David Kelly Award for Community Service Recipients:

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 David Kelly Award recipient.

Olivia, Lucas and Kai Lassam

My daughter, Olivia, was first diagnosed with a brain tumour shortly after her seventh birthday. She was sent to BC Children’s Hospital to have emergency surgery to resect her tumour in 2019 when my sons, Lucas and Kai, were four and one years old.

After an extensive 10-hour surgery, Olivia developed posterior fossa syndrome and has spent the years following relearning to walk, speak, swallow and regain her independence. Olivia did 70 weeks of chemotherapy in 2022 and has recently started on a clinical trial this year.

Read more about Olivia, Lucas and Kai Lassam.
 

Previous recipients:

2023:

Jason Kaszycki

2022:

The Dunn Family

2021:

Danielle Froio/King

2020:

The Elliott and MacKenzie families

2019:

Amie and Mark Donais
Barbie Brown and Rob Reichenbacher

2017:

Jennifer Gouchie-Terris
Connor Thomson

2016:

Blair Shunk
Chris Wiebe

2015:

Yaron Butterfield

2014:

Ross MacDougall