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For Pink Shirt Day 2025, presented by FortisBC, the CKNW Kids’ Fund is cultivating a community of kindness. Just like tending to a garden, together we can each help nurture a sense of belonging where we live, work, and go to school. It all starts with small gestures— a kind word, an offer of support or understanding. If we plant enough, pretty soon, more will be sprouting up all around us! By sprinkling these seeds of empathy and compassion, we can work towards a world without bullying and "Let Kindness Grow" through all of our community gardens.

Get your pink shirt and other merchandise today at pinkshirtday.ca and let kindness grow on Wednesday, February 26, 2025!

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For over 80 years, the CKNW Kids' Fund has been a pillar of support for children living with physical, mental and social challenges in BC. Through a dynamic network of community outreach, tireless fundraising and generous donors, we have created a lifeline for these brave kids and their families, who struggle with the often enormous cost of equipment, therapies and programs so crucial to their development.

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We’re giving away two lower bowl tickets to Taylor Swift for her final stop on the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Sunday, December 8th!

Donate $89 or more online between November 8 – 18 to be entered to win. Thank you to the BC Place Community Benefit Program for helping us make sparks fly for BC kids and one lucky donor! 🫶

These tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. The selected winner must not resell, or distribute the Tickets, nor use the tickets in any sort of promotion or auction, without CKNW’s prior written consent. The winner may use their discretion to gift the tickets, but no monetary transaction may take place.

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cknw kids’ fund pledge day

Join us on air or in person for our annual Pledge Day, presented by Nat & Flora Bosa, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Listen live from 5:30am - 6:00pm on 980CKNW and make your donation by phoning 604-222-9898 or online at CKNWkidsfund.com.

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With your help, the CKNW Kids' Fund enhances the lives of children living with physical, mental, social, and behavioural challenges in BC communities. Donate now to make life a little easier for children with special needs in British Columbia!

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Kristin is a 9-year-old girl with multiple diagnoses including Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy. Your donations helped grant $2,000 to fund her occupational therapy.

Each year during the busy holiday season, we take a day out to extend a helping hand to those that need it most. For the past 43 years, loyal CKNW listeners, donors and a team of tireless staff and volunteers, come together one month before the holidays for our biggest fundraising drive of the year.

Only 6 years old, Chris has permanent hearing loss in both ears with frequent ear infections. A grant of $1,650 allowed Chris to stop using loaner hearing aids and acquire his own.

On the last Wednesday of February each year in BC, a great swath of kindness and unity descends on the province, as kids and adults alike stand up to bullying in all forms. CKNW Kids' Fund's Pink Shirt Day has become an important fundraiser for anti-bullying programs.

With both a learning disability and language-based delay, 7-year-old Bradley struggles with fine motor skills, memory & focusing. A $2,000 grant allowed him to receive 1:1 tutoring at home.

With Global Developmental Delay and Anxiety Disorder, Jules has seen improvement in her self-confidence and ability to cope with anxiety after receiving therapeutic horseback riding. We were able to grant $1,700 so she could continue in this program.

Will is 5 years old and has a severe developmental delay, a seizure disorder and speech delay. CKNW Kids’ Fund granted $3,500 to help fund his family’s accessible van conversion.

Caitlyn is just under 3 years old with a complex medical history, and has feeding difficulties that require a G-tube for feeding. We granted $2,500 to fund her crucial feeding equipment and supplies.

One day a year for the past 49 years, CKNW Kids' Fund has taken over the PNE for the Picnic at Playland, to offer kids living with a disability the chance to just be kids. With the entire park reserved just for them, our guests receive all the support they need to enjoy games, rides, entertainment, and carefree fun.

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