ackimenko, DavidAdams-Flood, TannerAlipao, VenerandoAltheim, ArnoldAnderson, Sydney

Baker, HowardBaker, MichaelBaldwin, TeannaBaumann, DerekBazin, TeresaBelshiem, BarretBerezanski, PeterBeriault, PierreBieleny, NettieBillington, LaurieBjornson, ConBogart, DeborahBohning, DarleneBorys, LaviaBoychuk, RoseBreitkreutz, EricBrenneis, LouiseBrockhoff, RuthBrodyk, AaronBunch, Joe

Caldwell, KasandraCameron, AveryCampbell, KathyCappis, HerbCarriere, BonnieChangarathil, MatthewCherwock, AnthonyClairmont, AshleyClarke, DawnCochrane, Maya

Dahl, GraceDarwish, AzzaDaskaluk, WandaDavis, IsaacDe Giut, MaeDinning, JoeyDoherty, GlenDulaska, Patricia

Eleason, AnfinElliott, DavidEwanciw, Rose

Feculak, AnnetteFellstad, ZacharyFerguson, DarleneFiveland, BillFlood, TannerFrame, WilliamFreeland, Wilbur

Gainey, BettyGallatin, JoanGallatin, CarlGareau, Jean-PaulGeddes, JasonGeis, SarahGibson, NellieGladue, BarboraGraham, Cheryl

Graham, Mr. & Mrs. P GrahamGraumann, RobertGuidinger, Bonney

Ha, AndyHames, DeanHamnett, Jaimie LynnHannas, Mary AnneHanwell, AveryHauck, VernieHaugen, TroyHenderson, RonHepp, IreneHirsekorn, DorisHopfe, RickHoraska, MattHudak, MinnieHusby, Hilda Ireland, Justin

Jackson, VictoriaJacobi, HenryJohnson, KaleJohnston, LloydJussila, Kati-Lyn

Kashmere, FeliciaKashmere, FredKassian, LucieKeene, PeggyKlak, HayleyKlein, RichardKlein, MarvinKorol, AnneKress, Corey

Lane, BarbaraLangford, HelenaLawrence, AmildaLeguerrier, EdLemieux, LucilleLemmon, AmyLeRoux, GeraldLeuck, EmilLocher, AngieLogozar, Isacc & CassandraLorentz, NormanLovdahl, DavidLoy, Dale

Maciak, ChristinaMack, FrankMacMillan, KatieMakarowski, RandyMalysh, AlyshaManning, PhyllisMarko, KatherineMartin, BriannaMazur, DavidMcClelland, JamesMcConaghy, AidanMcKay, KeyanoMcLachlan, LindseyMcLean, ArchieMcLean, BarryMcQuarrie, RuthMercier, NormanMeyers, MarilynMiller, SophieMiller, JackMincone, TonyMittelsteadt, Heather


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