
Where Your Money Goes
2023 Fund Recipients

Canuck Place Children's Hospice
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is a place of comfort and compassion where children can experience the simple joy of being a child, and families can cherish each moment together.
Canuck Place is a caring, innovative children’s hospice and community-based service that fully embraces the life of each child and family. They provide leadership in improving pediatric palliative care regionally, nationally and internationally through collaboration, education and research.

Wigs for Kids BC
The Wigs for Kids BC program raises money year-round to provide free custom-fitted human-hair wigs for children who have lost their hair due to cancer or other serious illnesses. The program also helps cover the costs of essential drugs and feeding supplies for children that are not covered by MSP.
This grassroots community program is operated solely by a core committee of 20 dedicated volunteers. The committee operates the program without overhead costs so that every dollar raised goes to help B.C. kids.

Canucks Autism Network
Canucks Autism Network is dedicated to providing year-round, innovative, high quality sports and recreation programs for children, teens, young adults and families living with autism, while increasing autism awareness and providing training in communities across British Columbia.

Richmond Therapeutic Riding Association
RTRA’s mission is to provide a quality therapeutic riding program for children and youth with disabilities in order to promote physical, social and psychological well being. Therapeutic Riding is a unique form of therapy that provides benefits to people with a variety of disabilities.

Hope Air
Hope Air is the only national charity providing free flights to low-income Canadians who must travel out of their communities for specialist medical care. Above all, they believe that where you live in Canada and how much money you make should not determine your ability to access healthcare. A free flight lets families focus on what is truly important – their health.

Blind Beginnings Society
Blind Beginnings inspires limitless potential for BC’s blind and partially sighted children. Through educational and experiential workshops, pre-employment training, summer camps, recreational activities and individualized counselling, Blind Beginnings offers blind and partially sighted youth opportunities to develop skills while building confidence and independence.

Make a Wish Canada (BC & Yukon Chapter)
Make-A-Wish Canada creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, and are on a quest to bring every eligible child's wish to life, because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. Make-A-Wish Canada serves children in every community from coast to coast to coast.

One to One Literacy Society
One to One offers programming across B.C. that leverages the power of one-to-one connections to help children develop literacy skills and reading confidence – at no cost to schools or families. Through one-to-one connections, they help BC children develop literacy skills and reading confidence. More than 20,000 children have been helped to improve their literacy skills since the introduction of the program in 1989.

Pivot Point Learning Centres Society
Beyond the notion of just “inclusion”, Pivot Point Learning Centres Society aims to help each child find a place to belong. Through small-group classrooms, individualized Tutoring, or Access Assistance at college or university, we facilitate full participation, meaningful friendships and personal achievement.

Pacific Autism Family Network
Pacific Autism Family Network (PAFN), provides an open, unique and collaborative environment for autism service providers, organizations, clinicians and researchers.
In this way, PAFN is helping to provide a convenient, “one-stop-shop” for families, and the opportunity for all stakeholders to work together towards new solutions.

Cerebral Palsy Association of BC (CPABC)
Cerebral Palsy Association of BC was started in 1954 and is an organization that provides programs, financial assistance, and information to those with cerebral palsy. Their mission is to raise awareness of cerebral palsy in the community, assist those living with cerebral palsy to reach their maximum potential, and work to see those living with cerebral palsy realize their place as equals in a diverse society.

Children's Organ Transplant Society
The Children’s Organ Transplant Society is dedicated to enhancing the lives of BC’s transplant children and their families through support services, advocacy, and awareness. Through their programs, they contribute to the physical and mental well-being of transplant children and their families, with the goal of ensuring a healthy and happy future for every transplant child in BC.
Event Information
Gala Dinner
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Sheraton Vancouver Airport
7551 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC