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Our Community Outreach efforts continued with a Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care (PAC) presentation to a community of seniors in their condominium community in January. There were 22 attendees, plus one PAC Volunteer, and one dog, who listened, shared, asked, engaged, cried, and left with lots of knowledge and…

“I would like to send my compliments for a PAC Community Program Client Care Coordinator. Sarah has been an integral part of our palliative team, always prompt to respond to our patients’ needs, and works so collaboratively with our team. I am writing to highlight a recent event where she…

Photos are in from the Emily’s House Family Holiday Party December 2023. At Emily’s House, our children, siblings and families enjoyed many festive activities, gifts, selected specifically for them, crafts and games, including pin the nose on the reindeer. For one craft, they took a winter themed photo of their…

When Melissa visited Emily’s House in December to drop off some gift donations, I noticed she was wearing a Dimples thumbprint charm from our Emily’s House Legacy Work Program. She wears baby Ethan’s fingerprint every day and keeps him close in her heart. What an amazing smile!!! Emily’s House Legacy…

Thank you to FRANK LEO & ASSOCIATES for their best gift drive ever!  This year, they raised $18,024, plus $330 in gift cards, and five large SUVs full of toys and gifts for our children and families. Watch video highlights from the gift delivery: Ten representatives of FRANK LEO &…

Emily’s House presented a gift to the Balsam Foundation with thanks for the many years of leadership funding invested in our hospice mission. The painting was created by Emily Yeskoo, the namesake of Emily’s House children’s hospice, and our celebrated “rockstar” first client in 2013. In Emily’s final years, with…

The Elephant in the Room is Back at Queen’s Park!  Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and hospice staff from across the province are hosting their annual MPP day filled with individual meetings. HPCO’s MPP Day is co-sponsored by members of all parties – MPPs Robin Martin, France Gélinas, John Fraser and…

Since opening our doors in 2013, Emily’s House children’s hospice has supported an average of 350-400 admissions per year prior to and post COVID.  Emily’s House has welcomed thousands of patient admissions and visitors – children, child siblings and families. Currently in our tenth year of operation, as Toronto’s first paediatric hospice,…

So wonderful to gather with leaders, representatives, new and old friends from across the ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF TORONTO at 2023 Synod this past weekend. We shared program updates and our thanks for FaithWorks grant funding and prayer support for our Phillip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care (PAC) Program for People…

Celebrating our kiddos and families! Grateful for the incredible generosity from Noah’s friends and family who rallied together to gift us and other families with the “flying squirrel” – the most brilliant invention for feeding pumps! Not only is it adorable, but its versatility is mind-blowing – hooks onto IV…

Many families in the community are unable to access pre-pandemic levels of in-home community nursing/PSW supports, which can mean little rest and respite for parents, and increased isolation for children. Our team has observed that: children admitted to our programs have had higher needs for complex care than pre-pandemic; and…

Music Therapy at Emily’s House / Philip Aziz Centre supports children, adults, and their families from the time of a palliative diagnosis or hospice referral, through to bereavement. It serves many purposes: supporting people to express emotions, meaningfully connection with others, communicate non-verbally, manage distressing symptoms, and create memories together.