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The Hart

Hartley Bernier is a fiery SickKids ambassador living with Intestinal Failure just north of Toronto. His love and appreciation of fine food has grown from the (essential) place diet holds for a person living with a rare gastro-intestinal disease.

When some of the most badass chefs in Toronto heard about our little super-hero Hartley, they were inspired to join his fight. This is the way we humbly began, but the Chefs with Hart team keeps growing. We are so grateful for the incredible support of some of the finest culinary crews around!

Please consider making an online donation to Chefs with Hart, in support of the GIFT Program. Every little bit truly helps make a difference for these amazing kids.

THE GIFT PROGRAM AT SICKKIDS HOSPITAL

The GIFT program provides lifesaving care for infants with intestinal failure. Dr. Paul Wales started the GIFT program at SickKids in November 2002, after realizing that advanced clinical care for intestinal failure was desperately needed. Before GIFT was developed, care for patients with intestinal failure was fragmented and often unsuccessful – the mortality rate ranged from 40 – 80 per cent.

GIFT patients are predominantly premature babies who suffer from birth defects or other diseases of the intestine, leaving them with a gut that is unable to digest and absorb adequate nutrients for survival. As a result, these complex patients are dependent on intravenous nutrition. The program has since become incredibly successful, reducing the overall mortality rate to 5 per cent. Over the last 13 years, the GIFT team has built a stable infrastructure and consolidated medical experience of a rare problem, ensuring continuity of care and creating expertise. GIFT is the only formal paediatric intestinal failure program in Canada, with 20 – 25 new patients referred each year from across the country.

Your Impact

Help transform the future of kids' health care through Precision Child Health - care tailored to each patient. With Precision Child Health, we can:

Diagnose Faster

So kids and families feel less stress. And doctors know where to start.

Treat Smarter

For less pain and fewer side effects, and faster healing. So kids get better, faster.

Predict Better

Knowing what’s coming arms SickKids to fight illness even better.

Make Precision Child Health Happen

With Precision Child Health, SickKids can focus deeply, precisely on everything that makes each individual patient who they are – from their postal code to their genetic code, to every signal their body sends. So we deliver treatment tailored to each unique child. Join us to make it happen.