August 2023

C+F Inventing Room: Reinventing the Injection Experience for Kids and Families Affected by JA and other childhood rheumatic diseases in Canada

By |August 31st, 2023|Advice, Advocacy, Blog, Injection, Medication|

Inspired by the Roald Dahl Charity’s Marvellous Nurse Inventing Rooms, on August 23rd, we hosted our very own C+F Inventing Room to ask the community and together envision what our C+F Injection Coping Kits should include. With the help of medical experts, parents and youth, we dove in and got to work! We started [...]

June 2018

PwC Canada Board Chair, Mike Harris, with family and friends at the 2017 Charity Challenge Run/Walk with Team Cassie and Friends.

By |June 23rd, 2018|Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:      PwC commits $10,000 to transform the futures of youth with arthritis June 21, 2018- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA: University Student, Alison Legge, 22, knows all too well just how painful studying, full-time work or even a casual, part-time job can be thanks to Juvenile Arthritis - an incurable, autoimmune disease affecting [...]

Thank you Keystone Environmental, Champion for Kids!

By |June 22nd, 2018|Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

We are so excited to announce that long-time champion for kids Keystone Environmental Ltd. - BC's go to environmental consulting firm and recently named Top Small & Medium Employer in Canada - has stepped up with a $15,000 gift to Team Cassie and Friends to help transform the lives of the 3 in 1000 children in BC who live, play and learn [...]

Nicola Wealth Management champions juvenile arthritis and supports one of their own

By |June 21st, 2018|Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

Giving back is deeply rooted in the culture of Vancouver-based Nicola Wealth Management, and this year the Nicola Wealth Gives Back Charitable Giving Committee is showing just how deep that commitment goes when it comes to supporting both kids with arthritis, and their own staff.  Cassie and Friends is pleased to announce Nicola Wealth as our new "Champion for Kids" level donor with a [...]

Van Kam Freightways: Champion for Kids

By |June 20th, 2018|Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

In the final week before race day with Team Cassie and Friends in the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon and 5K Charity Challenge, we are thrilled to announce an incredible surprise $10,000 donation from Van Kam Freightways Ltd, a Surrey-based trucking company operating in BC and Alberta. This generous donation will go 100% towards providing support [...]

Westland Insurance Group & Northbridge Insurance: Champions for Kids

By |June 18th, 2018|Scotiabank Charity Challenge|

We are excited to announce that our longtime "Champion for Kids" partner, Mardon Insurance, now part of Westland Insurance Group has donated an incredible $10,000 to Team Cassie and Friends in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge. This generous donation will go directly towards transforming the lives of kids and families affected by juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic [...]

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