The David Foster Foundation was thrilled to be part of the new Vancouver Island Concours d’Elegance presented by the GAIN Group on August 25, 2019 at Shawnigan Lake School. Formerly the Vancouver Island Motor Gathering for the past seven years and growing from 85 vehicles to over 600, the GAIN Group has refreshed this year’sRead more
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Introducing #GetVocal April is National Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Month (NOTDAM). #GetVocal leverages the foundation’s history with music. We are approaching the topic of organ donation by using quotes of songs written or produced by David Foster paired with different types of information relevant to this month: Education about organ donation Family stories showcasingRead more
Lily was born in January 2013 and was admitted to BC Children’s Hospital at 10 weeks where she was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. Lily’s condition was so fragile her parents, Mark and Hailey, were not sure she would even make it to Edmonton to be assessed for a liver transplant. Determined to save their daughter,Read more
Nathan and Sylvia welcomed a baby girl into the world on November 7th, 2017 and were challenged with many medical complications. Through it all, they never gave up on their daughter, Rebekah. Nathan recounts their journey: During the darkest days of Rebekah’s hospitalization, my mind alternated from blank to overdrive. Not much was intentional; distractionRead more
Kelly McQuillan, step-mother to Jeremy Hovington, shares the journey her family faced when they learned Jeremy would require a life-saving kidney transplant in 2018. In the fall of 2016, Jeremy Hovington was a healthy, typical 15-year-old who loved basketball, video games, and spending time with his friends. Like most teenagers, he inhaled junk food andRead more
Isla Marshall was born in the afternoon on November 10, 2015 a healthy seven pounds measuring 21 inches. Evan and Katie Marshall were so proud and in love with their new baby girl. Even though Isla appeared healthy, she had trouble gaining weight. The doctor did express some concern after two weeks of no improvement.Read more
In 2010, Tanis Burghardt and Chris Wallace were preparing for the arrival of their second child. As Tanis neared her due date, the couple attended a regularly-scheduled stress test at Victoria General Hospital. The unexpected results of the ultrasound caused immediate concern for the technician, and the obstetrician was called in to speak with theRead more
In April, two months after Erin was born, her paediatrician advised her parents, Danesh and Audrey, that she should have testing done to see why she was experiencing prolonged jaundice after birth. When doctors examined Erin they diagnosed her with a rare liver condition called biliary atresia, which means that a baby’s bile duct thatRead more
Khai’s Transplant JourneyIn August 2017, Julia Macleod was 15 weeks pregnant with her son, Khai, when she went in for a prenatal ultrasound. At that ultrasound, the medical team told Julia that her baby had gastroschisis, a condition in which the organs are found outside the body, exiting through a hole beside the belly button.Read more
Nate has struggled with intestinal failure since he was born. After numerous attempts to be free from TPN (IV nutrition), it failed. He was required to travel to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, ON from his home in Maymont, SK to be assessed for a transplant in November and was subsequently listed for transplant onRead more
