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The Sunshine Foundation of Canada is delighted to announce that Sarah Lashbrook of Sudbury, ON, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Wayne C.

Owen, the new General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers, rolled into the Rogers Place Arena in style, sporting a crisp suit and shiny brown leather loafers.

Sunshine dreams change lives of kids and their families. But for Randy, he never thought he’d witness the powerful impact of a dream experience twice in his lifetime.

When the Sunshine team first met Kolby, she was a young teenager living with a heart condition who literally carried the ‘power’ to her heart in her handbag.

Twelve-year-old Chadd has a dream that he is determined to make happen… and with Sunshine’s help, the first steps have already come true.

As a strong young girl who has faced serious health challenges all her life, it’s no surprise Alia admires Princess Anna and Elsa, two of Disney’s strongest female characters.

Maddy is a country music girl at heart and was taught how to play guitar from her dad. She has been working to overcome challenges of living with low vision but is determined to become a major Canadian country music artist.

On Thursday, April 4 2019, Sunshine alumnae Sarah Lashbrook and her amazing team, the Sudbury Comedy Gala Committee, hosted their 5th Comedy Gala to help change lives of kids living with severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses.

At the age of ten, Amy was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy that progressively weakens her muscles over time.

When Sunshine volunteer Ralph first heard about The Sunshine Foundation of Canada, he and his brother were running a fundraiser in memory of his late daughter Amanda.

Victoria is a twenty-year-old from Saint John, NB who lives with a neurological developmental delay and low muscle development.

Whether you grew up listening to the hits of the Beach Boys, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys or One Direction, swooning over the looks and the lyrics of a boy band is a common part of a teenage girls’ upbringing.