Your Impact

Every year approximately 50 - 60 families in Manitoba will hear the words “your child has cancer.” With you in their corner, their chances for a positive outcome are better than ever before.

Lila sitting in wheelchair

Meet Lila. In the spring of 2022, she began experiencing knee pain and went for a recommended x-ray. The results of this x-ray changed the course of her and her family's lives. She then went for an urgent CT scan and MRI which led to their worst fears...Lila had cancer.⁠

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Since then she has undergone four cycles of chemotherapy and a complex operation to remove and replace her knee joint and tibia bone in order to remove her tumour. In the process, a major nerve in her leg which was connected to the tumour had to be partially removed causing Lila to lose the ability to lift her foot.⁠

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Today, Lila is 16-years-old and cancer free. It is because of donors that Lila was able to get the surgery she needed to remove her cancer, right here in Manitoba. Meaning that she was able to stay close to her family and loved ones. ⁠

Join the Ride Inside on November 21 to help raise important funds for all young Manitobans facing cancer, just like Lila.

Ruby in a swing on

Ruby was always a playful three-year-old. She is quite happy most of the time so her parents were concerned when she became lethargic. Their worst fears were realized when Ruby was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.⁠

Throughout her treatment she had to stay in the hospital for weeks at a time but she remained smiling and cheerful...her bravery is what kept her family going too. Before she became sick she had just began walking on her own. Now her cancer is in remission and, day by day, she is getting stronger, walking on her own and becoming more independent. ⁠

By participating and fundraising in the Ride Inside, you can help make sure support for Ruby, and others like her, is available when they need it most.

ABOUT CANCERCARE MANITOBA FOUNDATION

CancerCare Manitoba is our provincially mandated agency for cancer and blood disorders. We share its bold vision, “A world free of cancer” and the goal that no life is cut short by cancer — a complex set of more than 200 diseases. CancerCare Manitoba Foundation is the only charitable organization exclusively fundraising for CancerCare Manitoba. ...Read more.