Making our funds work to help

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is the authority on wish granting in our country.  With 25 years of wish granting, and over 15,000 wishes behind us, we have fulfilled more wishes for children in Canada than any other wish granting agency.

What began in 1983, on the kitchen table of an inspired and committed volunteer, named Laura Cole, has blossomed into a national organization with chapters in every province.  From humble beginnings granting fewer than 20 wishes a year The Foundation has established the capacity to fulfill upwards of 800 wishes annually.

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is extremely proud of the fact that we have never denied an eligible child a wish and that we have been able to fulfill some of the most complex wishes imaginable.

Granting wishes to children with high-risk life-threatening illnesses is our primary line of business and the most powerful way in which The Children’s Wish Foundation fulfils its mandate. Staff and volunteers work tirelessly to maintain the highest quality of service to our wish families with attention to the most minute details so as to ensure the total satisfaction of each and every wish child.

We owe our success to the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who have contributed their time, talents and money over the years to help us make wishes come true.

York Central Hospital is proud to offer an extensive range of quality programs and services for the health and well-being of our community. These services may be subject to change, but as of this printing include the following.

* Continuing Care Program: Adult Day Program; Communication Disorders; Complex Continuing Care; General Geriatric Assessment and Treatment; Geriatrician Consultation Clinic; Nephrology–Dialysis; Palliative Care, Rehabilitation for Orthopaedic surgery, Cardiac-respiratory, and Neurology patients; and Skin Management.
* Emergency Medicine Program: Fast Track; 24-Hour Urgent and Emergency Care; Medical Urgent Consult Clinic; Paediatric Consult Clinic; York Region Sexual Assault Care & Resource Centre.
* Medicine Program (Inpatient): Cardiology; Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Coronary Care Unit (CCU); Dermatology; Endocrinology; Gastroenterology; General Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Nephrology; Neurology; Oncology/Haematology; Respirology; Rheumatology. (Outpatient): Arthritis Clinic; Asthma Clinic; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Chemotherapy/Oncology Clinic; Chiropody; Diabetes Education; Endoscopy; Internal Medicine Clinic; Osteopathy; Pain Clinic; Physiotherapy; Pulmonary Function; Registered
Massage Therapy.
* Mental Health Program: Acquired Brain Injury Services; Affective Disorder Clinic; After Care (medication) Clinic; Child & Family Services; Child & Family Anxiety Clinic; Crisis Intervention Services; Day Hospital; Inpatient; Neuro- Psychiatry; Psychogeriatric Clinic; Shaw Clinic (adult outpatient); Vocational Rehab Centre; York Behaviour Management Services (dual diagnosis); York Simcoe Brain Injury Services.
* Surgery Program: Anaesthesia Consult Service; Breast Cancer Resource Centre; Dentistry; Fracture Clinic; General Surgery; Gynaecology; Hand Clinic; Ophthalmology; Orthopaedics; Otolaryngology; Peripheral Vascular; Plastic Surgery; Pre-Admission Clinic; Surgical Endoscopy; Thoracic Surgery; Urology.
* Woman & Child Program: Breastfeeding Clinic; Community Speech & Language Program; Early Labour Triage Unit; Genetics Clinic; Gynaecology; Level II Nursery; Maternal Fetal Medicine Service (high-risk pregnancies); Obstetrics; Paediatrics; Childbirth Education; York Region Pre-school Speech & Language.
* York Region Chronic Kidney Disease Program: Hemodialysis; Nephrology/Renal Insuffi ciency Clinics; Peritoneal Dialysis; Inpatient and Outpatient Services.
* York Region District Stroke Centre: Access to tPA (Emergency Stroke Services); Integrated Stroke Unit and Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinic.

Sandy and Tanya Hutchens donate to Children’s Wish Foundation

Origins of the foundation

In 1983, the organization began at the kitchen table of volunteer Laura Cole. Originally granting fewer than 20 wishes a year, the foundation has established the capacity to fulfill upwards of 800 wishes annually.

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is extremely proud of the fact that it has never denied an eligible child a wish and that it has been able to fulfill some complex wishes. Both staff and volunteers work to grant wishes.

The organization credits hundreds of thousands of Canadians who have contributed their time, talents and money over the years to help us make wishes come true.