March 2016

Denise Bebenek • March 21, 2016

Announcing the Winners of the First Annual Meagan’s Walk Collaborative Grant

Meagan’s Walk is pleased to announce its first annual National Seed Grant Competition. Collaboration between the world’s top paediatric brain tumour scientists is long thought to be the key to determining the molecular causes underlying brain tumours; as well as discovering new therapeutic approaches that can be rapidly translated to treatment for these young patients. Meagan’s Walk is proud to be supporting this initiative by funding project partnerships between the Brain Tumour Research Centre here in Toronto and four different promising research studies across Canada. Seed funding provides researchers the ability to get their promising studies off the ground. Without it, these scientists would have to frame their projects according to government funding levels which would impede new, promising avenues of study.

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Newsletter July 2020

July 21, 2020
Thanks to you, this year’s Together We Virtually Hug campaign reached and passed the $100,000 mark in June. Let’s celebrate this milestone together!

May 2020

By Denise Bebenek • May 3, 2020
Learn about the Meagan's Walk Virtual Hug on May 9 in the newsletter.

February 2020

By Denise Bebenek • April 28, 2020
Brandon's journey began January 9th, 2008, my day of diagnosis, and can be summed up in one phrase, “learning how to walk again.” Due to the location of my tumour, coordination and walking were my most prominent symptoms. Before my diagnosis, my quality of life had declined so drastically that I began to think my parents did not love me anymore. So much so, that when I was diagnosed, I remember feeling relief that a lot of the things I was going through were not my fault.

December 2019

By Denise Bebenek • January 22, 2020
Together, over the past 18 years, we’ve raised more than $5.7 million to support paediatric brain tumour research and treatment — a powerful achievement! This success is due to you.There is more to accomplish in 2020, and to do that, we need your help to cover our operating costs.

Summer 2019

By Denise Bebenek • November 7, 2019
Summer is finally here with steamy heat and thunderstorms. Yet the cool morning of the 18th Annual Meagan’s Walk and Hug is only a short while ago. Your support and presence reflect my first vision of Meagan’s Walk: a hug that would draw in people from all walks of life, with diverse talents and ages, from near and far. Many of us return year after year, joining hands in our circle of hope. Determined to continue making a difference. Always, new Meagan’s Walk family are welcomed. Sometimes we have no choice regarding what is happening in our lives. Though many participate in Meagan’s Walk with heavy burdens, we put a halt to the distractions of the outside world, and that is a choice we make: to be present and with each other. We walk side by side, and we can only move forward to make a difference. Thank you for your steadfast support and generous spirit. I hope that summertime brings some relaxation and change of pace. And I look forward to seeing you in 2020 at the next Meagan’s Walk and Hug. Together we are stronger. Together we HUG! View the newsletter here
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