Sons have big hearts

Sons have big hearts

Winnipeg’s Order Sons of Italy, Garibaldi Lodge, planted a seed with their gift of $100,000 to St. Boniface Hospital Research in 2013; the Canada Italy Tissue Engineering Laboratory (CITEL) was born. The program focuses on cardiac stem cell therapy and tissue...
Wrapped in love

Wrapped in love

Bentley was born without a heartbeat. He was delivered at 31 weeks. Only after spending 42 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Boniface Hospital, was he finally able to go home. Today, he’s a healthy, growing boy! Together with his parents, Chris...
LIGHT-saving treatment

LIGHT-saving treatment

When babies are born, we delight in their soft skin and tiny miracle bodies. We take joy in parents’ carefully-curated social media feeds, and adore every perfect dimple and roll. But one surprisingly common thing we don’t often see shared on social media is a newborn...
Future fundraisers

Future fundraisers

During the 2017-2018 school year, students from St. John’s-Ravenscourt collected more than $600 in donations to support cardiac care and research at St. Boniface Hospital. One of Manitoba’s premier academic institutions, St. John’s-Ravenscourt is...
A giving heart, a happy heart

A giving heart, a happy heart

April 10, 2018 In 1988, Judy Balabas’ mother flew from Flin Flon to Winnipeg to receive two heart valve replacements at St. Boniface Hospital. Nearly 25 years later, in May of 2012, Balabas herself also had to have a heart valve replaced at the Hospital. From...