BrainWAVE: Fun, respite and support for families on the their journey with a pediatric brain tumour
If you are looking for a way to provide fun, respite and support for your child and family as you face the journey with a pediatric brain tumour, consider joining BrainWAVE. This support program for families with a child (19 years old or younger) with a brain tumour is comprised of four separate but related components: events, parent support, information dissemination, and education.
Several times a year, BrainWAVE families have the opportunity to meet and relax through fun activities such as trips to sports events, historical sites and other family attractions. These free events give all members of the immeidate family a welcome break from treatments and doctors' visits.
All activities are planned and organized by volunteers on the BrainWAVE Committee.
Note: Currently, BrainWAVE only operates in Southern Ontario and BC's Lower Mainland. Please contact us if you are interested in starting a BrainWAVE program in your community.
For more information about BrainWAVE, please contact: Trishna Wedemire, Support Services Specialist at twedemire@braintumour.ca or 519 642 7755 or 1 800 265 5106 ext 234
New: BrainWAVE Electronic Newsletter
This free, semi-annual electronic newsletter offers additional pediatric brain tumour support to survivors, caregivers, families and friends. Click here to subscribe today! Click on the link below to view the first edition (will open a pdf file). The second edition of this newsletter will be circulated in summer 2010.
BrainWAVE E-News Vol 1
Recent Events:
Southern Ontario: Come out Swinging with BrainWAVE!
On Sunday, June 20, 2010, Southern Ontario's BrainWAVE families celebrated Father's Day at London's East Park Golf Gardens. This event featured the opportunity to take part in an innovative session of therapeutic golf. Thanks for the great day everyone!
Lower Mainland BC: School's Out for Summer!
On Saturday, June 26, 2010, BrainWAVE BC celebrated the end of the school year with lunch, games, plenty of sliding time and ice cream at Splashdown Park!
Southern Ontario: Celebrated Earth Day with BrainWAVE at the Nature Interpretive Centre at the Royal Botanical Gardens
On Sunday, April 18, 2010 more than 40 members of the BrainWAVE program enjoyed a day of learning and activities focused on nature at the Royal Botanical Garden's Nature Interpretive Centre. Thank you for coming out to this great day!
BrainWAVE Southern Ontario's 2009 End of Year Celebration
 CLICK HERE to view photographs from the BrainWAVE End-of-Year Celebration. Thank you to all those who joined us or volunteered to make the day so much fun for the children and teens of the BrainWAVE support program.
Members of Ontario's BrainWAVE program were invited to come out and celebrate the end of the year with a pizza lunch, holiday-inspired crafts, indoor mini golf, a challenging ropes course, a large jungle gym and video games.
Thank You to: Bingeman’s FunWorx
425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, ON, N2B 3X7
BrainWAVE Lower Mainland BC 2009 End of Year Celebration
The Lower Mainland BC BrainWAVE family celebrated the end of 2009 with a Carol Ship Dinner and Dance Cruise including dinner, dancing and fun during a leisurely cruise along the downtown skyline.
Ontario Events: Rigatoni for Research and CABTO Blue Jays Game, Fall 2009
 
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the most recent BrainWAVE Ontario events: an evening of fun at the London Rigatoni for Research dinner on October 19 and an afternoon Blue Jays game on October 26. More than 30 BrainWAVE families took part in these events and everyone had a great time!
BrainWAVE B.C. Event: A Day at Burnaby Village Museum, August 2009
BrainWAVE B.C.'s families joined together for their summer event at the historic Burnaby Village Museum. The fun-filled day included a delicious barbeque lunch, the opportunity to explore the expansive museum site and volunteer-led time for the kids and a Parents' Support Group meeting. Parents and children alike enjoyed the day and look forward to the next BrainWAVE event. A big thank you goes out to everyone who attended!
Ontario Event: Niagara Falls Adventure, June 2009
More than 100 BrainWAVE children and teens and their immediate family members are joined in a great adventure in Niagara Falls. First, we met the hundreds of different colourful butterflies at the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory and then enjoyed lunch at the Butterfly Cafe. After lunch, we hopped on three BrainWAVE buses to enjoy a ride on the Maid of the Mist where we got as close as possible to Niagara Falls and experienced it's power first-hand!
Thank you for all of the BrainWAVE families who made our Niagara Adventure a day of fun and excitement!
Contact Us to join BrainWAVE and to find out about our next exciting adventures.
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