Larger Than Life Canada
43 Faye Court L4J 5B6 Thornhill, ON, Canada

Wishing all our friends and supporters a happy and healthy 2021!

LET'S END THE YEAR OFF RIGHT! Donate before MIDNIGHT to receive a 2020 tax receipt. www.largerthanlifecanada.org/donate Do you know what your donations are doing? They are helping the lives of children battling cancer by providing them with funding for DNA testing and medical treatments, support groups for children and their families, gift cards for food and an overall higher quality of life!... This is your last chance to make your 2020 donation. Thank you for the kindness you have shown to Larger Than Life Canada during this unprecedented year of COVID-19. Wishing you all a safe, happy and healthy 2021!! www.largerthanlifecanada.org/donate

Will you help Larger Than Life and dedicate your end-of-year giving to ensure that no child battling cancer is denied lifesaving medical assistance? In three days 2020 will finally come to an end; please consider making one final donation. Your gift will help Larger Than Life provide medical testing and treatment as well as financial assistance to those Israeli families suffering financially due to COVID-19. All donations will receive a receipt for tax purposes. www.larger...thanlifecanada.org/donate We are grateful for your continued support! Please watch this Larger Than Life 2020 Moments video to see the impact your generous donation. THANK YOU!

Wishing all who celebrate a Merry Christmas.

2020 has been a year of tremendous challenges. For a family with a child fighting cancer, it has been devastating. As the year comes to an end, please consider making a donation. Your gift will help Larger Than Life provide medical testing and treatments as well as financial assistance to those Israeli families suffering financially due to COVID-19. www.largerthanlifecanada.org/donate YOU can ensure that no child is denied lifesaving medical help. Unfortunately, as we clos...e out the year Larger Than Life is STILL receiving requests for assistance. The NEED is still there. All donations will receive a receipt for tax purposes. We sincerely appreciate your support.

Larger Than Life is an organization that improves the quality of life of children battling cancer from their initial diagnosis to recovery. In their greatest time of need, Larger Than Life (Gdolim M’Hachaim) helps provide families affected by childhood cancer with emotional, logistical, medical and recreational support in Israel. Larger Than Life Canada is a registered Canadian charity that raises funds and awareness in support of these children and their families. To show your year end support please visit https://largerthanlifecanada.crowdchange.ca/

This week LTL in Israel was honored to give away 400 cakes to the children's oncology departments across the country, with the generous donation from Kapulski Bakery who succeeded in creating a festive holiday feeling for the children in the hospitals their families and teams in the departments. Chag Sameach and lots of health!

Wishing everyone Chag Sameach, and good health. These kids battling cancer are our HEROES but still need out help. www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada

Wishing all a year of good health! G'mar Chatima Tova. www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada

Wishing everyone a year of good health!! Shabbat Shalom. Thank you - Noam Horev for your heartfelt words below and for writing a song for our Larger Than Life Children battling cancer. ... The whole trip to Ichilov I cried for my sister on the phone. I was crying for her about quarantine. And I cried to her about not having mom's food on the holiday (anyway, there's nothing like Iraqi mother's food!!) And I cried to her that you can't fly abroad. And I cried, and I cried, and I cried. And then I got to the hospital. I had the privilege of writing a new song for the Bigger than Life Association (Association for children with cancer). The amazing Nasrin Kadri was chosen to perform it. The filming for the video clip of the song took place in the children's department. Parked my car in the parking lot. I loaded some surprises for the kids. I took a breath. I went up to the 2. th floor. I met the production team. I hugged Nasrin, and then... So I met the kids. Little-big heroes. Angels in human form. Real piters with a weak body and a strong spirit, who are fighting the battle of their lives. And all of a sudden... boom. Everything goes into perspective. Wtf am I whining about?! On quarantine?! on the mask?! on the limited holidays?! Bullshit. It's all nonsense. While the mother of one of the girls told me about the treatments they were forced to go through, suddenly I thought to myself. Sometimes we dwell on such unimportant matters in this life. Wasting energy on the wrong things. You don't make a selection - what to take to your heart, and what not. And suddenly you stand in front of these kids, and everything seems small to you. Meaningless. It's true that each of us has our own problems. The bag he carries on his back. But the rocking encounter with these brave children was like an alarm clock. To how fragile everything is. Why is it really important. To the strength of the soul that these families are required for. How crucial it is to stay optimistic in this life. So what do I have left?? Just to wish us all a year of health. A year of health, and mainly - A year of proportions. In the picture - me and Abigail that entered my heart. Soon she will enter the heart of y'all - - - - The new song you can hear in the Bigger than Life fundraiser soon on Channel 13, Resh. Thank you to the amazing team that made this happen. A big association of life. The awesome advertising office HapPPpy. Eldad Cohen the composer, Alon Peretz the processor, and the one and only - Nas Photo: Hila Eizinger Larger than Life - 13

