2012/13 Annual Report

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ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012

/ research 2 hospital 4 camp 6 scholarships 8 fundraising 10 volunteers 12 our leaders to you 14 6 ways you can help 15

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION you are here 16 raising funds – improving lives 20

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2 you are here changing children’s lives 2013 /

You are here igniting joy in the hearts of ANNUAL REPORT 2012 children; inspiring / innovative research and health care; and empowering cancer survivors to

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1 research

you are bringing hope to children with cancer

Campbell was two when he started fussing while in his car seat. If Mom or Dad didn’t angle the car seat just right, his legs would fall asleep and he would start screaming. They thought it was a bit bizarre but they also thought, “He’s two, and two-year-olds can be impossible.”

It wasn’t until they were visiting 1. Cancer-killing viruses Grandma Marian one spring day that Researchers in Dr. Beaudry’s they began to realize the severity lab are investigating viruses of the problem. Running across known for attacking cancer the living room, Campbell fell and cells, while leaving healthy cells + wasn’t able to get up and walk. alone and boosting the immune His mom’s nurse’s intuition was system to fight cancer. With 60 screaming, so she took Campbell your support, these researchers new children’s cancer research to the Alberta Children’s Hospital, are systematically testing for studies are in the works where a bone scan revealed a viruses that show promise for because of you. grapefruit-sized tumour on the treating neuroblastoma. adrenal gland of his right kidney. 2. Metabolomics There were also tumours along his Using the science of high-powered hearing aids, which femurs, pelvis, ribs and neck. metabolomics, a system for he hides with his long, freestyle- measuring the metabolites skier hair. Campbell is also missing Campbell was diagnosed with many adult teeth and requires stage 4 neuroblastoma and Ken (molecules) of a person’s cells to determine their overall health extensive orthodontic work, jaw and Jennifer Laidlaw learned that surgery and implants. their two-year-old son had only status for different diseases, a five to 10 per cent chance of Dr. Beaudry is learning to predict Dr. Beaudry hopes to create a making it. which children will survive with better future for kids like Campbell less therapy and which high-risk by improving their chances of That was 10 years ago, and children will not respond to surviving and by developing although Campbell survived, therapy at all – hopefully, all targeted therapies that cause 70 per cent of children with high- with a simple blood test one day. fewer long-term side effects. risk neuroblastoma do not. This is His hope is that, one day, with after enduring treatment protocols 3. Resistant molecules With your support, these your help, no child will ever face similar to Campbell’s. Scientists the odds Campbell did. still do not understand why only researchers are also beginning

2013 to identify rogue molecules that / 30 per cent of children with high- risk neuroblastoma survive and help neuroblastoma cells resist why 15 per cent fail to respond treatment. By understanding to treatment at all. how these molecules work, Dr. Beaudry hopes to uncover Dr. Paul Beaudry* is trying to the secrets of destroying them. ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / change this. Today, Campbell is a healthy With the help of a $300,000 Kids teenage boy who loves golfing Cancer Care research award, and freestyle skiing. As with made possible by you, Dr. Beaudry most childhood cancer survivors, is investigating three new however; Campbell lives with approaches to diagnosing and long-term side effects of treatment. treating neuroblastoma. He has serious hearing deficits

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION and, at 14, he’s already wearing

you are here 2013 improving / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 the odds / Beaudry photo: Unique Perspectives Photography Beaudry photo: Unique Perspectives Campbell photo: KCC archives for kids Thank you! With your support, Kids Cancer Care made another $300,000 gift to the experimental and applied therapeutics program at the University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital, where there are currently more than 60 new research studies in the works. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

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you are helping teenage girls to see their inner beauty

“One girl was feeling quite shy and nervous. She was wearing a hat she never took off, but slowly she inched the cap up. It took about 20 minutes for her to finally take it off. It was the first time I’d ever seen her without her hat. The transformation three hours later was unbelievable.”– Chantal

When cancer shatters your What transpired that evening “The energy in the room was innocence and high-dose could not have been better palpable,” says Chantal. “These chemotherapy strips away orchestrated. Gradually, the walls girls were beaming with an inner your strength and vitality and, came down and the girls began to beauty and confidence that was eventually, your hair, remembering enjoy each other. They began to grounding them in their own who you are inside is vital. see the inner strength and beauty strength. It wasn’t about makeup. With your support, seven teenage they thought cancer had stolen. It was about a deep connection to girls, ravaged by cancer treatments, They saw it in themselves and in themselves and to each other. The enjoyed an evening of self- each other. makeup was just a tool to help discovery through the Look Good The girls’ mothers were asked them get there.” Feel Better program at the Alberta to leave before the session From B.C., Jenna and her mother Children’s Hospital. Volunteer began. When they returned three stayed at Ronald McDonald House cosmeticians led the girls through hours later, it was a different last fall, while Jenna received an empowering session on how to room. “We’ll never forget it,” says treatments as an out-patient. manage the appearance-related Paula Thomas, whose 15-year-old “Every morning before clinic, Jenna side effects of their cancer daughter Jenna took part in the would take out her kit and go treatments with makeup, wigs and program. “It was so inspiring through her makeup regime,” says funky headwear. to see those girls, shining and Paula. “It was so good for her.” “The girls were so nervous at first,” confident. So uplifting.” Diagnosed with acute myeloid recalls Chantal Newman, a child Each girl, now shining in her leukemia last August, Jenna needs own power, was ready for a all the goodness life has to offer. professional photo shoot, which She underwent a bone marrow You helped brought the evening to a close. transplant last December and has spent the better part of a year in the hospital. “We were just coming up to her 100th day, post-transplant, and 2013 / 7 getting ready to go home when beautiful teenage girls she relapsed,” says Paula. “She see their inner beauty. was re-admitted to the hospital the same day she was supposed to leave.” life specialist at the hospital who ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / coordinated the event with her Although cancer continues to co-worker Emily Synnott. “They challenge her, Jenna is strong and were sitting around, not speaking determined. “I’ve done this before,” or looking at each other. I wanted she said to her mother when they to get in there and make it better, received the news of her relapse. but I knew the only way through it “I can do it again.” was to allow them to experience it.” CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

4 “I’ve done this before, I can do it again.” —Jenna Fifteen-year-old Jenna is finding strength on her cancer journey through the Look Good Feel Better program.

you are here 2013 ensuring kids / with cancer ANNUAL REPORT 2012 receive better / Photo: Courtesy of Alberta Children’s Hospital archives Alberta Children’s Photo: Courtesy of

Special thanks to the Canadian care and a big thanks to the volunteer Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance cosmeticians and child life specialists, Association Foundation for developing Emily and Chantal, for giving Jenna and her the Look Good Feel Better program friends a special moment to shine. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

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you are giving kids a childhood

Amina remembers a dark, rainy night in Somalia, when three masked militia men burst through the front door and gunned down her father.

