No one truly dares alone.
Over the past year, we asked you to dare with us: to speak up, to stop looking away, to stand up for kids with disabilities.
Together, we dared to transform pediatric disability care in Canada and around the world. And with donor support, we’re doing just that. Here are just a few milestones we reached in the first year of our $100 million Together We Dare campaign.
Scaling and Spreading Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Technology
Building Inclusive and Accessible Communities Through Play
Holland Bloorview and March of Dimes Canada are working together to make sure kids with disabilities have opportunities to participate and play meaningfully. Empower Inclusion is a series of tools designed to help organizations implement Holland Bloorview’s evidence-based, recreational, and life skills programs in their own communities, so more kids can access them. Thanks to the generous support of The Slaight Family Foundation, this partnership is expanding access to life-enhancing inclusive programming for children and youth with disabilities across the province and beyond.
Launching Our Food Security Program
Through our social needs screening and sociodemographic data collection efforts, we are gaining a clearer understanding of the challenges families face—including accessing appropriate nutrition. Thanks to generous donations totalling $3 million from David and Lynn Coriat, Gary and Donna Slaight, Ancestors of Tomorrow, and Burnbrae Farms, Holland Bloorview launched a food security program to respond in a more equitable, consistent and intentional way. The program includes meal vouchers for all inpatient families, culturally relevant food options and food education programming, grocery cards for eligible outpatient families, and more.