“When your family has to deal with a child with cancer, it brings along many painful experiences, tears, fear and heartbreak. It is an absolute joy to watch my children forget about treatment and just be children again.”-Parent, Kids Cancer Care client.
The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is a charitable organization that helps Alberta families fighting childhood cancer. Their programs are uniquely designed to meet the needs of the whole family at each stage in their cancer journey, from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.
Last year The Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) and Kids Cancer Care partnered together on an electronic drive we were able to refurbish laptops and provide them with a cheque for the remaining equipment collected from then drive. Recently, ERA was happy to donate 5 laptops, 1 desktop computer and a monitor to the Kids Cancer Care Tutoring Program.
“Thank you so much for giving us a laptop for Ica and also for our family. It helps a lot for us, especially for the online school. Thank you so much also to ERA.CA for providing this technology for those families that need it most. We appreciate your kindness and generosity. May our God bless you all always. Keep Safe!” exclaimed a grateful recipient.
Kids Cancer Care matches patients and survivors in kindergarten to grade 12 with tutors, who provide home-based one-to-one tutoring. These tutoring sessions help learners work towards specific academic goals, while boosting their confidence and helping them develop general learning skills. During COVID-19, they have moved their tutoring services online and needed the donated devices to help those families in need with electronics so that their child can continue their tutoring sessions.
“COVID did not cancel cancer. Your support is needed now, more than ever.”- – Christine McIver, Founder and CEO
To see how you can help please visit their website here.
The ERA is a non-profit organization that aims to reduce the negative impact e-waste has on the environment. With a focus on recovery, refurbishment, and reuse, ERA continuously supplies charitable groups with donated IT equipment while securely managing the retiring IT assets of organizations and individuals across Canada. We believe that reuse before recycling is critical in managing the waste created by computer hardware, and by offering industry-leading data destruction for all equipment we receive, we have securely repurposed hundreds of tons of equipment.
You can help families like these too! All you have to do is call ERA to help you dispose of any electronics you don’t have a need for anymore. We will work to refurbish the items and donate them back into the community. Book your pickup today!