Wishing you and your family a healthy and sweet New Year. Shana Tova U'Metukah, Larger Than Life Canada Family Support children fighting cancer ... www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada See more

There is still time to help OUR Israeli children survive cancer. Donate to our Rosh Hashanh Priority Needs Appeal. Send an eCard. Send a gift basket. Click here to find out more www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada Today, we’re living in an unprecedented time that has challenged us in ways we never thought possible. We are resilient and will get through it. For a child with cancer during this pandemic, their resiliency is being TESTED, their challenges are GREAT, and their... fight is HARD! Please make your life saving gift today. Your help can make a difference in their lives. Thank you for your support. www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada #TheyAreStrongButNeedYourHelp #ShanaTovaHappyNewYear #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #TheseKidsAreLargerThanLife

"Larger than Life" helps me financially, if they didn't I wouldn't be able to survive it," says Galit Sabah, a single mother of four from Bat Yam. "My cousin has had cancer for 16 years. I can not work because I spent whole weeks with him in the hospital. If they had not helped me, two weeks ago I would not have had a crumb of bread at home. I had no way to feed my children. They help finance needed medication, paying bills, even a psychologist, they arranged for me once a we...ek. How would I manage without them? If they fall, I fall with them. Galit made these comments in a recent ynet article - Because of the Coronavirus: More Than a Thousand Aid Organizations on the Verge of Collapse. - These organizations routinely provide cancer patients, Holocaust survivors and people with disabilities with the help that the state does not provide. Due to the economic crisis, many non-profit organizations, which are mainly supported by donations, are experiencing a significant drop in revenue - in parallel with an increase in financial aid requests. Now the operators are warning: if it continues like this - we will close The economic difficulties do not go unnoticed by any non-profit organization - not even by the large and well-established ones, such as the "Larger Than Life" organization, which supports children with cancer and their families. "We feel the economic crisis very much and are experiencing a significant decrease in both donations from the public and especially in the business donations, which are the most difficult," explains Lior Shmueli, CEO of the association. "We will not be able to continue to provide financial assistance to families, fund medications and tests and fund psychiatric support treatments for the sick child and his family as it was in the past. As Rosh Hashana holidays are almost here, please consider making a donation to the Large Than Life Canada Rosh Hashanah Appeal to help support families such as Galit Sabah's. www.linktr.ee/LargerThanLifeCanada

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah by sending your friends and family personalized eCards and support Israeli children in the fight for their life with cancer. A minimum tax-deductible donation of $10 per card will provide financial assistance to Larger Than Life children and their families in need during this challenging time. Their battle with cancer has not stopped due to COVID-19. Shana Tova. https://tinyurl.com/ycg43n5y

Rosh Hashanah Gift Packages for Israeli Children and Their Families. www.LargerThanLifeCanada.org/shop As we will soon be celebrating Rosh Hashana, we invite you to purchase festive gift packages for the New Year to be sent to our Larger Than Life children and their families in Israel. Once the gift package is purchased, an eCard with your holiday message will be sent to one of your friends or loved ones indicating the Rosh Hashana gift package was sent in their honour. This donation is eligible for a receipt for tax purposes. All proceeds will be directed to the medical humanitarian fund assisting children and their families with financial help for cancer medication and treatments during this challenging time. www.LargerThanLifeCanada.org/shop

Kol Hakavod to the TOUGH MUDDER team in Israel who participated in the HERMON CHALLENGE and raised much needed funds for the children with cancer at Larger Than Life. It was an empowering life affirming experience for the participants. The Hermon Challenge - ten kilometers of a thousand meters of climbing a very tough terrain!!! Over 1.7 million shekels was raised for the establishment of a special and sterile Kindergarden if Dreams educational facility in Beer Sheva for chi...ldren dealing with cancer. The Tough mudders 2020 event was to take place in Scotland as every year, but was cancelled due to the COVID -19 pandemic. So instead of Scotland the group participated in the Hermon Challenge 2020 Participation was in collaboration with Ofer Padan and Israel Marathon on a challenging terrain while viewing the beautiful Israeli landscape. Let us know if you are interested in participating next year.

