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Win Big With Our Ontario-Wide 50/50 Lottery
You can win big with our 50/50 Inspiration Lottery. Fifty per cent of the proceeds will support highest-priority needs at Hamilton Health Sciences and the other 50 per cent will be awarded to one lucky winner. The lottery is open to the public.
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The Child-Life Team: Overcoming Challenges During COVID
The Child Life team at McMaster Children’s Hospital has pivoted and adapted quickly to the changing needs of children and youth in hospital during COVID-19.
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New Chair in Autism Sets Roadmap for Enhanced Collaboration and Clinical Care
By building ongoing collaboration, Stelios Georgiades will spend the next decade with his team improving care for children with autism and other neurodevelopment conditions in Hamilton and across Canada.
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Recent News

Child Life Specialist Heather McKean
Supporting Families of Cancer Patients
“What will I tell my children?” This is one of the first questions that a parent who has been diagnosed with cancer asks.
Behavioural Health Program multipurpose room
Bringing the Great Outdoors Inside
Thanks to donor funding, a multipurpose room used by the Behavioural Health Program at St. Peter’s Hospital has been transformed into an inspiring new space.
Luis Morillo, Neurologist
Evolving Epilepsy Care
The Adult Epilepsy Program at Hamilton General Hospital helps patients become seizure-free.
A model of the brain is used to discuss stroke
Transformational Stroke Care
Researchers at Hamilton Health Sciences are working to enhance care for patients with Intracerebral hemorrhage.
Nurse with an elderly patient
Learning about Palliative Care
Health care providers across Hamilton Health Sciences are participating in training seminars called Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP).
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Care for the End of Life
Palliative care specialists often collaborate with the Assisted Dying Resource and Assessment Service (ADRAS) to ensure that patients receive the best possible palliative care during the process of MAiD, or medical assistance in dying.
Naomi Dyon, Therapeutic Recreationist
Bringing the Community to Patients
A café at St. Peter’s Hospital is helping patients with dementia experience more social interaction.
Dr. Orest Ostapiak, Senior Medical Physicist
Targeting Treatment with Radiation
Donor-funded research is exploring the use of a 3D printer to enhance care for patients with head and neck cancers.

Stories of Care

Read the stories of patients whose lives were touched by donor support.
Continuous Cardiac Care
Continuing Complex Care During COVID
Alleviating an Abdominal Aneurysm
A Step Ahead of Breast Cancer
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Donor Stories

Every donor has a personal reason for why they choose to make a vital difference. We hope you are inspired by their stories. 
Author Stephanie Blunt with her children's book
Legacy Gift Enables Book
Dan Maloney with the Grey Cup
An Uncle’s Legacy
Image of donor Carl Gustaw
A Legacy From The Heart
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A Legacy of Love

Donor Reports

See the impact of your support by reading our current and previous years' Donor Reports.
2020 Donor Report
2019 Donor Report
2018 Donor Report
2017 Donor Report
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