My Updates
Update October 2022
I can’t believe it has already been 2 months since our amazing AED fundraiser. It was a beautiful summer night, the weather cooperated and the community rallied just as this community always does. We are happy to announce that we made over $13,000 that evening to go towards our overall goal and purchase 3 save stations.
We have already well exceeded our initial goal, as we have raised over $30,000 since February! The support from the community has been overwhelming and amazing. The additional funds raised were put towards a 4th station(site to be determined.) We were able to purchase this 4th AED station and thought it was best to do so right away, as there are very few in stock.
Last week, we got the most amazing packages in the mail as all the units arrived. We are just working through some logistics before we can move forward to the installation phase. I would love to see these ready for our community to access before the snow flies.
We are so thankful for everyone that made this fundraiser extremely successful and we could not have done this without you all. I’m proud to be a part of this community and so very humble and grateful for how this community, once again, came together.
Mike, Leanne, Madison & Keaton
Fundraising Update!
I’m speechless! The “100 women of Paintearth” picked our Smile Like Emily fundraiser to give their first donation to.
HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY #CARDIACSAFE!
It can happen anywhere, and to anyone. That was the heartbreaking lesson Mike and I (Leanne), and our family, learned on a beach in rural Manitoba nearly two years ago. One moment our fun-loving, carefree and happy seven year old, Emily, was swimming and playing in the sand with her cousins and siblings, and the next, we were holding her, scrambling for supplies, questioning, grieving, searching for an explanation – or at least, a sign that this tragedy could have somehow been prevented.
There was no explanation, and there were no signs.
Emily’s condition was rare. Her heart was just built… differently. We tried using a defibrillator, but because there was no pulse to reignite, it would never have worked. But we find some solace, however small, in the fact we did everything we could to save her life.
We’ve spearheaded this fundraiser to install easily accessible AEDs in three different areas of our community: the Elks building on the Castor Golf Course, the Castor Town Office, and a free-standing unit near the soccer field at Gus Wetter School. If we can help prevent even one family from going through the pain we have, and always will, go through, then it’s worth it.
Every year in Canada, 35,000 cardiac arrests occur – most happen outside of a hospital, and less than 10% survive. It can happen to anyone, of any age, of any fitness ability, at any time. Living in a rural area, we’re confronted with longer wait times for emergency services and fewer doctors. We have an active population of golfers, ball players, youth in sports, swimmers – and it is sometimes impossible to know if a pre-existing heart condition exists.
We hope our story, and our efforts to ensure it’s not the story of others, resonates with you. Thank you for helping make our community, and hopefully others, cardiac safe.
Smile like Emily!
Leanne, Mike, Madison, Keaton & Trigger
*Please note: This is not a charity, so we are unable to provide you with donation receipts.
Thank you to my Sponsors
$100
Tina Hronek
$100
Trent & Lisa Roth
$50
Guy & Kathy Huberdeau
$100
Lucas,sharlaine,zander, Zoe &isaac Howe
💜
$50
Belinda Dietz
$50
Ang & Shane
$2k
Anonymous
Donated by ATCO Employees from the ATCO Company Hockey Tournament
$25
Joan Gammie
What a wonderful idea to remember Emili by!
$50
Kyle & Jen
Great idea Leanne.
$500
Beth Elhard
$100
Sandy Jackson
$100
Jenna Wiart
$50
Linda Windross
$50
Kelly, Jason, Sierra & Brynn Freadrich
$50
Ben And Lisa Christians
$100
Jenn And Tyson Tkach
$100
Delrae
Thinking of your family and sending love from the mountains.
$100
D & J Howe
$100
Gurb Hari
$100
Rod & Shirley
$25
Alisha Quance
$100
Larry & Sandy Brodersen
$100
Martina & Craig
$100
Ellyn & Brent
#SmileLikeEmily
$100
Auntie Julie And Uncle Bob
$100
Darcy & Stacey Erion
💕💕
$6.2k
100 Women Of Paintearth
$50
Tanya And Daniel
$100
Tanya Glencross
Thank you for having us at this event!
$500
Richard Elhard
$50
Chelsey And Cody Rowledge
$25
Hilario, April And Family
$100
Jim, Robin & Jack
$200
Genelle, Ryleigh, Thayer, Harlyn
$13k
Smile Like Emily Fundraiser Event Aug 2022
$250
Jessica Jaznen
Keep saying her name and taking up space to change the world!
$100
Allan & Barb Gano
Smile Like Emily :) What a great legacy.
$1,000
Cheryl Rayfield
💜💜💜
$100
Michelle & Rich
$50
Brett & Jolene Ouellette
$50
Anonymous
$1,000
Castor Legion
$100
James And Marline Howe
$100
Debbie Mario
I hope you are able to reach your goal. Its for a good cause.
$100
Blair, Amanda & Turner Howe
$100
Auntie Erin
❤️
$100
Ross And Karen Duncan
$50
Keith & Carla Mcpherson
$25
Cala Campbell
$100
Chad, Nikki And Mia Gilchrist
Mia points out her picture everyday ❤️❤️
$50
Randi And Ian Campbell
$50
Kristy
$50
Manon Lepage
$50
Corinne & Rick Lougheed
$40
Lynette Waltham
$100
Anonymous
$50
Amber & Steven Hill
$50
Curtis & Kayla Jackson
$825
Shawn Roth
$250
Craig And Jody Spady
$500
Philip & Shelly
$25
Janie And Merle Hildreth
$250
Tom And Wendy Coppock
$50
Lisa And Sean Baldwin
$50
Michelle Greer
$100
Janel Fuller
$25
Mallory, Tristan, Everett, And Silviya
$100
Teri And Kelly Hildreth
$50
Becky & Cody Oleksiuk
$50
Marie Armstrong
I look at Emily's rock everytime I'm in my salon and I think of you all often. This will be an amazing thing for your community ❤️
$100
Jamie And Andrea Marquart
$100
Ians & Dana
$50
Marion Grant
$50
Jen & Mike Creasey
💕💕💕💕
$100
Krystal
In honour of sweet Emily, may her spirit live on in the lives she as able to save. Sending love to you my beautiful friend. 💜
$25
Brian And Gail Dunlop
$50
Patti Lougheed
❤️
$900
Terry & Donna Howe
Wonderful tribute
$50
Kyle & Celeste + Family
$250
Stacey And Marcy & Family
❤️❤️
$50
💜💜💜