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Learn from a real estate agent, mortgage broker, and real estate lawyer while supporting Emily’s House Children’s Hospice. For event info:  Click Here…

The Emily’s House Anonymous Client Survey 2025 yielded informative, practical and encouraging feedback from Emily’s House families about the care their child received at our children’s hospice, and how well their family felt supported. Here are a few representative excerpts from parent caregivers of our children and youth with complex…

Fly Me to the Moon – A Fundraiser for Emily’s House Children’s Hospice Saturday, March 7, 2026. 7:00pm – 11:00pm The volunteer event committee has been preparing silent auction items for the March 7th fundraiser for Emily House children’s hospice. A couple of the fun items include: A guitar from Long &…

“There were highs and lows along the cancer journey – kayaking, canoeing, brain radiation, chemo, big birthday parties and celebrations with friends – until the chemo and radiation did not work.” World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage…

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On the weekend, Bruno (volunteer) from our Family Advisory Council and Danielle from our Recreation team staffed an information table at Emily’s House programming/referral partner Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Eligible families are invited to register for fun and interactive children’s recreation programming at Emily’s House children’s hospice, including day…

The annual Emily’s House Family Holiday Party is always a terrific success. Like last year, we had two parties in one day, to allow our team and volunteers to spend more time and activities with each child and family. The fun included face painting, seasonal crafts, decorating gingerbread houses, shared…

In the cold January, we all want to be transported back to summer gardening… The Child Life Garden Club was an inclusive, sensory-rich initiative that successfully connected children of all abilities with the world of gardening. Designed to engage sight, touch, sound, and smell, the program ensured every child – regardless of…

This is a beautiful blessing and a podcast recommendation from our Spiritual Care Practitioner that you might enjoy….   A Blessing for Those who Keep Watch over the Sick Sometimes love isn’t enough. It can’t save them. Save us. Save the life we had together. We are finite. And so…

Here are the photos! Emily’s House children attended the Leafs game, and got to meet John Tavares. Clearly, everyone had too much fun. Big thanks to John, Aryne, and the John Tavares Foundation! (For more of the backstory, Click Here.)   #torontomapleleafs; #JohnTavaresFoundation; #emilyshouse; #childrenshospice; #pediatricpalliativecare; #PalliativeCare;…

On Saturday three of our Emily’s House children (accompanied by staff) attended the Leafs game with thanks to a generous donation from the John Tavares Foundation. They spent the evening enjoying box seats, good food, and our boys in blue got the W! After the game John came up and…

Thank you to the Withrow Childcare Centre for fundraising for Emily’s House children’s hospice at their winter fair. They had the children make items to sell at the event in the weeks leading up to a fun gathering. Rave review: “It was very cute.” #appreciation; #withrowchildcare; #recreation; #emilyshouse; #childrenshospice; #pediatricpalliativecare;…