Imagine someone who, in spite of having lost their mobility, can now resume travelling, exploring new landscapes or reliving fond memories from their past.
These things could be possible with your help. This year, we want to fund an innovative project – virtual reality (VR) headsets – for individuals living in transitional accommodations.
These men and women, often without any close family, live in an environment where opportunities to get out and socialize are rare. There are times when solitude and loneliness weigh heavily on their days.
For these individuals, virtual experiences would not be simple entertainment; they would represent a true breath of fresh air, an opportunity to feel wonder and joy once again.
Thank you for contributing to the well-being of these men and women.
Along with these activities, Fondation Santé funds some 30 projects that make a real difference in the lives of our region’s inhabitants, from birth to end of life. Each project, be it large or small in scope, is chosen with care
A Look at our Youth Projects
In 2025, your generosity will enable to Fondation Santé to invest close to $1.5 million in local healthcare initiatives.
Here are some projects that impact the children and teenagers in our community.
Programme Hors-Piste: this program helps some 30 youths ages 12 to 17 combat anxiety disorders through such stress-inducing activities as rock-climbing or improvised immersive situations that push them to surpass their limits and develop their autonomy.
Creation of 1,400 Programme Agir tôt reading kits for the families of newborns to strengthen the parent-child bond and encourage families to expose their child to reading from birth, making it a protective factor for language and cognitive development.
New generation of BiliSoft phototherapy device to treat jaundice in newborns directly at home, avoiding the need for hospitalization and promoting emotional bonding, since the treatment can be carried out in the arms of parents or care staff.
Discover all the projects you could contribute to this year.
Projet Tout doux, which aims to create a personalized environment for administering vaccinations, screening for infections or taking blood samples. The adapted environment is more suitable for providing care to children using tools and other means to prevent stress, anxiety and pain.
Equipping midwives at Maison de naissance with a dozen portable ophthalmoscopes for complete examinations of newborns at home, thus saving families the travel time to community healthcare services.
Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu Emergency Department
3,000 Béké-Bobo bears to comfort little ones!
Since 2023, babies and children from the ages of 6 months to 10 years who need to go to Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu emergency department have been gifted a comforting Béké-Bobo therapeutic bear. This “magical” bear relieves aches, pains and anxiety in the stressful hospital environment. This year, the ER will receive a shipment of 3,000 new bears to help ease the emergency experience for youngsters.
Along with providing comfort, the therapeutic bears can be heated or cooled to rapidly soothe earaches, headaches, migraines, teething pains and stomach aches.
“The bears make a huge difference and greatly simplify our work,” said Nathalie Champagne, ER nurse at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu. “They make it easier for us to deal with very young patients and the parents appreciate it, too.”
