Braveheart Support Society

06/13/2025

Tuck Shop Pre-Orders are NOW OPEN for a limited time only!! ⭐💙

We're excited to bring back our Camp Tuck Shop for camper families this summer!

🛍️ What is a Pre-Order?
All Tuck Shop items are made to order, based on the purchases we receive in advance. You can place and pay for your order now through June 16th, 2025. After that date, we won’t be accepting new orders, so don’t miss out!

Link to order form:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=If8rhAvzgkijacq_JN0P3FkXDN59WL1Guqv7HOUNYs9UMVBBOFMyNjBGUkREWTZSS0QySU5CRzNOMS4u

Have Questions? If you have any questions about the Tuck Shop or need help with your order, please don't hesitate to reach out us via email at shop@brigadoonvillage.org

05/20/2025

05/01/2025

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05/01/2025

If you are a parent of a child with complex medical needs, you are invited to join us on

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7:00 -8:30
Thursday, June 12, 2025 7:00 -8:30.

Our Parent Group is an informal meeting where parents can share tips and tricks of caring for their child with complex special needs!

Interested in attending?
Please email Jackie Pidduck at jacklynn.pidduck@iwk.nshealth.ca

Please note to receive the Zoom link, we will ask you to review the virtual group guidelines that will be emailed to you, to provide the address of where you will be during the meeting and a contact number in case of emergency.

04/17/2025

IWK Health’s Pediatric Pain Management Program is celebrating a major milestone this year – 30 years of helping children manage pain with compassion and expertise. IWK anesthesiologist Dr. Allen Finley was the driving force behind the program’s creation three decades ago, inspired by a single patient.

https://iwkhealth.ca/news-and-stories/30-years-easing-pain-legacy-iwks-pediatric-pain-management-program

04/04/2025

Study is now open!

03/28/2025

03/20/2025

We are looking for current and former IWK patients and families to help shape our Dial for Dining menu. Your feedback through a short survey will help us improve the dining experience for our community! https://d4dmenusurvey.carrd.co/

03/12/2025

📢 Calling all graduated campers! 📢

⭐️ 2025 Junior Counsellor Applications are OPEN! ⭐️

❤️ This is your opportunity to step into a new chapter of your Brigadoon journey by becoming a Brigadoon Village Junior Counsellor.

❤️ Becoming a Junior Counsellor offers you an opportunity to learn, lead, grow, enhance your resume and also serves as a great way to continue experiencing the magic of camp. Let's make this a summer to remember!

👉 Apply today at: https://brigadoon.campbrainstaff.com/

02/18/2025

Have you applied for Brigadoon Village’s 2025 Summer Camps yet?

This year Brigadoon is offering 17 condition-specific camps! Take a look and prepare yourself for an incredible summer of camp magic:

💛 WEEK 1 (July 6th - July 11th) 💛
Camp Silly-Yak: For campers living with celiac disease

💙 WEEK 2 (July 13th - July 18th) 💙
Arthritis Society Canada’s Camp JoinTogether: For campers living with juvenile arthritis

❤️ WEEK 3 (July 20th - July 25th) ❤️
Camp Brainiac: For campers living with neurosurgery conditions
Camp Braveheart: For campers living with heart conditions
Camp Clots-of-Fun: For campers living with bleeding disorders
Camp Scoliosis: For campers living with scoliosis

🧡 WEEK 4 (July 27th - August 1st) 🧡
Camp Solace: For campers navigating family bereavement
Camp BELIEVE: For campers navigating parental mental illness

💚 WEEK 5 (August 3rd - August 8th) 💚
Canadian Cancer Society’s Camp Goodtimes: For campers living with or beyond cancer

💜 WEEK 6 (August 10th - August 15th) 💜
Camp Carpe Diem: For campers living with epilepsy
Camp See-Ya: For blind or visually impaired campers
Camp Treasure Chest: For campers living with asthma, anaphylaxis, or lung conditions (ages 7-12)

🤎 WEEK 7 (August 17th-August 22nd) 🤎
Camp Whatcha Say: For Deaf campers and campers who are hard of hearing
Camp Lots-a-Wata: For campers living with kidney disease
Camp Trailblazers: For campers living with craniofacial differences

💖 WEEK 8 (August 18th-August 23rd) 💖
Camp Guts & Glory: For campers living with IBD, an ostomy, ileostomy, or a cecostomy
Camp Treasure Chest: For campers living with asthma, anaphylaxis, or lung conditions (ages 13-18)

Apply today: https://brigadoonvillage.org/camps/

02/08/2025

CHD Awareness Week
We love our whole care team! From our surgeon, to our cardiologists, nurse practitioner, nurses, allied health professionals, child life specialists, admin staff and everyone in between. They all work so hard to help our Bravehearts to be the best they can be. Thanks doesn’t begin to cover it!! ❤️