From Fear to Confidence: Because Kids Can’t Wait

Every day, kids and families living with Juvenile Arthritis and other childhood rheumatic diseases carry fear, uncertainty, and the challenges of lifelong illness.

Your gift helps them reach a turning point — toward clarity, readiness, and confidence.

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Why Confidence?

At Cassie + Friends, we know confidence is not a cure-all — but it is where strength and hope begin. Kids and teens living with rheumatic disease face pain, fatigue, flares, complications like uveitis or organ involvement, and the mental-health strain of long-term treatment and unknowns. Families often tell us the hardest part is not knowing what to expect or where to turn.

When families feel informed, supported, and connected, everything becomes more manageable. That steadiness — what many describe as “finding our confidence again” — is often the beginning of real progress.

This Giving Season, your support helps more families reach that turning point.

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The Confidence Projects

Confidence grows when families have the tools, information, and community they need — and when research and system change continue moving forward. The Confidence Projects bring this to life through programs grounded in our Cassie CARES pillars: Connection, Action, Research, Education, and Support

Your gift helps strengthen care today, build support networks for tomorrow, and fuel the progress that leads to a brighter future.

This holiday season, your gift turns fear into confidence — and confidence into change.

Because kids can’t wait — for confidence, for care, or for a cure.

$25 Independence items like pencil grips, jar openers, or a children’s book that helps a young patient understand what’s happening to their body

Donate $25

$50Pain-management tools like numbing creams, heating pads, or comfort items to make treatment less painful and more empowering

Donate $50

$100 → An Injection Support Kit and Buzzy Bee for a child facing injections, helping turn fear into confidence

Donate $100

$250+ → Expands Family Navigation and Youth Mentorship Programs, connecting families nationwide to trusted support

Donate $250

$500 → Help bring Family Days, rural and remote outreach, and community-building events to life — creating belonging, understanding, and hope for kids and families across Canada.

Donate $500

$1000 → Fueling our National Advocacy, Research Partnerships and Youth Mental Health Initiatives to help families find the solutions they are counting on,

Donate $1000

Join the movement. Give confidence today.