On behalf of the KCCFA, Christine Wandzura committed $2.5 million to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation's Experimental and Applied Therapeutics program over the next five years at a presentation at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.



Carolyn Darbyshire-McRorie, a KCCFA mother, is representing Canada this year at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Carolyn is second for Cheryl Bernard on the Canadian Women’s Curling team, which also includes third Susan O'Connor and lead Cori Bartell.



Two Calgary mothers Dawn Wallin and Margaret Taylor and their daughters Ryane and Madison paid a visit to Scotiabank today to thank George Marlatte, Senior Vice-President, Prairie Region, for the company’s $500,000 donation to the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta.



Children and families coping with cancer have a special getaway of their own with the creation of Camp Kindle. The camp, purchased for $2.2 million by the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta, is the first of its kind in the province. The 40-hectare property, located about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, features bunkhouses, sports fields, a barn and stables, said Christine Wandzura, who founded the organization 19 years ago.



The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA) today announced its first Nursing and Allied Health Research Awards, which will be awarded to clinical researchers and health care professionals at the University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital whose research show promise for improving the lives and outcomes for Alberta children with cancer and their families.



The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is announcing today the research findings of cancer scientist and physician Dr. Aru Narendran and his colleagues, which were published on July 24, 2008 in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. The Calgary-based team has developed a unique method for growing atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT) in a laboratory setting. AT/RT is a rare and aggressive brain cancer that grows in infants and small children. The survival rate for children under three at diagnosis is less than 10 per cent.