That night, Amina and her sisters In a life fraught with fear and fled to Ethiopia where they were uncertainty, SunHaven gives the given passports to foreign lands. Ofleh kids one carefree week Amina would come to Canada and, each summer. eventually Calgary, where 20 years Amina has been waiting since later you would be there for her in 2009 for a bone marrow transplant the most unexpected way. 67 kids facing a parent’s cancer donor. But even with a successful In 2009, Amina was diagnosed diagnosis enjoyed a carefree donor match, the outcome is with leukemia. Her deepest fear is week at Camp SunHaven last uncertain for Amina and her family. that she will not be here to care for summer, because you cared. The thought of dying is never far her children. from her mind: “If I die, what will After fleeing an abusive husband happen to my children? They will lose the house if I die.” in 2005 and losing her mother in about Amina and her children he 2011, who had come to Canada put up the funds so they could go Still, Amina is hopeful that she will

2013 to help her sick daughter, Amina to Camp SunHaven, a camp be able to provide for her children. / found herself utterly alone in program for children who have a If she can raise enough money, she the world with six children. Now parent with cancer. will take her children to Somalia living off AISH, the Oflehs eke this summer, where the family’s out a hand-to-mouth existence Mr. Shapiro’s kindness inspired inheritance will be settled in court. with barely enough money to put more generosity and, in 2011, In Canadian dollars, the estate ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / food on the table and cover the the RBC Foundation made a may not be worth the millions it mortgage of their home, built by two-year commitment to keep is in Somalia, but Amina hopes it Habitat for Humanity. the program running. will be enough to make a dint in It was the kindness of strangers Amina’s children have gone to the mortgage and help secure her like you, who gave Amina and her SunHaven every year since. “They children’s future. kids the first real break they’d had love it!” Amina says. “They can’t Her children’s response to the in years. When Len Shapiro heard wait to go every year.” proposed trip to Somalia?

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION “Oh! We’re going to miss camp!”

6 Sagal and her brothers and sisters love camp so much they started a fund to save money. They now make regular donations in support of the SunHaven program.

A week at camp gives kids a break, so they are able to face life’s adversities with a renewed sense of strength and purpose. you are here 2013 giving / ANNUAL REPORT 2012

kids / Unique Perspectives Photography Unique Perspectives a break Thank you Mr. Shapiro and the RBC Foundation! Your generosity and compassion means the world to families like Amina’s. You are offering these children a glimpse into a carefree childhood, where they can finally be kids and explore their potential. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

7 scholarships

you are helping young people realize their potential

They were looking for a better life for their son when they moved to Canada – the land of ice hockey and subzero temperatures. They didn’t know the move would ultimately save his life and shape the path of his career.

Although he was only eight, Chaitanya remembers clearly the night he and his parents, Biren and Sohal Shah, arrived in Canada. “It was 30 degrees Celsius in Mumbai when we left and -30 in Calgary when we landed.” Culture shock had nothing on the shock of that subzero weather. And yet, nothing would ever trump the shock of what was to come. At the end of his grade-eight basketball season, Chaitanya was coughing a lot and thought Even at 13, Chaitanya was thinking thinking ‘Did I miss something? he may have a cold. A chest scan the way a doctor might. “There Could I have caught this earlier?’” revealed masses in his chest, were multiple tumours all through which the doctor thought may be A second-year biological sciences my body,” he says. “There are student at the University of pneumonia. But when a team of many types of germ cell cancers doctors descended upon the Shahs Calgary, Chaitanya has found but it was so advanced when we an outlet for his passion and his to discuss the results of the scan, caught it that I had them all. I kept Chaitanya knew it was something inquisitive mind. With the help of a serious. He remembers thinking, scholarship, made possible by you, “Why do they need a whole team Chaitanya is en route to becoming for this?” an oncologist. His instincts were right. you But as intensely as he wants this, It was stage 4 germ cell cancer, his experience with cancer has a highly aggressive cancer that are taught him to take things in stride. demanded a lengthy and complex “It’s given me a ferocious tenacity here to go after what I want, but mostly

2013 treatment protocol. / it’s given me perspective. As That night and the intense year stressful as it gets during exams, that followed would determine making big in the back of my mind, I go, the course of his life. Chaitanya ‘At least I don’t have cancer.’” is passionate about genetics and And the wry sense of humour? ANNUAL REPORT 2012

/ cancer and he is determined dreams That’s quintessential Chaitanya – to be an oncologist one day. “I’m perfect for the position,” he a quality that helped him during jokes, “given my vast exposure his cancer journey and that will possible one day serve him as an oncologist to the profession.” as he helps others face their cancer journey. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

8 Chaitanya is studying to become an oncologist with a Kids Cancer Care Derek Wandzura Memorial Scholarship.

13 2013 childhood cancer survivors / started following their dreams last fall with a Kids ography Cancer Care scholarship – thanks to you. ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Mark Derry Phot

Thank you for empowering young people like Chaitanya to follow their bliss and fulfill their potential. With your generosity, you have built an endowed scholarship fund worth over $403,766 that will be here for childhood cancer survivors for generations to come. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

