Every day Grand River Regional Cancer Centre treats approximately 150 patients with radiation therapy. Each session lasts about 15 minutes.
The most time consuming part of the process? Safely and comfortably positioning the patient.
The importance of this step is critical to the patient's treatment and safety. For radiation to be most effective, the beam should exactly target the tumour and avoid healthy tissue.
To do this, each patient receives a special cushion (called a VAC-LOK) formed to their body for the precise position needed for treatment. The cushion keeps the patient properly positioned but it also keeps the patient comfortable during each of the treatments over an arduous course of 25 days. Each cushion is unique, is labelled with the patient's name and tucked away for their next visit.
Each VAC-LOK costs $320
*You will receive a tax receipt for the full amount in an email following your donation.
**All donations exceeding our fundraising goal for Positioning Cushions will support the highest priority needs of Cancer Care.
COMPLETING PAYMENT
Select your donation amount, or enter a custom donation amount above.
Once you have selected your donation amount and clicked donate, it will take you to a shopping cart experience. From there you can review your total and then click complete payment at the bottom of the screen before being taken to a secure payment information page.
TAX RECEIPTS
Tax receipts are automatically sent once you have completed your payment information and checked out. If you do not see an email come through with your tax receipt, please check your junk or spam email folders. The email subject line is Grand River Hospital Foundation Donation Receipt.
If you still cannot find it, please contact Jesse Borden, Fulfillment Manager & Donor Advocate at 226-750-2074 or info@grhf.ca for support.
When donating, any information entered in the billing address fields on the payment screen will be used to generate an automatic tax receipt. If a company name is added here, the tax receipt will be issued to the company.
If your donation is in honour of a friend or loved one, you can email them a digital e-card upon making a donation.
E-cards are available for donations made in memory and in celebration of someone, and each e-card allows you to customize the message being sent. In order to send an e-card, you will need to know the recipient's email address.
When you reach the completed payment screen, you will see the available e-card options, or you can click this link to send an e-card and message directly.
The Foundation will only notify individuals upon request. You can use the cart note function to provide a message and contact details for the recipient.