Shabbat Shalom. The mentorship program of Larger than Life Israel, One to One , connects children with cancer and their families, to personal mentors who accompany them for a whole year. The amazing connections that are made between the mentor and the child and the family excites us every time. Hodaya Nathaniel, the young patient in the oncology department at Dana-Ichilov Hospital, celebrated her 10th birthday together with her mentor, Einav Gross who came to celebrate together If you live in Israel and are interested in volunteering for this rewarding one-to-one program? Click here >>> http://bit.ly/2XV6c3c

We happy to update you with the impressive progress that Larger Than Life is making in constructing our second preschool in Israel. Beit Shulamit, the Kindergarten of Dreams, a sterile early childhood educational and recovery center for children with cancer in the Negev, once completed will save the lives of so many children and their families. More... https://bit.ly/3jJZtAx

Elai Talker had cancer at the age of 8 and among all the new things he suddenly had to deal with, he had to learn how to swallow pills... and many of them! It wasn't simple and only after several attempts he succeeded, but he didn't forget how hard it was at first. To help other children who are dealing with the same problem, Elai wrote a guide to taking pills. Read More... https://largerthanlifecanada.org/news-posts/19285/

After a very unique year, the Larger Than Life Kindergarten of Dreams celebrated a graduation party with a small group of children whose doctor's have allowed them to participate with other children. Each age group have been celebrating on different days only with the regular staff but without parents. Despite the current COVID-19 issues, the mood was uplifting. The parties took place in a warm atmosphere of sea, sun, water and ice cream, with lots of songs and music. The c...hildren received their crafts, lovely gifts, blessings, photos and celebrated overcoming all the challenges that the past 4 months have brought. Wishing all the children and parents a pleasant and healthy summer and on this occasion, we virtually hug the kindergarten staff for a year of extraordinary investment, of working in small groups, and especially keeping in touch virtually from home and lots and lots of love. Happy summer holidays See more

The endless work that the staff and social workers do on the oncology ward is invaluable. Our Larger Than Life support coordinators work with them in all hospitals throughout the year to support families and assist them as much as possible to navigate the system. Daniella Yakir, mother of young Nevo who recently passed away, shared her feelings about how important the pediatric oncology department is to her family. When Nevo got cancer, the second person who approached u...s after the doctor, was the department's social worker. The truth, until then I didn't know social workers at all. Matan introduced himself and immediately approached work - to make it easier for the family both in the field of bureaucracy and in the field Mostly in the field of mind. Matan, the social worker of the department accompanied us throughout the period, any question, any problem, anything. When the cancer returned to Nevo, Matan has already become part of the family because we were informed that there is no cure for Nevo's cancer. For a year and seven months, Matan was the person we listened to, every week he insisted to take care of all the enormous and complicated bureaucracy. Any parent of a child with cancer will tell you that there is no such thing as an oncology department without a social worker. This is an integral part of the department. From the disease. When Nevo passed away in the morning, Matan came immediately to hug us, to wrap us up, and also in this difficult moment he explained and took care of all the practical matters of the death and accompanied us. Matan is still accompanying us. And will always accompany. Social workers deal with the field of mind and therefore their work is 24/7. Every child is a whole world, and every social worker is a whole world for the family. I wish that we would understand, appreciate and cherish every day a little more, their endless and important amazing work of social workers." Please help support this life saving work. www.largerthanlifecanada.org/donate

HAPPY CANADA DAY Thank you for supporting our Israeli families with children battling cancer.

Our 2nd Kindergarten of Dreams in Be'er Sheva to open pre-school classes in the winter/spring of 2021. Construction resumes following a 2 month hiatus due to the Coronavirus restrictions. The Kindergarten of Dreams is the world’s first sterile educational and recovery center. We provide 25 Israeli children with cancer the opportunity every child deserves: to play with other preschoolers while building their educational development in a safe and supportive environment. Read more https://largerthanlifecanada.org//kindergarten-of-dreams-/

Our Individual Support & Welfare Coordinators are crucial in assisting families with a child fighting cancer. For 2 months they were not allowed on the children hospital ward but kept in daily contact with the children and families by phone. Read more... https://largerthanlifecanada.org//individual-support-welf/

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Help Our Charity Win $20,000. It's Easy Make A Donation By June 30th And Have An e-Card Sent Too. https://tinyurl.com/ycg43n5y When you make a charitable donation to Larger Than Life Canada you are supporting families in Israel with a child fighting cancer. As we go forward with... our "New Normal" lives, it is important to understand that these families today are still in need of financial assistance for basic food and medical needs during this most challenging time. When you make a donation by June 30th,you are helping Larger Than Life Canada be eligible to win $20,000 from Canada Helps. Your support is greatly appreciated. #KidsCanBeatCancer #TheseKidsAreLargerThanLife #WeHelpFamiliesInNeed #LargerThanLifeCanada

Wishing all a Shabbat Shalom. Our second Larger Than Life family program adventure took place last week. 12 families, 57 participants and 33 jeeps went out, for an adrenaline rush jeep ride in the Ben Shemen Forest. Adhering to the social distance guidelines each family enjoyed a picnic lunch together sharing a beautiful day of family outdoor activities. Many thanks to our volunteers most of them young adults now and cancer survivors whose families have been previously supported through LTL.