New Research Unit
In 2025, the Hematology Research Program in partnership with the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of BC expanded with a new dedicated inpatient clinical trials unit - almost entirely funded by donors.
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On September 29, 2018 at the 8th Annual Chad Warren Charity Challenge, we passed Chad's goal of raising $1 million for the Hematology Research Program at VGH.
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13th Charity Challenge
The Annual Charity Challenge Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament runs from September 23rd-27th, 2024 at the Hollyburn Tennis Club.. Registration opens August 26th. |
The Inspiration
Chad Warren was 26 years old when he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer that starts in the plasma cells of the bone marrow. Doctors told Chad he had just months to live; he lived 9 more years and he got the most out of each day.
In the last weeks of his life, Chad wrote a blog called "Me, Myself and Myeloma" to tell his story and raise awareness about the disease he had never heard of before he was diagnosed. Now Chad's family continues to tell his story and works to reach his goal. "I realize I can only control so much in my life. I control how I approach each day and the situations that arise, how I treat people and what I put in my body. Life can become pretty simple when it seems most complicated. There isn't time to think about the negative, no time to be angry, just time to appreciate everything and everyone around me." |
Chad's Total is now $1,446,942
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