Stories
Stollery stories
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.
Tune in to the Corus Radiothon
Tune in to the Corus Radiothon
On this month’s Spotlight on the Stollery, we joined our friends at Global to talk about the upcoming 26th Annual Corus Radiothon, presented by Great Canadian Roofing, Siding and Windows.
The research behind consistent and child-appropriate testing for asthma
The research behind consistent and child-appropriate testing for asthma
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, affecting nearly 850,000 Canadian children under the age of 14. Thanks to research supported by the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation through WCHRI, researchers are exploring ways to more accurately diagnose asthma in children.
From incompatible to compatible with Dr. Lori West
From incompatible to compatible with Dr. Lori West
Thanks to funding received from WCHRI and the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, Dr. West’s team is well on their way to launching a new diagnostic assay to measure ABO antibodies.
Meet Sarah
Meet Sarah
Sarah Topilko has been with the Stollery Children’s Hospital since 2016 as co-ordinator for the Patient & Family-Centred Care Team.
Stollery care for the tiniest of patients
Stollery care for the tiniest of patients
Thanks to your generosity, we can purchase state-of-the-art equipment such as a fetal echo ultrasound machine for the Stollery Children’s Hospital’s Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Program at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Investing in knowledge
Investing in knowledge
Through your generosity, we’re supporting excellence in all three Stollery neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) sites by inviting expert Stollery NICU nurses to pursue further education at the University of Alberta to become neonatal nurse practitioners.
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
Your donations have funded and grown the Stollery Neonatal Home Support Team (NHST) for the past five years, leading to significantly improved outcomes for pre-term infants and allowing them to stay where they thrive the best – at home with their families.
Stollery care at the click of a mouse
Stollery care at the click of a mouse
With donor support, we’re raising $3 million over five years toward the Stollery Centre for Excellence in Virtual Health to expand virtual health care at the Stollery and forever change how urgent, expert Stollery care is delivered in our province and beyond.