The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon continues Thursday to help support Saskatchewan’s Children’s Kidney Health Program.
Our listeners will hear inspiring stories from kids, families, doctors, supporters and sponsors right through until five o’clock this afternoon.
Donations from the two-day event will be used to help open the very first pediatric Hemodialysis Unit for kids in Saskatchewan as part of the Children’s Kidney Health Program. The Hemodialysis Unit will help keep families closer to home both when Hemodialysis is the only option or while awaiting a kidney transplant. Saskatchewan’s children’s hospital is the only one in Canada that does not offer Hemodialysis.

In addition, funds will also support the creation of four sites across the province to perform special tests for kids with high blood pressure due to kidney failure. .

Donations to this year’s event will be matched up to $100,000 by the estate of Bernice Harrison, who along with her husband Mervin, left a legacy of volunteerism and philanthropy in the areas of families and health. Listeners also have the chance to triple their donation, thanks to various power hour matching sponsors.

Since the very first Radiothon 18 years ago, more than $13.3 million has been raised for Saskatchewan kids and moms in hospital.