Category: Blog

Welcome to our 12th annual event in support of Chai Lifeline Canada!

“Believe the Impossible” is a lot more than a catchy tagline. It tells a story. When a child is suddenly diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, when a parent, and sometimes both parents, have to give up a job in order to care for their sick child, when money is tight and tensions are running high […]

Introducing The Gilis Family

We have continued to lend our support and will carry on with giving for as long as we can while spreading our passion for Chai to others Written by the Gilis Family My husband Kosty and I were introduced to Chai Lifeline Canada about four years when we were asked to make a donation. After […]

Making A Difference: One Step at a Time

Restoring Hope To Our Chai Lifeline Family Written by Craig Fried, Director of Development There is an adage; “A culture is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable”. I believe this notion aligns beautifully with our upcoming event Restoring Hope and with Chai Lifeline Canada’s raison d’être.   This event brings together 2,000 committed […]

How to Talk to Kids About Serious Illness

‘When a family is hit with serious illness, life as it was known gets turned upside down,’ writes Mordechai Rothman OPINION FEB 20, 2019 BY MORDECHAI ROTHMAN   TORONTO.COM When a family is hit with a serious illness — no matter who the family member — life as it was known gets turned upside down. As director of Chai Lifeline […]

Returning to Chai from Maternity Leave

Jen Gelberger, a Chai Lifeline Case Manager, reflects on her return to Chai Lifeline after a year away on maternity leave It is hard to believe that I have been back at Chai Lifeline for just over three months now. It almost feels like I never left! After taking a year maternity leave, I jumped […]

Lessons in Leadership

Lessons in business leadership learned from a 12-year-old MORDECHAI ROTHMAN SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED JANUARY 18, 2019 Executive director, Chai Lifeline Canada At Chai Lifeline Canada, a national organization that provides support to families of seriously ill children, I expected to learn a great deal about pediatric illnesses and how to help […]

Meet Rachel, Our Peer to Peer Campaign Manager

What a difference 6 months makes That’s how long I’ve been working for Chai Lifeline Canada, and yet it feels like I have been here a lifetime! My role as the Peer to Peer Manager is to execute and oversee any events that Chai Lifeline supporters can partner with us in order to raise the […]

Toronto.com: Raise a glass for seriously ill children in Toronto at Chai on Tap

Chai Lifeline Canada fundraiser helps children, families When Nikki Benun’s son Gabriel was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia at six months old, it was “like a kick in the face, to put it bluntly,” Benun recalled. With two other small children aged three and five, Benun and her husband would have had no […]

Chai Blog: Chai On Tap

It wasn’t a tough sell for either of us to join forces and work with Chai Lifeline Canada. Manny and I are similar in that we like to be part of the community and help where needed.   Understanding the work that Chai Lifeline Canada offers to patients and families, in terms of emotional and […]