{"id":441212,"date":"2026-01-29T16:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441212\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:50:24","slug":"the-lesser-known-ways-the-stollery-childrens-hospital-goes-above-and-beyond-for-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441212\/","title":{"rendered":"The lesser-known ways the Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital goes above and beyond for patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/corus-radiothon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corus Radiothon<\/a> in support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/stollery-children&#039;s-hospital-foundation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation<\/a> starts Jan. 29 and while the Edmonton hospital is well-known for world-class medical care \u2014 it\u2019s the softer touches the foundation provides that make a big difference in lives of patients and families too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Spaces like the renovated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/saville-family-indoor-beach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saville Family Indoor Beach<\/a> and outdoor Enchanted Forest offers a distraction for patients during tough times, if only for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetting them play, giving opportunities for play, no matter what that looks like. Whether that\u2019s in our group programs at the beach or in the teen room, or maybe it\u2019s individualized play in their rooms or a small group on the unit,\u201d said child life specialist Alison Naylor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cGiving kids a chance to be kids, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Family Lounge gives families a chance for rest too. It\u2019s a place where people can help themselves to basic comfort and hygiene items \u2013 as well as snacks and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Stollery No Bounds Week kicks off'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AMSTOLLERY.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:55<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStollery No Bounds Week kicks off\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>Every couple weeks a free, healthy breakfast is also provided on site thanks to the foundation\u2019s meal programs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11641636\/ice-maine-new-brunswick-susan-holt\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769705423_805_7b5ecc57b1d239bdf5ac64557aa721ffa727617945f69921eb82d48784461042_d82f05.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tICE is at the border of New Brunswick and Maine, premier says\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11641271\/ecuador-consulate-minnesota-ice-staff\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769705424_665_36a2f9325c5f5b496dd5b1e735699eda09c7205d81a7d28560b34d3b2647cfdd.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tStaff fend off ICE agents trying to enter Minneapolis Ecuador consulate\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the programs that we have wouldn\u2019t exist without support from donors \u2014 so just know that it does matter when people give, and we\u2019re so grateful,\u201d Naylor said.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the Family Room supporting families before, during and after their hospital experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really touching to hear families talk about the importance of spaces like our Family Room and our Family Lounge, just knowing that the difference that coming into a space that\u2019s non clinical, non medical, they can come in, they can relax, they can breathe a little bit,\u201d Kristin Wong said, team lead with Patient &amp; Family Centered Care at the Stollery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cIt can really change the journey for a family and for a patient in a very positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 27th annual Corus Radiothon is on Jan 29 &amp; 30.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above for more including how one former patient\u2019s Stollery journey inspired her career path.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Corus Radiothon in support of the Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,182637,84,392,182638,75940,182636,182639,182640],"class_list":["post-441212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-corus-radiothon","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-stollery-beach","tag-stollery-childrens-hospital","tag-stollery-childrens-hospital-foundation","tag-stollery-family-room","tag-stollery-meal-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}