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Why Give
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.
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How to Give
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 where you will be taken to a secured payment information page.
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Tax Receipts
Tax receipts are automatically sent once you have completed the payment information and checked out on the site. If you do not see an email come through with your tax receipt please check your junk or spam email folders. Email subject line is Grand River Hospital Foundation Donation Receipt if you are searching for it.
If you still cannot find it please contact 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 company name is added here the tax receipt will be issued to the company.