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Grant's legacy

“Your candle burnt out long before your legend ever did.”– Sir Elton John

It was 9:25, Friday morning, “Please, get everyone here,” he told shave at Mountain Park School September 16 when Jim Skalk his parents. where he was a student; golf took a call from his wife Melanie Eighteen people were at his tournaments and fundraisers held that will never go away. Within bedside when he passed away. He by close friends; his father’s vow to minutes, Jim was on his way to was 15. There would be no more ride and raise funds in his name in the Alberta Children’s Hospital – basketball or skiing or camp for the Ride for a Lifetime; his family’s a place that had become familiar Grant. For those who weren’t at commitment to Kids Cancer Care ground for the Skalk family. his bedside, Grant had another through volunteer work. But that day the scene was plan. “Please, pass me my phone,” “This ride’s for my son Grant,” Jim different. It was the day they he said to his sister Ali. says. “Camp was the last thing would lose their son Grant. He sent three texts: Grant was able to do outside It had been a brief but intense before he passed away. It was To Bret, he wrote: “You’re my where he was happiest. He fight, lasting seven months. First it best friend.” was acute lymphoblastic leukemia. couldn’t say enough about camp After a brief cancer-free interlude To Sydney, a girl he met while and how much he loved it. He was in the summer, it returned. This playing basketball when they planning to come back and be a time, as acute myeloid leukemia, a were five:“You are the first and counsellor. ” leukemia with poor outcomes for last girl I ever loved.” Grant never did fulfill his dream young people. When Grant later To Lauren, he wrote: “You were of becoming a camp counsellor. developed painful skin blisters, like a sister to me.” He passed away just weeks after his doctor ordered a punch biopsy, making that plan. But he lives on which revealed skin leukemia, Grant’s cancer journey and his in the hearts of those who loved evidence that the disease was absence have been keenly felt, him. And, he lives on through aggressive and fatal. inspiring great acts of kindness you and your generous acts of and generosity in his name – kindness, which pay tribute to a Grant’s pain was unbearable, even a celebration of his life and a head with several pain medications. life well-lived. But he braved it with the strength of character that defined him his entire life. Grant died the way he lived – a leader. 2013 /

Your love for Grant and concern for young people like him have inspired fundraising initiatives ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / that have raised more than $34K! Grant (centre) at Camp Kindle, August 2011. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

10 Jim Skalk has been riding in his son’s name in the Ride for a Lifetime since 2011.

you are here 2013 joining the / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 fight for kids / Unique Perspectives Photography Unique Perspectives with cancer Thank you Jim and all the riders and sponsors in the Ride for a Lifetime. You are making camp and life-saving research possible for kids like Grant. And a big heartfelt thanks to you, Melanie and Ali, and the community that surrounds you. Thank you for caring enough to reach out

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you are going above and beyond for kids with cancer

“We are tired, smelly, a little cranky, but giddy with exhaustion! Thank goodness we chose to skip the mile-long baggage line problem area as we caught the very last shuttle to the hotel.”– Miranda

When Miranda Menard and Alex was so much mud,” recalls Alex, a Campbell left Edmonton in March paramedic and volunteer of eight to accompany 16 teens from the years with Kids Cancer Care. “The 258 volunteers shared Kids Cancer Care Teen Leadership buses couldn’t get to the site; it Program on a three-day trip was like mud soup.” to Tijuana, Mexico, they never Undaunted, the teens and dreamed they would be spending volunteers slogged through the two days in the airport on the mud on foot. When they arrived 13,215 way home. at the site, they discovered that, hours of time in 2012 to Tijuana. San Diego. San Francisco. for safety reasons, construction enrich the lives of Phoenix. Denver. Delayed flights. would be postponed until the children with cancer! Lost luggage. Missed flights. rain stopped. To make up for the Musical pilots. And engine troubles. lost day, the group spent the day Now, that’s going above and caring for children at an orphanage, beyond the call of volunteer duty. which helped lift their spirits. basic for our standards, so seeing The first hint that this year’s But now the pressure was on. genuine joy in these families when Mexico trip wasn’t going exactly Their goal was to build four homes you turn over the keys tells you it’s to plan came Friday morning when in two days and they’d just lost a all worth it.” torrential rains foiled their efforts full day. Fortunately, they managed to get to the building site. “There to build two homes in a single day A school teacher and veteran and another group finished the last volunteer with Kids Cancer Care, two homes the next week. Miranda was able to pluck all the teachable moments from “It’s an eye-opening experience the mishaps and misadventures. you for the teens to see how happy “Every experience holds the seeds these people are with so little,” of personal growth, if we choose are says Alex. “These families live to embrace it,” she says. “Making in squalor, in shacks made of the most of every moment, that’s here metal scraps and plywood they’ve what true leadership is about. The

2013 scrounged together. What we built teens definitely proved themselves / leading for them is luxury, but it is still very this trip.” ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / by example CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

12 Long-time volunteers, Alex (below) and Miranda (inset) are inspiring kids of all ages—from tots, as tiny as Giselle, (inset) to teens, as tough as those in the Teen Leadership Program. 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Alex photo: KCC archives Alex Photography Miranda photo: Unique Perspectives

A heartfelt thanks to Alex and Miranda and all A special thanks to Dan Doherty and the Calgary the volunteers who go above and beyond to help Rotarians (Fish Creek and Calgary West), who young people with cancer. You are leading by purchased the building materials to make these example, helping kids move beyond cancer and homes possible.

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13 you are here changing the course of children's cancer

our leaders to you

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

We see the ripples of your generosity and kindness everywhere in the lives of children with cancer and the families that love them. We see it in the laboratory and at the hospital, where you are giving these kids the greatest chance of surviving by supporting ground-breaking research and innovative approaches to care and treatment. We see the effects of your generosity in the eyes of young cancer survivors as they grow up and receive scholarships to pursue their dreams – to become oncologists, nurses, orthodontists, pastry chefs and animation artists. And your spirit is ever-present at camp. It’s in the smiles and laughter of the kids and in the promise they hold for the future because you had the wisdom to give them a rich childhood full of friendship, laughter and life- affirming experiences. It is reassuring to know you are always here with us. Thank you for being here for children with cancer and their families. We need you every step of the way and we are forever grateful for your compassion and your charity. 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 /

Christine McIver, M.S.M., CFRE Crispin Arthur Founder & Chief Executive Officer Chair, Board of Directors CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

14 6 ways you can help

1. shave 5. rent Show moral support for kids Rent Camp Kindle. Next time you plan a retreat for your school, band, or who lose their hair during cancer corporate group, take them out into the natural beauty of the Foothills. treatments by shaving your Our staff will work with you to create a customized visit that meets your head and raising vital dollars goals and budget. for children with cancer through our Shave Your Lid for a Kid® 6. donate campaign. If bald isn’t your style, There are so many ways to make a gift to Kids Cancer Care. you can always pledge someone > make a one-time gift online, by phone or mail a cheque. who is shaving. > double your giving. If your company has a matching gift program, 2. events you could double the impact of your gift. Events need people like you. Ride > become a monthly donor. It doesn’t take much. Even $5 a month a motorbike, swing a golf club, adds up and, over time, will make a significant difference. Sign up for dance at a gala. Take part in a monthly giving today and help fund the next wave of childhood cancer Kids Cancer Care event or become research. one of the many Albertans hosting fundraising events on our behalf. > provide a fitting memorial. Is there someone special you’d like to remember? Why not recognize this person with a gift in their name to 3. volunteer Kids Cancer Care. We’ll mail a card to the family, so they know you’ve Volunteers are at the heart of Kids made a gift in honour of their loved one. Cancer Care. Join our dynamic > leave a legacy. Imagine a cure for cancer. Long after you’re gone. team at Camp Kindle, in the office A legacy gift to Kids Cancer Care will affect thousands of children or at our fundraising events. for years to come. Speak to your financial advisor about leaving a We have a place for you. bequest for Kids Cancer Care. 4. talk Tell your friends, your family and colleagues about our work. Our greatest resource is you, so spread the word! 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

