To date, JFK has raised over
15 million dollars through
various campaigns and initiatives.
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Just for Kids Foundation raises funds to purchase high-priority medical equipment, and to support initiatives that improve the quality of care for patients of the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
Our vision is simple: To continually enhance the experience and care of patients at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
To date, JFK has raised over
15 million dollars through
various campaigns and initiatives.
This year, our focus remains on essential projects that could greatly benefit from your support.
Just for Kids Foundation is proud to support the Heart & Hands Pediatric Clinic.
This vital initiative provides some of the city’s most vulnerable children with improved access to healthcare. The clinic is located within Verdun Elementary School and also serves Riverview Elementary and the Rising Sun Daycare. This clinic has made a profound impact on countless children.
The team of doctors and allied professionals are equipped to address a wide range of complex medical, mental health and psychosocial conditions. By coordinating services available through the Lester B. Pearson School Board, the Montreal Children’s Hospital and within the community, the goal is to ensure comprehensive care for every child in need.
To date, of the children seen :
Just for Kids has committed $1.6M to this initiative to sustain and expand crucial services.
Your contribution to the Heart & Hands Pediatric Clinic will help transform the lives of countless children and their families. By investing in this initiative, you become an integral part of Just for Kids Foundation’s mission to provide quality healthcare where it counts most.
Just for Kids is committed to improving mental health resources at the Children’s by providing funding for a Social Worker specializing in mental health in the Emergency Department. The Mental Health Social Worker will play a critical and central role in treating these vulnerable patients and act as a facilitator between the medical team and the child’s family.
Faced with waiting lists of more than 180 days for follow-up, young people and their families are increasingly turning to hospital emergency departments in a cry for help to deal with issues ranging from anxiety to depression to suicidal ideation. According to the Children’s, from 2020 to 2021, there was a 40% increase in mental health related hospitalizations for children ages 12 to 17. This role is crucial at this time.
The NeoCardioLab is dedicated to understanding how a newborn’s heart adapts after birth, especially for fragile babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). From infants born prematurely to those facing serious medical challenges, the lab studies how illness and treatment affect the heart and circulation during the most critical early days of life.
By pairing advanced heart imaging with real-time bedside care, the NeoCardioLab helps doctors better protect the hearts of vulnerable newborns. This work leads to stronger recoveries and brighter futures for the children and families who depend on this care.
Funds raised will provide state-of-the-art tools to assess heart function, evaluate a baby’s wellbeing, and support innovative research. This ensures that the NeoCardioLab remains an international leader in neonatal heart care.
Your generosity directly supports the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the NeoCardioLab research program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, helping deliver life-saving care, specialized training, and groundbreaking research so that every newborn has the strongest possible start in life.
With your support Just for Kids continues to fund The JFK Sibling Park, a fully-subsidized childcare program providing siblings of patients in acute care a safe and comforting environment while they spend long hours at the hospital.
Located on S1 near the PK Subban Atrium at the Children’s, this program helps alleviate the financial stress of additional childcare costs and has been credited with keeping families together during their most difficult moments.
In 2025, Just for Kids Foundation expanded this program by bringing it directly to patient wards, so hospitalized children who can’t leave their floor can still enjoy playtime with their siblings close to their hospital room, bringing moments of joy and connection during a challenging time.
For sick kids and their families
For the community
Hospitals rely on foundations such as ours to help close the gap between basic government funding and much needed medical equipment and programs. To date, Just for Kids Foundation has:
Just for Kids Foundation was founded in 1987 by concerned parents who saw the need to provide funding for updated medical equipment to best diagnose and treat patients at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
This dedicated group of volunteers began to create innovative ways to raise funds so the Children’s would remain a state-of-the-art institution.
With imagination, dedication and big hearts, these volunteers created Montreal-based fundraising events. Both large and small, these events have cultivated a very special group of volunteers who continuously challenge themselves to inspire, engage and give back.
Not only has JFK Foundation created a local community among its members, but it also has impacted the community at large by helping children and their families throughout Montreal, as well as touching the lives of so many event participants, guests and corporate sponsors.
Harriet Greenstone
Jill Aberman
Lisa Adelstein Steinberg
Sandra D’Alesio Lanno
Maria Fersten Oringer
Myra Frishman
Franceen Goffman
Mara Greenstone Aguinik
Rochelle Lerner Silverman
Lynda Lubin
Jill Morganstein Kimmel
Donna Seidman Salzman
Jennifer Duong
Lorie Blumer
StaceyAnn Clayton
Alessia Giambattista
At JFK Foundation, our vision is simple: To continually enhance the experience and care of patients at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
