Why Kids Need You | The Children’s Foundation

Thursday, November 05, 2026

WHEN A CHILD GETS SICK, A WHOLE FAMILY NEEDS YOU

Missed school. Siblings who are worried. Paycheques that stop. Every day, Quebec families face the hardest moments of their lives at The Children’s. Your gift helps their child heal and helps the whole family through it.

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It’s never just one life

When a child is diagnosed, everyone feels it. Parents leave work to sit at the bedside. Brothers and sisters get passed between relatives. Vacations get cancelled, savings run out and relationships strain. The specialists at The Children’s care for your child. Donors like you make sure the family isn’t facing it alone.

  • 40%: The income a family can lose when their child is sick. Your gift helps families stay afloat.

  • 10%: Kids are 25% of the population but get just 10% of research funding. Your gift helps close the gap.

  • 60%: The share of our patients who need complex care. Your gift brings them the specialists and equipment they need.

 

Quebec’s kids have counted on The Children’s since 1904

For more than a century, The Children’s has cared for Quebec’s sickest children, in French, English and 45 other languages. In 1973, the community came together to create the Foundation. Since then, donors like you have given over $474.5 million for research, teaching and care. You helped build the new hospital on the Glen site. You helped P.K. Subban keep his promise to families. And you’re why Quebec kids get world-class care close to home.

“A specialized children’s hospital cannot pretend to be as such without donors and strong community support.” Dr. Sherif Emil, Director, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

 

QUEBEC KIDS NEED YOU

Every gift reaches a child and a family when they need it most. A monthly gift gives The Children’s support it can count on all year long, so families can count on The Children’s.

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