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in the lab at the hospital

making inspiring helping research innovative care children possible and treatment understand their cancer A $300,000 gift to the Dr. Gurpreet Singh, a experimental and applied pediatrician from India, experience therapeutics program at completed his 3-year the Alberta Children’s oncology residency 57 children made colourful Hospital and University training at the Alberta Beaded Journeys—a of Calgary Children’s Hospital tangible expression of their cancer journey that 60+ new research studies 29 pediatric oncology tracks every needle, professionals advanced x-ray, surgery, chemo their expertise at over or radiation treatment, 20 meetings, workshops birthday or graduation and conferences across along the way North America 20 chemotherapy and 2013 / biotherapy textbooks purchased 10 Calgary nurses completed their certification to treat ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / children with cancer 6 Calgary nurses received their Pediatric Life Support certification CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

16 Kids Cancer Care is an exclusive club to which no one is ever denied. It’s a club to which no one wants membership; and yet, everyone feels very privileged to be a member. — a parent

providing empowering bringing a warm meal teenage girls Christmas to and a caring to feel great families on community the cancer 7 teenage girls renewed for newly their self-esteem from ward over the diagnosed the inside out through holiday season families the Look Good Feel Better program 1 turkey and all 8 volunteer parents the trimmings for 636 pizzas 10 families and 2 nurses 1,716 cans of pop 40 mouths fed and 40 lives touched over the year during our weekly Pizza Nights 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 /

Cancer isn’t so scary when you spend time with survivors and you meet their families. You’re no longer so alone on the journey OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

—you have company, good company. — a parent KIDS CAN

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in the community

building preparing community all Thanks to Kids Up home cooked year long Front and Rogers meals for Communications, families facing 589 kids and parents 80 parents and 343 kids enjoyed 1 enchanting enjoyed family time a cancer performance of A together with free diagnosis Christmas Carol courtesy tickets to of Theatre Calgary and > ATP performances 46 volunteer cooks Fluor Canada > Calgary Hitmen 7 families and 27 mouths and bellies fed 65 families hit the slopes > World Juniors and Flames during 2 Family Ski Days > Harlem Globetrotters > Calgary Stampeders 137 children and > Float to End Cancer empowering 56 parents reconnected at > Calgary Home Show young cancer 15 community programs > CPO performances such as the Halloween > Spruce Meadows survivors to Howler or floor hockey > Heritage Park inspire others 2013 / with Mikael Backlund of > Calgary Zoo the Calgary Flames 8 young people shared 35 teens enjoyed 2 their cancer journey with evenings out with inspiring thousands of people at their peers during our 30 fundraising events ANNUAL REPORT 2012 tomorrow's / Teen Nights across Alberta through our leaders Spokeskid Program 24 families enjoyed Mother’s Day Brunch 15 Alberta teens volunteered with 13 local 200 kids and parents projects and raised $15K enjoyed Survivor Day at to build 3 homes for Camp Kindle low-income families in

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION 22 parents and 1 drummer Mexico through our Teen boy named Joel competed Leadership Program

KIDS CAN in the Dragon Boat Races

18 My daughter can be herself. With these kids, cancer is no big deal; it just is. She blossoms under the guidance of these counsellors and with the friendships she has made. — a parent

at camp in the classroom

giving kids training helping and families tomorrow's young people a break leaders reach their dreams 583 children and 6 teens graduated from 79 families enjoyed the counsellor-in-training 13 cancer survivors 13 magical camp programs program at Camp Kindle received scholarships to a 438 kids enjoyed the thrill post-secondary institute of summer camp of their choice, bringing the total number of 67 kids experienced scholarships awarded in SunHaven, a camp four years to 72 program for children who have a parent with cancer Worth $403,766, the endowed scholarship fund 43 parents and 58 kids will be there for childhood enjoyed our first ever cancer survivors well into week-long Family Camp the future 2013 36 kids and 36 parents / enjoyed our Fall Family Camp 42 teens experienced a weekend get-away at ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Camp Kindle during our / Fall Teen Camp CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

19 you are here raising funds for children with cancer

where the money comes from

You helped raise $6,771,406 in 2012/13, up 11% over the previous year.

The Camp Kindle capital campaign continued Camp Kindle remained closed until July 1, 2012 during this fiscal year, raising another $2,465,450 for construction, limiting availability and rental to be used toward renovations and upgrades at revenue. But the refreshed and upgraded facility the facility. We increased our original fundraising is ready to take on a full year of operations as we target of $8 million to $10 million to include the move forward. initial purchase of the facility and additional capital projects at camp. At year-end, campaign receipts amounted to $6.2 million. With commitments of $3.8 million we have raised 100 per cent of the revised goal. Fundraising was up 17 per cent over the previous year and participation remained strong across all events and campaigns. The Shave Your Lid for a Kid® program saw outstanding success, more than doubling its revenue from 2011/12. The Dad & Daughter Gala also reached new heights, increasing revenue by 63 per cent over the previous year. Overall, the trend towards renewed philanthropy continued throughout 2012/13.

$345,438 $321,954 Individual & Donations $1,207,072 corporate from other $155,162 Community donations not-for-profits Camp Kindle fundraising rental income events 2013 / $2,118,916 $120,792 Foundation KCC raised Government fundraising grants

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 $6,771,406 / events in 2012/13. Up 11% from $2,465,450 the previous $36,622 Capital year Investments campaign & other CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

To reduce our environmental footprint, we have included only financial highlights in this report. To view the complete financial

KIDS CAN statements, please visit our website at kidscancercare.ab.ca or contact our office at 403 216 9210 or [email protected].

