If you’re taking in Calgary’s Home Renovation Show this weekend at BMO Centre, you’ll find some special playhouses being auctioned off for a great cause.
A family, who lost their six-month-old son Lewiston to a genetic disorder last year, is auctioning off the kids playhouses in support of the Flames Rotary House.
In November, the Olstad family’s son spent nearly two months at the Flames Rotary House, receiving support and care from doctors and nurses for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Get weekly health news
Lewiston passed peacefully on Nov. 22, 2016, just shy of his six-month birthday.
With the support of three renovation companies, money raised for the auction at the renovation show will go back to the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
“We can honour his legacy, give back to the hospital and really create some joy and some amazing memories for other families,” Jessica Olstad, Lewiston’s mom, said.
- ‘Maddening’: Family of Winnipeg woman who died after lengthy hospital wait calls for change
- Saskatchewan health-care workers vote 99% in favour of job action: CUPE
- Patients face challenges when seeking medical care not offered in Nova Scotia: audit
- Nova Scotia aims to reduce mammogram wait times, enhance women’s health care
-
![]()
Reasearchers watch closely as the latest strain of the flu virus makes its way to Canada for the upcoming respiratory virus season -
![]()
Nova Scotia unveils initatives to improve women’s health care -
![]()
EPA shortage leaves N.S. student attending school only part time -
![]()
Endometrial cancer awareness campaign kicks off, doctors say more education needed
“My favourite part so far has been watching the little kids play in these playshouses and you can see the joy, you can see the excitement in them. That’s what Lewiston’s life represented – joy and memory making.”
More information about the project can be found at the website created for Lewiston.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.