March 2023

Cassie + Friends Presents The Future Leaders Showcase

By |March 29th, 2023|, |

Register Today! Get ready to witness an inspiring display of passion, leadership and hard work at the C+F Future Leaders Showcase - the highly-anticipated finale of the 2022-23 Youth Ambassador program cohort. In 2022, six exceptional youth/young adults joined the C+F Youth Ambassador Program with their own innovative project ideas aimed at strengthening [...]

March 2019

Cassie and Friends launches new Youth Leader Committee for #WORDday2019

By |March 18th, 2019|YLN|

As part of World Rheumatic Disease Day (WoRD Day), Cassie + Friends is announcing the official launch of our Youth Leadership Committee - a group of six young adults living with rheumatic conditions who will champion new C+F initiatives to support teens and young adults through major transitional stages of life, such as: Beginning or [...]

February 2019

Brick by Brick: Youth leaders build the patient experience they never had in hopes of helping others

By |February 14th, 2019|Stories, YLN|

Author: Zoya Jiwa, YLC Program Designer and founder of As We Are Style - a blog about facing health challenges with courage and style. Last weekend, Cassie + Friends’ Youth Leadership Committee got together for our first team retreat on a surprisingly sunny afternoon (thank you, Vancouver!) with a lot of excitement and a BIG [...]

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 [...]

Vancouver Skating Club event raises over $600 for juvenile arthritis support

By |June 8th, 2018|Advocacy, News, Scotiabank Charity Challenge, Stories|

On May 25, 2018, Vancouver Skating Club (VSC) and Bantam Female North Shore Avalanche Hockey teamed up for a donate-to-skate event in support of Team Cassie and Friends. With over fifty people in attendance, the event, organized by long-time C+F community members Lorna and Naomi Bauer, raised over $600 for kids and families affected by [...]

April 2018

Charity variety show at St. Pius X Elementary raises funds for Cassie and Friends Society

By |April 19th, 2018|Advocacy, High School, News, YLN|

Each year students at St. Pius X (SPX) Elementary School in North Vancouver put their talents on display at their annual variety show to raise funds for a local charity. This year, thanks to SPX alum and C+F volunteer Alison Legge, those funds will go to help kids and families affected by Juvenile Arthritis [...]

Alison’s story: Navigating JIA mental health

By |April 16th, 2018|Family Day, Mental Health, Post- Secondary, Stories, YLN|

At Family Day 2016, Cassie and Friends volunteer Alison Legge gave a powerful speech about Juvenile Arthritis and the effect it has on mental health. This February, Alison underwent bilateral TMJ replacement surgery to ease the pain in her jaw, and is currently having a speedy recovery. She is now the chair of Cassie and Friends’ [...]

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