20 you are here improving the lives of children with cancer where the money goes

With your support, we invested $5,359,870 in programs and operations in 2012/13, up 8 % over the previous year.*

In spite of the challenges related to ongoing constant. General and administrative costs construction, Kids Cancer Care managed to amounted to 10.48 per cent of the overall budget accommodate more children and families in in 2012/13 versus 8.6 per cent in 2011/12. The 2012/13, as participation numbers were up, increase of $143,382 is largely due to a significant 3,227 versus 2,743 in 2011/12. This is especially increase in office space lease and an increase impressive given that camp program and operation in accounting resources related to running costs were down over the previous year – even Camp Kindle. We also saw a rise in credit card with an increased need for financing and staffing. transaction fees resulting from increased volumes Kids Cancer Care awarded 13 scholarships of online giving. to childhood cancer survivors in 2012/13 and The Foundation’s gifts-in-kind increased by 70 per increased the amount of money dispersed by cent over the previous year related to the Camp 31 per cent, translating into larger scholarships Kindle build. These donations of time, services for some recipients. Kids Cancer Care strives to and materials from our supporters require a ensure that recipients receive scholarships that corresponding non-cash expense to be recorded. address their individual needs and circumstances. Kids Cancer Care continues to fulfill its $2.5 million Fundraising expenses were up slightly in 2012/13 commitment to fund research into experimental by 7 per cent, which saw a corresponding rise in and applied therapeutics at the Alberta Children’s revenue of 17 per cent. Hospital and the University of Calgary. In 2012/13, Despite steady growth, the Foundation manages the Foundation’s research program made another to keep general and administration costs relatively $300,000 payment toward this commitment. $561,674 $300,000 $220,822 $150,492 $126,109 General & Research Public awareness Camp Kindle Volunteer administrative & education rental program operations $1,057,508 $93,582 2013 Foundation Hospital / fundraising program activities KCC invested $91,512

Capital campaign – ANNUAL REPORT 2012 $1,159,819 $5,359,871 / Gifts-in-Kind in programs & operations Camp Kindle in 2012/13. Up 8% from $26,993 $1,546,705 the previous $24,655 Amortization Camp & year Scholarship community programs endowments & awards CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION

* With your support for the capital campaign, we invested a further $5,735,925 in property and equipment in 2012/13

for construction at Camp Kindle. KIDS CAN

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at Camp Kindle making childhoods possible

camp kindle capital campaign donors Thanks to you, kids can Thank you! With your generous dream big hope for gifts, you have built a healing $500,000 + a better future place for children with cancer, where they can be kids amid the The Paddon Hughes $50,000 - $99,999 turmoil of their lives. Development Co. Ltd. AltaGas believe in tomorrow Anonymous KOA Kampground $250,000 - $499,999 Owners Association Michael R. Shaw Outdoor Remington Leadership Foundation Development Corporation imagine the play with gusto impossible $25,000 - $49,999 Brett Wrathall 2013 $100,000 - $249,999 / Cadmus Fund at Brian and Brenda MacNeill The Calgary Foundation CN Drew and Barbara MacIntyre Government of Alberta – and Family Community Enhancement

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Fortis Alberta / Facility Program Ken and Bernice Baher laugh out loud The Flames Foundation for Life $10,000 - $24,999

Clive Beddoe Greg Saksida John Krill CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Norlien Foundation Robert Mason KIDS CAN

22 without a care Geoff Bertram Steve Dumanski dance Greg Hickaway W. Brett Wilson $5,000 - $9,999 Harold Holloway Wanda Opheim James Rogers Ward’s Ground Thaw Services Alec Clark Jeff Boyce Weir & Company Carlisle Management Inc. Jeremy Walker Gail Drummond Joanna Wright JWG Management Ltd. Keith MacPhail Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Marathon Integrators Inc. Robi Contrada camp kindle capital Mark Kuhn Viewpoint Charitable Foundation Michael Buker campaign cabinet Michael J. Collins be kids Linda Shaw, co-chair Patrick Meneley Michael Shaw, co-chair $1,000 - $4,999 Pentii Karkkainen Charles W. Fischer Peter Williams Anonymous (6) Elizabeth Burke-Gaffney Renegade Petroleum Ltd. Ben Morgan Gordon Ritchie Robbie Pryde Blair Goertzen Jane Thomas 2013

Rodrigo Sousa / Curtis Hicks Lauren Warrack Roger Serin Dale Shwed Naveen Dargan Sante Corona Deborah Nickerson Robyn Ritchie Scott Davis Derek Evans Roger Thomas Encana Corporation See Hon Tung ANNUAL REPORT 2012 /

Camp was exactly what our boys needed: a safe place where they could play and Mom and Dad wouldn’t worry! It is now a huge reunion and a CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION humbling reminder of how happy and lucky our family is. Thank you!

— a parent KIDS CAN

23 you are here

$10,000 - $24,999 Government of Alberta – Summer forever in Temporary Employment Program Alberta Beverage Container Graham Group Recycling Corporation Green Shield Canada Anonymous our hearts Gregg Scott BMO Bank of Montreal Inland Pipe Calgary Jewellery Ltd. Thank you! Joanne Yeo Cenovus Employee Foundation You touch the lives of children Kayak Foundation at Desjardin Financial Security The Calgary Foundation with cancer and their families Gary Nissen every day with your thoughtful Kinnear Financial Group GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. donations, brave head shaves, Kinsmen Club of Stampede City inspired fundraising initiatives and Gord Yeo KOA Kampground Owners your compassionate gifts of time, Government of Canada – Association service and products. Canada Summer Jobs Kramer Mazda Great Western Containers Marquis Alliance Imagine Wireless NHL Foundation Matt Gramblicka Nicholaa Malet De Carteret Nexen Incorporated NorthGate Aviation donors SeisWare International Inc. Norton Rose Canada LLP Todd Kepler $100,000 - $249,000 Pembina Pipeline Corporation Trail Appliances Ltd. Plains Fabrication and Supply Government of Alberta – Precision Drilling Corporation Community Initiatives Program $5,000 - $9,999 Prosul Marketing Inc Kids With Cancer Society Allan Markin Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation 2013 / $50,000 - $99,999 Betty Lou Munro Purdy & Partners Inc. Calgary Motor Dealers Association QV Investors Inc. Scotiabank Camcor Partners Raven Bay Services Christopher Wright RBC Dominion Securities $25,000 - $49,999 Computer Modelling Group Ltd. RBC Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Brookfield Residential ConocoPhillips Canada Limited Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. CIBC Children’s Foundation Control Chemical Savanna Energy Government of Alberta – Core Resources Inc. Stantec Consulting Ltd. Community Spirit Program Craftmen Group Incorporated Sterling Western Star Trucks Dilawri Group of Companies Cuming & Gillespie (Alberta) Ltd. MNP LLP Delta Construction and Siding Ltd. TD Bank Group The Calgary Foundation Delta West Academy The HAB Family Foundation CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Community Grant Program EnCana Cares Foundation The Hotchkiss Family Foundation Trico Homes KIDS CAN

24 The United Way of Calgary and Area – Donor Choice Program Timothy Hart Tourmaline Oil Corp. Truman Insurance Agency Inc. W. Brett Wilson Walt Healy Motorsports Western RV Country Ltd.

