Children’s Charities

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada grants wishes to children with high-risk life-threatening illnesses. Staff and volunteers work tirelessly to maintain the highest quality of service to wish families with attention to the most minute details so as to ensure the total satisfaction of each and every wish child.

The Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation provides Pediatric Pallitive Care funding support, helping families face terminal illness with digity and determination.

Since 1922, Easter Seals Ontario has been helping children and young adults with physical disabilities to address life’s challenges and achieve personal goals. Families rely on Easter Seals to help purchase expensive equipment needed for mobility and communication, send kids to camp and other recreational programs, and provide access to information and resources.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada is part of the largest not-for-profit wish granting organization in the world, serving 30 countries with International affiliates on five continents. Since our inception in 1983, the volunteers of Make-A-Wish® worldwide have helped make hundreds of thousands of wishes come true.

The Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation operates exclusively for the benefit and support of Markham Stouffville Hospital. Donations to the Foundation help fund capital expenditures for equipment, technology, renovations, programs and education.

President's Choice Children's Charity helps children who are physically or developmentally challenged. Families who have children born with disabilities like Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, to name a couple are helped with financial assistance to purchase mobility equipment, physical therapy and more.

Robbie's Rainbow is a charitable organization that raises funds to improve the quality of life of children living with Severe Crohn's disease & Ulcerative Colitis. We ensure "at-risk" children, living with these diseases, receive drug treatments not covered by OHIP and are desperately needed to restore declining health. We believe no child should be denied treatment due to lack of necessary funding. MORE

Shania was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma stage 4 in June 2006. She started fundraising by making beaded necklaces, bracelet and keychains. Shania started 'Shania's Sunflower of Hope' because she wanted to help children with Neuroblastoma. See her website for upcoming events and ways you can help.

SickKids Foundation is the largest non-governmental granting agency in child health in Canada. Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation has granted over $500 million to The Hospital for Sick Children and over $60 million to researchers across the country.

The Starlight Children's Foundation Canada is dedicated to brightening the lives of seriously ill children and their families by providing a broad array of both in-hospital and out patient programs designed to enhance their ability to cope with the stress of illness.

In 2001 the Birrell family started The James Fund for Neuroblastoma Research at SickKids to raise money for research to find treatment to save 7 year old James. Since his death The James Fund has raised over $725,000 to find a cure for this deadly Childhood cancer.