“The first time we had to take Luke to the hospital was when he was three-and-a half-years old,” says mom April, who still remembers the immense fear she felt when her toddler couldn’t breathe.

Kara has always been healthy and active, so when she went in for a colonoscopy this past November, she was sure she had no reason for concern. “I went in for the procedure,” she remembers, “and right away that day, after my colonoscopy, the doctor who performed it told me I had cancer.”

Last June, our donor, Mary Jane, sat down on her couch to watch TV just like any other day. "The last thing I remember of [...]

It was on a Sunday night when Elizabeth received the notification on her phone that her CAT scan results had arrived. She remembers sitting by herself, trying to make sense of the words on the screen. “I saw terms like  “spiculated mass” and “no cavitation”, and in each Google search of those terms, I was seeing the word cancer,” she explains. “And then everything moved very quickly.”

When we heard that someone was planning a “Rib Sauce Fundraiser” in support of the Walker Family Cancer Centre, it was a first. The fundraising event, hosted by one of Welland’s favourite spots, M.T. Bellies, was put on in memory of the late Ron Levinski – a loving family man, a good friend to so many and, of course, a Master Sauce Maker.

When Welland resident Deborah awoke one morning, it felt like the room was swimming and she couldn’t find her place in it. “It was a strange, disorienting feeling and disconcerting because I didn’t know what was happening,” Deborah called 911 and was rushed to the Welland hospital.