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HOPE With children making up approximately one-third of our population, our sights are set high to provide the best possible healthcare for our province’s kids, moms-to-be, and families right here at home. With donors in over 500 communities across Saskatchewan every year, the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan is providing hope and healing through your gifts of support. HEALING Your gifts help fund $1 million in annual grants for pediatric and maternal equipment needed today, for research taking place in Saskatchewan now, and for ongoing technology that will take us into tomorrow. Hope and healing starts with you! MISSION STATEMENT: OUR PILLARS: The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan is dedicated • Family-centered care to raising funds for the enhancement of maternal and children’s • Equipment and technology enhancements healthcare and the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. • Research and innovation YOUR DONATIONS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE You helped safely transport sick kids You made childbirth easier for moms across the province While standard monitors measure a baby’s heartbeat and Critical training and equipment for the Provincial a mom’s contractions, new state-of-the-art Fetal Monitors Pediatric Transport Team helps give the best in care for allow women in labour to be in the shower or tub, which the approximately 300 trips a year to transport our most many patients find helpful. vulnerable children between rural and tertiary care locations across the province. You gave the gift of play Toys, games, crafts, and art supplies in Saskatoon and You helped newborns breathe easier Regina give children in the hospital the opportunity for The highly specialized Jet Ventilator is designed to creative expression and an escape from provide ventilation therapy to the most vulnerable their medical problems. infants in NICU, delivering smaller breaths more often, putting as little pressure as possible into fragile new You helped heal kids with cancer lungs. The new Apheresis Machine quickly removes toxins in children with autoimmune disease, white blood cells in You helped kids sleep easier young cancer patients, and inflammation in children with Breathing problems are the leading cause of chronic infection, and red blood exchange in sickle cell anemia. illness and hospitalization in children. New portable Without this vital piece of equipment, these lifesaving sleep study monitors measure airflow on children services would not be available to our province’s children. as young as two, which eases the serious diagnostic challenges of obstructive sleep apnea, one of the most You gave Saskatchewan kids the common breathing problems in kids. best treatment available When kids can’t breathe on their own, non-invasive You reduced childhood heart surgery ventilation reduces the need for more invasive With a wait list of 8-14 months for children with treatment and the risks associated with it. Two new cardiac concerns, the addition of a second Pediatric SiPAP Machines are helping meet growing patient Echocardiography Machine gives the capacity to screen demand, which means that children with chronic lung 40% more young patients. This sophisticated equipment conditions can receive optimal therapy when the piece provides high-quality images in children born with devices are in use elsewhere. cardiac defects, avoiding further invasive procedures. The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan is the sole Saskatchewan member of Children’s Miracle Network, one of North America’s leading children’s charities. Children’s Miracle Network raises funds for more than 170 children’s hospitals, including 14 across Canada. Funds raised locally stay right here in Saskatchewan. 2019 One of the most significant health care projects in the province in a generation, the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan is scheduled to open its doors in late 2019. 2015 Country music star Garth Brooks and his Teammates for Kids Foundation partner with the Foundation to create a state-of-the-art therapeutic play area called the Child Life Zone at Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. The 2,800 sq ft space A once-in-a-lifetime project, the Children’s will join 11 other Child Life Zones across North America, including Hospital of Saskatchewan will impact New York, Phoenix, and Dallas. generations of Saskatchewan children and Saskatchewan’s new zone will BUILDING A be the first in Canada. families, giving them a fighting chance and CHILDREN’S hope for a brighter future. Saskatchewan is one of only two provinces in Canada without a dedicated children’s HOSPITAL hospital. We’re going to change that. 2015 A Saskatchewan family with strong ties to the province made a $10 Maternal Care Home to million donation to the Children’s Centre will be Saskatchewan’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan approximately 1st pediatric this year. The contribution by Eldon the size of two sleep lab McIntyre and family represents TOTAL # football fields the single largest gift in the 176 OF BEDS x14 more pediatric Foundation’s history. outpatient Total building area will equal Space to care for 3X exam rooms approximately 266 average-sized over 4,000 children 1,500 square foot houses Outdoor patient 2015 requiring overnight play space Total projected cost of the new x200 stays each year Hospital is forecast at $285.2 million. Room to treat A first for The Children’s Hospital Foundation over 21,000 Saskatchewan: % of Saskatchewan expands its total 1000 dedicated Our new hospital children 3 dedicated x 100 Capital Campaign commitment to a maternal will serve each year pediatric PRIVATE minimum of $75 million. operating children from Space to care for over 6,000 in pediatric surgery pregnant women per year ROOMS 3rooms 0-17 years old emergency suites 2014 While fundraising efforts for the new hospital continue, the Children’s Your support is building a future of excellence, Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan provides $1 million in grants every improved outcomes and new innovation year for much-needed pediatric and BUILDING through “made in Saskatchewan” research. maternal equipment and research. Together we can bring state-of-the-art technology and world-class experts to FOR THE Saskatchewan, ensuring that our children and 2014 The custom-built “Snakebit” Ford families have access to the very best. F-100 hits the stage at the Barrett- Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Building better futures for kids like Cohyn. Arizona. With KISS rocker Gene FUTURE Simmons and Saskatoon-raised wife Shannon Tweed promoting the historic auction along with Premier Brad Wall and PGA Tour star Graham DeLaet, the $450,000 sale of the one-of-a-kind collector car He’s only ten years old, but Cohyn Wells has makes international headlines. already had fifteen surgeries in his short life. The Moose Jaw boy was born with spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and a Chiari II malformation, which is a structural defect in the part of the brain that controls balance. Cohyn has also since developed syringomyelia, a rare progressive disease that affects his spinal cord. “I’m super proud of him because he’s really tough,” says Cohyn’s mom Kristyn, who first found out that Cohyn would have medical 2014 challenges when she was nineteen weeks pregnant. “He’s been The provincial government through so much and he’s still so positive through it all.” announces an expansion of the children’s hospital with an additional 24 inpatient rooms and increases Each of Cohyn’s surgeries has been accompanied by lengthy the province’s investment to $235.5 hospital stays and recovery periods. His first surgery took place million. The Children’s Hospital when he was less than a day old. Even though Cohyn has pain Foundation of Saskatchewan raises the Capital Campaign goal to $50 most days, he is a kind-hearted, funny, and adventurous boy. million. Construction begins with a Cohyn is just one of the many children who will, on occasion, historic ground-breaking ceremony call the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan home. live-streamed across the province. 2011 Proudly supported by The Mosaic Company, the “Be A Part of It” Capital Campaign for the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan is officially launched with a fundraising 5 WAYS BRIGHTER goal of $25 million. TOMORROWS BEGIN Donate today This campaign proudly sponsored by WITH YOU childrenshospitalsask.ca You are helping children breathe easier Decade-long research for a better asthma test in young children is nearing the finish 2010 line, which will, in turn, allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment of asthma and other With 11 events in two days, 1 “Mike Babcock Day for Children’s respiratory diseases. Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan” celebrates two major announcements: a new children’s You are saving kids’ eyesight hospital for Saskatchewan children Ground-breaking research on childhood arthritis and eye inflammation is helping develop and families and Saskatchewan’s more specific treatment for the one in 1,000 Canadian children affected by this chronic own Mike Babcock’s induction into hockey’s most prestigious club, the 2 disabling disease, which can result in a serious deterioration of eyesight, and in some Triple Gold Club. cases, permanent blindness. You are keeping kids’ hearts healthy The first project of its kind in Canada, CHAMPS (Children’s Healthy Heart Camp in Saskatchewan) focuses on the unique medical needs of approximately 2,000 kids in our 3 province living with congenital heart defects. Research from this project will be a vital first step in developing a Canada-wide chronic disease management program. You are easing pain for newborn babies The most technologically advanced models available, new Transcutaneous Jaundice 2009 The Government of Saskatchewan Meters are dramatically reducing blood tests for both premature and full-term babies. allocates $200 million as a 4 A painless, non-invasive test with immediate results, these jaundice meters also reduce cornerstone financial commitment blood serum testing on babies.