$1,000 - $4,999 586307 Alberta Limited Acumen Capital Partners Adele Reid Calgary Fleet Outfitters Advantage Oil and Gas & Supply Inc. AirSprint Private Aviation Calgary Medical Akin Koksal Students Association Alan Jones Canadian Online Giving Foundation Albi Homes Ltd. Canadian Remarketing Group / Elevate Auctions Inc. Ali Jomaa Cardel Lifestyles Ali Zentner Cenovus Energy Inc. Alison Keene Centron Group of Companies Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Cerum Dental Supplies Altrax Contracting Ltd. Cerum Ortho Organizers Amninder Shergill Charlie Guille Amy Stuber Chinook Winds Interiors Ltd. Andrew Hogg Christine and Ric McIver Anonymous (3) City Core Developments Clint Cawsey ARC Financial Corporation Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School Compassionate Beauty Ltd. ARC Resources Ltd. Dustin Hoffman ATB Corporate Financial Services Continental Electrical Motor Services Ltd. E.D.M. Interiors Ltd. ATCO Pipelines 2 Cougar Contractors Ltd. e=mc Event Management ATCO Structures & Logistics Crave Cookies and Cakes Inc. Ed Stol B. Wright Drywall Inc. Creststreet Capital Corporation Elbow River Marketing Barbara Gordon-Cooper Limited Partnership Crew Energy Incorporated Barbara McKillop Elizabeth Gagnier Curlers Corner Barry Lapointe Elizabeth and Ricardo Giammarino D&B Lumber Supplies (Calgary) Ltd. Berkhold Family Foundation Emans Smith Anderson D. Owen Construction Limited

Bighorn Land & Field Services 2013

Encana Corporation / Dan Tsubouchi Bill C. MacDonald Eric Daku David and Janet Bentley Bill Chisholm Family Fund at Edmonton Ervin Whillans Black & McDonald Limited Community Foundation Exp Services Inc. Bonnie Eckhard David Ambedian Field Law ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Bonnie Leung Dean Wheatley First Calgary Financial / Borger Group of Companies Debra Little Fluor Canada Brad Field Delphi Energy Corp. Focus Corporation Brad Taylor Devi Construction Ltd. Fraternal Order of Eagles – Brenda Regehr Dion Degrand Calgary Heritage (AERIE 2098) Brett and Catriona Chorney Discovery Air Gail Graham Broda Group Donna Aarsby Gail O’Reilly

Bruce Lamb Donna Oswell Gary Simpson OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Calgary Eastport Lions Club Doug Sangster George Petropoulos KIDS CAN

25 Gibson Energy Glenda Taylor Gordon Food Service Gordon Lackenbauer and Jessie Trapp Grant Paget Great West Life Realty Advisors Inc. Harder Homes Ltd. Harvey Labuhn Heather Craigen Herbert Roth High River Kinsmen Service John Stewart Netherlands Investment Homes By Avi Inc. Jordan Bonner Company of Canada Limited Honorable Order of Blue Jordan MacGregor Nicolas Ma Goose International Aberta JR Shaw Nora Stephens Hopewell Residential Juvenescence Child Olds Lion’s Club Communities LP Development Centre Limited Olympia Trust Company Howie Crone JWG Management Ltd. Online Business Systems International Brotherhood of Kennibar Resources Ltd. Opus Corporation Boilermakers – Iron Ship Builders Kevin Beingessner Paul Wozney Isaac Warnica Professional Corporation Kevin Brown PCL Construction Management Inc. Jack and Eileen Cave Kinetic Social Club Peter and Christina Blackmore Jack Lee Kyle S. Jones Petrolama Energy Canada Inc. Jacques Prud’Homme Larry Petropoulos Prophit Management Ltd. James Buckee Lauren Warrack Ralph Christoffersen Jan McCaffery Laurie Gainer Rick Brost Jayman Master Builder Laurie Hansen Rick Wasfy Jean-Louis Brodeur Laurie McClelland Robert Wilson Jeff Tonken Leona De Boer Rogers Communications Inc. Joanne Kates Leonard and Faigel Shapiro Ryan Shay Family Fund at Joe Wilson Sam Kolias The Calgary Foundation John Bobenic SAS Canada Licia Corbella John Bowles Servantage Services Inc. Linda Kirchner John Halliwell Shane Homes Ltd. Linda Shaikh John Lawson Shelley George Louise Fernandes Sierra Systems Lynx Ridge Golf Club Snow Dogz Inc. Mani Kareemi Stan Poulsen Trucking Limited 2013 / Mark and Paulette Konopczynski Stephanie Grant Maurice and Nicole McCaig Stepper Custom Homes Inc. McCarthy Tétrault Foundation Steve Laut McCarthy Tétrault LLP Streetside Development Corp.

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Menehune Resources Ltd.

/ Stuart Olson Dominion Michael Bornyk Construction Ltd. Michael Lang Suncor Energy Foundation Michael St. Claire Supreme BASICS Office Products Michael Tims Symons Valley Joint Venture Michele Bjornson TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Mike Rowell TDL Drywall Murray Korth Telsec Development Ltd. CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Nathan MacBey TELUS Corporation Neil Dixon

