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Kids and masks: tips from an expert

We are so grateful to our generous community for the outpouring of donations to the SewHelpful campaign! With your help we collected over 14,000 cloth masks to give to children, youth and families at CHEO. 

We are no longer accepting donations at this time. If you have any questions, or would like more information about child and youth face mask patterns, please contact our SewHelpful team.

We asked CHEO’s Dr. Jason Brophy, a pediatric infectious diseases physician, to share some tips and information...

#CHEOlovesvolunteers

We’ve been keeping in touch with our amazing volunteers virtually. Check out some of their lovely notes in return (sharing with their permission, of course):

To all employees of CHEO, thank you for all you do for our children every day but especially during this difficult time. I think of you all the time and look forward to returning as a volunteer when the time is right.

Stay safe and healthy.
Lucie

 

I’ve just returned from my walk under sunshine and blue sky. As...

Doing it together: teamwork with community is helping supply PPE to our staff

Having access to the PPE we need is a crucial part of keeping our kids, caregivers, staff and community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so grateful to our community for rallying together to donate or create masks for our health-care workers.

Using donated materials from local businesses and individuals at home with 3D printers, the CHEO Research Institute created an assembly line to put together face shields!

Through this project, we will be able to supply upwards of 700 face shields to...

How to help your child's social skills when they can't play with other children

This article was written by Shonna Tuck, a Speech-Language Pathologist at CHEO. We hope these tips help you create opportunities for social learning at home.

These are difficult, uncertain days. If you are a parent who entered this pandemic already worried about your child's ability to socialize with peers, not being able to have your child interact with other children may be an additional stressor. Please know, that in times like these, what is most important is that you and your family...

A thank you letter

Thank you St Patrick's Elementary School's grade 4/5 immersion class who sent us these awesome thank you notes! Everyone at CHEO — our nurses, clerks, food service staff, doctors, environmental services staff and more were so inspired by your words!

Photo Gallery: Thank you from St Patrick's Elementary School will appear here on the public site.