Stories of Impact
Building a kinder, more accessible, and more supported world is what we work toward, but it’s the people whose lives we touch that we work for.
Here we invite you to get to know the people and families impacted by our partners’ work, and read about the personal stories of triumph and growth made possible by donor support.
Camp Massawippi Auditorium
Since 1951, Camp Massawippi has provided generations of children and youth with physical disabilities with a summer sleep-away camp experience like no other. When the Camp needed...
Aselin
Hi, my name is Aselin. I am 8 years old. I got my hearing aids when I was 3. My mom and dad were worried that I would not be able to do everything I wanted to do but I taught...
Bennett
Before entering the MAB-Mackay Centre for the first time, I didn’t know much about it. I knew it provided services to handicapped children, but little beyond that. It took only...
Senna
When becoming a parent for the first time, nobody prepares you for the worries that start the second your baby is born. With every little twitch, hiccup or cough, you wonder, is...
Matteo
It's hard to say when exactly it was that we fell in love with the MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Center. Looking back, it was probably some time after our son Matteo was recovering...
Zachary
It was one of the most difficult moments in our lives. Even though he was asleep, seeing my beautiful baby boy strapped to the bed for an MRI test, only to find out that our life...
Avi
It was a beautiful, early spring day, and the sun was melting the last of the snow away. Montrealers were reveling in the warmth of the sunshine, as we walked forebodingly to our...
River
Although we thought we were fairly well-prepared for our first baby, some things you just can’t plan for. Our son River was actually born in the ambulance on the way to the...