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At the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation we raise money in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital, educate the community on the Hospital’s needs and thank our donors for their generosity. Meet Stollery kids from backyards across Alberta and learn how donor dollars have been making a difference at the Stollery below.

Meet Simon
Meet Simon

Dr. Simon Urschel has worked at the Stollery Children's Hospital for 17 years. As a Pediatric Cardiologist, and now as Director of Pediatric Cardiac Transplant, he has saved hundreds of lives.

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Spreading the lemony love
Spreading the lemony love

In recognition of Simply Supper’s Lemonade Stand Day raising more than $2 million since 2014, the newly renovated family room at the Stollery’s Phillip C. Etches Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital will now be known as the Simply Supper’s Lemon Love Bear’s Den.

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Hitting all the right notes for mental health
Hitting all the right notes for mental health

On this month’s Spotlight on the Stollery, performer Shannon Tyler joined us as we sat down with our friends at Global to talk about the return of CRESCENDO, a John Cameron Experience, ignited by Keller Construction Ltd.

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Meet Angela and Melanie
Meet Angela and Melanie

As Certified Child Life Specialists, Angela and Melanie's jobs are to help children cope with hospitalizations and reduce medical trauma. Soon, an exciting four-legged addition will be joining their expert team: a facility dog! As handlers, Angela and Melanie will work with the new facility dog to help patients meet specific, individualized goals.

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Be Mighty this spring!
Be Mighty this spring!

On this month’s Spotlight on the Stollery, we virtually joined our friends at Global Edmonton live from our spring 2025 Mighty Millions Lottery Grand Prize Showhome to chat about this spring's lottery and how your ticket supports the Stollery.

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Lacing up in support of the Stollery
Lacing up in support of the Stollery

The 14th Annual Stollery Family Day Classic, powered by ENMAX, has scored more than $574,000 in gross revenue to support world-class care at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.  

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Meet Jess
Meet Jess

Dr. Jess Foulds started at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in 2009 as a trainee and has now been working as a pediatric hospitalist since 2013.

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Pediatric Dentistry Outreach Program: transforming lives through smiles
Pediatric Dentistry Outreach Program: transforming lives through smiles

Thanks to the partnership between the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry at the University of Alberta, hundreds of kids receive essential oral care they need each year, for free.

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