Joel Jodoin and his wife, Lana Duong, believe in the importance of donating and supporting causes they are passionate about. Most recently, they added the Niagara Health Foundation to the list of charities they support, and we chatted with them to find out why.

One of the first times our donor Cindi Sonnenberg came to Niagara Health was when her son, Kiefer 10 years old at the time was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. "He said to me: as long as I don't need needles, I will be fine. It broke my heart. But everyone at the hospital was so kind and thoughtful, and considerate. It made this very scary moment for my son and our family so much easier to bear."

My name is Lou, and in 2021, I received a diagnosis no one wants to hear – non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins [...]