KIDS CAN Tenaska Marketing Canada

26 Terence and Margaret Moynihan shaves Henry Wise Wood High School The Calgary Airport Authority Iliana Kennedy The Erosion Inspectors Ltd. over $1,000 Ismaili Students Association The Lube Shop A.E. Cross Junior High Jack Huizinga The Order of the Eastern Star – Allison East Jane Liu Edith Cavell Chapter #25 Andrew Doyle Jolene Goulard The Stephen Ames Foundation Andrew Sibbald Elementary School Juvenescence Child The Vintage Fund at Arianne Jones Development Centre The Calgary Foundation Becky and Shannon Kuan Lu Esther Loke Tom Howard Brandon Balla Kwan’s Conquering Cancer Totem Building Supplies Calgary French & Larry Pedersen Tracy Medve International School Lester B. Pearson High School T-Squared Software Calgary Airport Call Centre Love for Lexi Ugur Dogan Cheryl Johnston Matrix Logistics Universal Ford Lincoln Chief Justice Milvain Molyneux Bros and Red Deer Lake University of Calgary Elementary School Nellie McClung Elementary School Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. CP Rail Nickle Junior High School Vanessa Horan Crescent Heights High School Nigel Anderson VF Services, Inc. Danica Beaudry Nonda Petropoulos Victor Choy Dean Hughes Ray Madison Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd. Delaynie Golinoski Rob Gibson Wayne and Jacqueline Latam Delta West Academy RPS Westera Dorothy Laskowski Runway Development Project Western Energy Services École Francophone d’Airdrie SAIT Journalism Arts Corporation École St. Matthew Elementary Sam Pittman Westlock Elks Lodge No. 330 and Junior High School Samantha Brown Wieland Wettstein Ellie Bates Sawyer Versluys Wilco Contractors S.W. FFCA Middle School Sir Wilfrid Laurier Willow Park Charity Classic Foothills Composite High School Junior High School York Electronics Limited Friends of Karlee South Centre Health & Wellness Grace Pohl Spectrum Energy Hannah Bergmann Stephanie Regehr Taylor Hinton-Turik Thomas Howard University of Calgary – Faculty of Medicine Vanessa and Melinda Vanessa Unangst Vicki Hewitt 2013 Western Energy Services Corp. / William Aberhart High School Willow Park Elementary School Woodbine Elementary School ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

27 community initiatives Executives – Santa Cause Mosaic Energy Ltd. Calgary Laboratory Services Noah’s Ride 4 a Reason $250,000 + Calgary Marathon Society NOVA Chemicals Corporation Coast to Coast Against Calgary Naval O2 Developments Cancer Foundation Veterans Association Pineridge Community Association – Calgary Stampede Cancer Sucks Beach Party $100,000 - $249,999 Canadian Association of Professional Golfers’ Association Anonymous Geophysical Contractors of Alberta Rogers Communications Inc. – Canadian Youth Bull Riders Rangeland RV & Trailer Sales Ltd. Chomp & Stomp Cardel Homes Red Deer Rampage Hockey Cargill Meat Solutions Revolution Dance Studios $50,000 - $99,999 Carrington Family Rotary Club of Calgary – Sarcee Buck’n Up for Kids Cancer Ltd. Cork Ventures Ltd. Rotary Partners of Calgary South with support from Desjardins Financial Security Stolo’s Pizza Concept Electric Ltd. Donate A Car Canada Inc. Strathmore Poker Run Crown Royal Invitational Golf DPH Focus The Flames Foundation for Life Enerflex Ltd. Elevate Auctions Inc. / The Great Dames Golf A Kid to Cure Canadian ReMarketing Group The Saamis Rotary Club Elite Sports Therapy of Medicine Hat $25,000 - $49,999 Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. Three Crowns Pub Ltd. Post Hotel Lake Louise – George Weston Ltd. Trilogy Energy Trust Wine Summit Great Western Containers Tundra Process Solutions Ltd. RVDA Recreation Vehicle Hellenic Society of Calgary Vista Projects Limited Dealers Association and District Willow Park Wines & Spirits Heritage Frozen Foods Ltd. Wolseley Mechanical Group $1,000 - $24,999 Johns Manville Canada Inc. Yoga Santosha Advanced Electrical Services Ltd. Jumping Mirathon Alberta Petroleum Storage Kenny Knittig – Carmen Knittig Systems Contractors Association Memorial Golf Tournament Big Hearted Mavericks Foundation Kent Hansen Plumbing Ltd. Bon Ton Meat Market Kinette Club of High River Boundary Technical Group Kool 101.5 Brent Thorkelson Mark Antosz Professional Dental Corporation Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo McKnight Mustang Timbits Calgary Dragon Boat Society Michael Wetherup Calgary Food and Drug Mission Homes 2013 / ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION KIDS CAN

28 gifts-in-kind Evolution Pools & Spas Inc. Rogers Calgary Radio Group Fire Ant Contracting Ltd. > 660 News Air Canada Foundation Gary Nissen > Jack FM Albi Renova Globalfest > Lite 95.9 Astral Media H.T. Drywall (Clg) Ltd. > SN 960 The Fan > 98.5 Virgin Radio Help for Charities Rogers Communications Inc. > CJAY 92 Heritage Glass and Aluminum Ltd. Royal Liquor Merchants > Classic Country AM 1060 Hertz Equipment Rental Shaw Communications AVW Telav Highfield Stock Farm Inc. Skyline Building Envelope Barkman Horizon Loam Services Inc. Solutions Inc. Calgary Airport Authority Ironclad Earthworks Ltd. Spine Visual Design Calgary Herald Jackie and Brendan Altwasser TAG Advertising Calgary Sun JASA Engineering Inc. Tanas Concrete Industries Ltd. Cardel Homes KBM Commercial Floor Thomas Jeffery Men’s Wear Ltd. Christine and Ric McIver Coverings Incorporated Thunderstone Quarries City Kool 101.5 Limited Partnership Cork Ventures Ltd. Laird Plastics Titanwall Cottonwood Golf and Country Club McAra Printing Tower Chrysler Crave Cookies and Cakes Inc. McLean Contracting (2004) Trail Appliances Ltd. Crispin Arthur nonfiction studios inc. Trident Communications Inc. 2013 CTV Calgary Northern Divine Caviar Unique Perspectives Photography / Dan O’Brien Northern Mat & Bridge Universal Ford Lincoln Designs by MM Limited Partnership Vintage Group Distinctive Collection Pattison Outdoor WestJet Airlines Ltd. Emans Smith Anderson Petrolama Energy Canada Inc. XL103 Radio ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Enerflex Ltd. Pidherney’s Trucking Ltd. English Lawns Ltd.

Kids Cancer Care is grateful for every gift, but due to space restrictions, we must limit the above lists to contributions of $1,000 or greater. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of our list

of supporters and apologize for any errors or omissions. Please OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION notify us of any inaccuracies. Thank you. KIDS CAN

29 volunteers Cheri Helston Cheryle Becker Adam Sinclair Chris Brown Adam Verheyde Chris Rowell Aditi Amin Christa Sutherland Aleisha Brown-Breitmeier Christie Donaghue Alex Campbell Christine Giurissevich Alexander Oswell Cindy Gibson Erika Braseth Alicia Kassian Courtney Arnott Erin Brennan Alisha Evans Curtis Peterson Erin Roberts Allen Cayen Dana Eckl Ernie Greenwood Allen Martin Dana Grinde Estefania Terrazas Andrea Barr Darrell Brown Ethan Kostynuik Andrea Milne Dave Needham Evan Ho Angelica Hizsa Dave Quinn Gaya Narendran Aryn Bartoshyk Dave Stefaniuk Gordon Brook Ashley Piller Dawn McManus Hayley Anderson Ashley Purcell Harrison Anzinger Heather Myers Aurora Williams Delmar College of Hair Design Heather Oliver Autumn Wilton Denise Lagace Helen Jansen Beth Ferguson Devon Sorge Hugo Potts Blaine Lodomez Diane Hamilton Iyswarya Mani Bhaskar Blair Birdsell Diane Stevenson Jackie Devarnichuk Bradley Rains Don Stengler Jana Malin Breanne Blackburn 2013 / Donald Osetsky Jane McCruden Brenn Smith Donna Oswell Jared Gurevitch Brett Greenlaw Doug Sangster Jason Jongman Bruce Morris Dustin Salisbury Jason Kingshott Calgary Highlanders Eleanor Rushton Jay Exner ANNUAL REPORT 2012

/ Calgary Progress Club Elizabeth Brown Jayme Hunter Cara Woods Elizabeth Gracie Jeanelle Kerr Cardel Homes Elizabeth Stableford Jenn Murdock Carla Berman Ellen Dilawri Jennifer J. Huizinga Carol Campbell Elliot Sampson Jennifer McLeod Cassandra C. Lehti Elly Strother Jennifer Rogers Cathleen Martin Emily Fast Jennifer Thiedemann

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Cathy Campbell Eric Daku Jennifer Wallace Cenovus Energy Inc. Erica Tran Jessica Rizkalla

KIDS CAN Chad Rhyason

30 Jessie Weisner Meagan Diduck Saundra Shapiro Jim Holland Meera Kopp Serafin Bento Joanne Johnson Megan Chwiecko Shaina Plett Joanne MacDonald Megan Franklin Shannon Morgan Jocelyn Sebios Megan Goddard Sharon Baptiste Jodey Leung Michael Gibbons Shellen Thomas Jody Stoski Michael Nyikes Sneha Sail Johanna Power Michael Sangster Stephanie D’Agostini John Hulshof Michele Campbell Stephanie Laidlaw John Tucker Michele Dessario Stephen Pearson Jonathan MacDonald Mike Rowell Stephen Radu Jonathan MacPherson Mount Royal College Dr. Steve Robbins Joy Edmonds Myron Dietrich Stuart Grant Julie Fischer Dr. Nancy Moules Sujay Nagaraj Julie Franklin Natasha Jalbert Tanis Greenlaw Julie McLaughlin Nathan MacBey Taylor Browning Karen Brown Navjot Virk Taylor Wheatley Karen Coulter Nelson Leong Teira Stauth Kate Potts Nicole A. Mensik Terry Baptiste Katherine Fortier Nicole Liboiron-Coles Tessa Wihak Katherine L. Aubichon Patrick Simmons Thomas Oswell Kathryn Borys Patti Foulon Tierra Walter Kathy Needham Paul Lung Trevor Trefanenko Kevin Ho Phillip Tautchin Trico Homes Kim Gaul Ralph M. Christoffersen Ty Murray Kimberley Campbell Raymond T. Madison Valerie Hopwood Kimberley Caputo Rhonda Bashnick Victoria Boehm Kimberly Springer Rogers Communications Inc. Victoria Brown Kristine Smith Ron Busch Wally Murray Krystal Northey Rose Tymensen Walter Havens Kurt Norman Samantha Andres Warren Gaul Larry Farmer Sarah Jessup Wayne Harder Laryssa Yakiwchuk Sarah Madden WestJet Airlines Ltd. Lee Miller Sarah Rattigan Yvonne Coates Leon Lau Sasha MacDonald Leslie Murray Leslie Robertson Lily Tang Linda Stadnyk 2013 Linnea Wheatley / Lisa Paton Lisa Ramlal Lisa Smith

Lisa Thornton ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Lucia Sherban Lyle Edwards Lynn Fast MacKenzie Y. Williams Madison Lehti Marie Scheifele Marissa Grossi CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION Mark Pacanowski

Matt Farmer KIDS CAN

31 board of directors as of January 31, 2013

Crispin Arthur, Chair Don Schafer Jackie Altwasser, Chair, Finance & Audit Don Stevens Matthew Lawson, Secretary Dr. Doug Strother Brad Stevens Jennifer Crysdale Charles W. Fischer Lindsay Hamilton Dr. Christopher Brown Naveen Dargan Darrell Graham Rhonda Bashnick Dean Wheatley

staff team as of January 31, 2013

Christine McIver, M.S.M., CFRE Kelly Kerr Founder & Chief Executive Officer Camp Program Manager Ashlee Guise Kris Lashmore Marketing & Communication Coordinator Camp Maintenance Manager Dacia Lashmore Lauren Ellis Catering & Kitchen Manager Community Initiatives Coordinator Emma MacIsaac Leah Nelner Sponsorship & Event Manager Event Coordinator Gail Corbett Mary Phillipo Communication Manager Family Liaison Janessa DeCoste, RN,BScN Mike MacKay Nursing Coordinator Director of Camp & Community Programs Janice McLeod Nicola Lamarche Office Manager & Bookkeeper Community Program Specialist Jenna Schellenberg Renée LeGrow Community Program Coordinator Event Coordinator

2013 Jill Edmonds Tracey Stahn / Manager of Community Initiatives Manager of Volunteers Joan Ganley Trish Matheson, CFRE Administrative Coordinator Director of Development & Communications Karen Filbert, CFRE ANNUAL REPORT 2012 / Manager, Individual & Corporate Giving

Special thanks to you, McAra Printing and

CER CARE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA OF ALBERTA CER CARE FOUNDATION nonfiction studios inc., for generously producing this report at no cost to Kids Cancer Care. KIDS CAN

32 This annual report is dedicated to It is for Campbell (page Jaymee (above) and 3), Chaitanya (page 7) This report is for you, And finally, it is for the Jenna (page 4), and Tank (front cover) Grant, (page 10) and many children who Keira and Ruby (back and all the young the young people will be diagnosed cover) and the many people who have who fight courageous tomorrow. We will be children still waging fought the battle battles and do not win. there for you too. war with cancer. and won. You will forever live A cure for every child, Don’t give up. You are an inspiration. in our hearts. care for every family. they are here

Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta 609 14 St NW, Suite 302 Calgary, AB T2N 2A1 [email protected] thanks Telephone 403 216 9210 Facsimile 403 216 9215 Toll-free 888 554 2267 to you kidscancercare.ab.ca Registered charity # 899409171RR0001