Hope & Healing for the Holidays

When the pandemic first hit, Walmart rose to the occasion and put kids first by sticking with their fundraising commitments. As a result of their dedication to the cause, Walmart Canada raised over $7 MILLION just in the first half of this year. In fact, Walmart Canada is fundraising with us again during this holiday season with their #SparkAMiracle campaign happening right now.

You can support children’s hospitals by donating at checking (online and in-store) or by purchasing a teddy. Thank you Walmart!

We’re proud of our partnership with Air Canada Foundation because, together, we’re connecting kids with the medical care they need. A strong supporter of children’s health since 1994, Air Canada Foundation provides thousands of flights for families and kids. They do this by allocating over 20 million Aeroplan Miles to the Hospital Transportation Program, which gets patients and families to the care they need. Aeroplan members can also help by donating their miles.

From Dec 7 to 13, you can donate Aeroplan points during Air Canada Foundation’s Matching Miles week to give the gift of health.

TD Bank Group’s Ready Commitment, which includes a target of $1 billion in total community investment by 2030, demonstrates their mission to improve children’s health. Since 1994 they’ve invested more than $90 million in children’s healthcare. This year is no exception, and we’re thankful every day for the impact that TD’s funds are making on Canadian kids!

Right on the heels of another successful RE/MAX R4 international conference in Las Vegas in February 2020, REMAX agents and brokers became even more committed to rallying around Canadian children and families during COVID. Agents incorporated the cause of children’s health into their virtual open houses, meetings, and other communications more than ever.

RE/MAX also launched a special campaign called RE/MAX Season of Miracles in Q4 to raise even more awareness and funds for our children’s hospitals.

RE/MAX has raised more than $79M since the inception of the partnership! Thank you, RE/MAX!

Dairy Queen Canada wants to bring healing and happiness to kids in the communities they serve. Making a different one Blizzard Treat at a time, they continue to amaze us with new ways to fundraise for Canadian kids. Their new Round Up for Kids campaign launched in 2018 and has now been a big part of their overall fundraising efforts! Happiness sure does taste good, and thanks to DQ happiness is spread to the children of our CMN member hospitals.

Despite challenges and changing business protocols, Costco Canada and their employees truly stepped up to the plate for kids this year by continuing to fundraise, raising over $9 million during their campaign. Costco employees also brought back Superhero Day during their Fall campaign to brings smiles to their community and to remind everyone of the need to support their local children’s hospital. Thank you, Costco!

A huge thank you to The Brick for a year of incredible fundraising and for continuing to fundraise in store once reopening commenced. This year, the Brick found additional creative avenues to support children’s hospitals, such as hosting a virtual fundraising events: Cooking for Kids with David Rocco and the Running Room. These efforts led to a total of over $800K raised in 2020!

This year, Funding Innovation hit the $3 MILLION cumulative fundraising mark. This has been achieved within the 5 years since they became a CMN partner. THANK YOU!

To ensure support for our children during 2020, Funding Innovation made significant strides in adapting their bidding process by developing technology solutions, pivoting to single use pencils and executing an online auction.

This year, Pizza Pizza & Pizza 73 held their annual Slices for Smiles fundraiser, an initiative dedicated to support children’s hospitals since 2007. They have continued to show up for kids during a year when they needed us the most.

Thank you, Pizza Pizza and Pizza 73, for your commitment to the cause!

In 2020, Lowe’s implemented safety protocols and postponed their CMN campaign to prioritize the safety of their employees and customers. Despite the unknowns we were surrounded by in March, they continued forward with supporting kids when they needed us the most by pivoting to an online campaign. Thank you Lowe’s for your commitment! You’re incredible employees and donors raised over $300K in 2020. Lowe’s took it a step further and made a $1 MILLION philanthropic donation to support Canadian associated and communities during COVID, $290K of which went to children’s hospitals.