Linda's Legacy
$15,000.00
Goalof goal raised
$15,702.00
Raised$15,000.00
Goal
Linda's Legacy is participating in Light The Night Toronto on October 23 to fight blood cancers.
We’re proud to support the blood cancer community through Light The Night.
Blood cancers are the fifth most common form of cancer in Canada, affecting more than 155,000 Canadians—our family members, our friends and neighbours, our colleagues, ourselves. But together, we can shine a light toward a future without blood cancers.
Please consider making a donation today. Thank you for your support!
Team Roster
Linda's Legacy
The Story Behind Linda’s Legacy
In November 2018, our 18-year-old daughter Erin was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) two months into her first year at university. As parents, our world was turned upside down and we were overwhelmed with the gravity of the battle ahead.
As a mother, Linda dropped everything and took charge. She met with the doctors and nurses and coordinated around the clock support for Erin at the hospital to keep her company, hold her hand and support her in any way possible. Linda was there with Erin for every meeting, test, and procedure. Every setback and every victory.
With a donor match from her big sister Kelly, Erin had a stem cell transplant in January 2019 and a full recovery by later that summer. She was able to resume her interrupted first year of university that fall. This is testament to the impact of the fundraising from previous years, and the advancements in treatment which allowed Erin and so many others to continue with their lives. Today, Erin is continuing with her studies at McMaster University and is healthy and moving on with her life. And for that miracle, we are forever grateful.
Following Erin’s recovery, Linda turned her focus and determination to raising awareness and donations for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) and their annual Light the Night fundraising event. We attended the event in Toronto in 2019 and it was such a powerful and humbling experience. Linda coordinated the generous donations by family and friends and led our team’s efforts each year.
Then the unthinkable happened. In August of 2022, Linda was diagnosed with renal cancer on both kidneys. Tragically, the cancer spread much too fast, and Linda passed on January 18, 2023.
It was her wish for us to keep supporting the LLSC and it is in her honour we have renamed our team Linda’s Legacy.
The team name honours Linda, but is also intended to represent the far-reaching impact any cancer diagnosis has not only on the patient, but their immediate family. This impact is further magnified to the patient’s extended families, their friends, and their colleagues. It is why the work of the LLSC, as well as other cancer organizations is so vitally important to the health and well-being of our loved ones and our communities. Linda understood this importance, which is why we carry on her legacy, and continue supporting LLSC that was important to her after Erin’s recovery.
In 2020 when the pandemic hit, the Light The Night event was forever changed and the LLSCs research and patient programs were really in jeopardy. Linda was more determined than ever to continue her fundraising efforts and she nearly tripled what she had raised the year before. She was so inspiring to the local LLSC team that year, they created an award called the Ignite Award that was presented to Linda and her team for their efforts.
After Linda’s passing and because of the continued inspiration that Linda brings to all of us, the LLSC changed the name of that award to the Linda Day Ignite Award. Our family was so honoured by the LLSC recognition of Linda’s legacy, and she will continue to inspire fundraisers, employees, caregivers and survivors in the years ahead.
Linda’s efforts and those of our tremendous supporters has now surpassed $52,000. We will continue to honour Linda’s wish to raise money for improved treatments and cures for blood cancers that takes such as personal toll on patients and families. We thank you for your support. If your family has been impacted by blood or other cancers and our story strikes a chord, please consider donating to Linda's Legacy - we would greatly appreciate your support.
Thank you,
Linda’s loving daughters and husband
Team Roster
Raised
$2,077
$3,693
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$5,639
$206
Team Gifts
$3,727
Team Progress
of Goal
$15,702
Raised
$15,000.00
Team Honor Roll
G Day
$512
Kevin & Wendy
$502
Ms. Marilynne Day-Linton
$502
Catherine Acs
Eleanor Williams
$502
Day Family Golf Tournament 2024
$402
Lynn Benson
Derek Stephenson
$252
Nancy Barnes
$252
Tom & Kathy
$252
Heather Giffen
$252
Anonymous
Maria Dyck
$252
Elaine Williams
$252
Melanie Edwards
$252
Paulina Leung
$252
Judy Huyer
$252
Anonymous
$252
Paula Zubek
$252
Steve & Tracy Martin
Connie Morrison
Steven Young
$228
Christine Simpson
$204
Kathie Houghton
$202
Paulette Soper
$202
Susan Butler & Michael Shirk
$202
Raymond Monteiro
Heather, Phil, Wes & Wade Linton
$202
Derek & Angela Day
$202
Jenny, Mitch, Violet and Louie Hillis
$202
Jamie Haggarty
$202
Christine, Rob and Ellis Linton-Ingratta
$202
Anonymous
Sharon Mey & Tom Anselmi Mey
$200
Anonymous
William Love
$152
Jane Donald
$152
Kathy Kimak
$152
Daniel
$104
Linda Jameson
$102
Tom Scanlan
$102
Karen Connolly
$102
Anonymous
$102
Barbara Hill
$102
Heather Wilson
$102
Carmelina Macario
$102
Louise Cole
$102
Michelle Saunders
$102
Gordon Day
$102
Rob and Kathy
Donna Toth
$102
Sherry Scholl-Trout
$102
Diane Purser
$102
Nicole Day
$102
Susan Heyland
$102
Peter Allemang
Mom
$102
Jane Lewitt Taylor
$102
Jacqui Redmond
$102
Geoff and Alex Hogan
Antonio Di Domenico
$102
Dawn Williams
$102
Karen & Paul
$102
Gail Almand
$102
Mary Klein
$102
Rosemary Shaw
$102
Jacinthe Séguin
$102
Susan Birkbeck
$102
Arjun Krishnan
$102
Andrew Horsman
$102
Howie and Gail
$102
Janette McQueen
$102
Jason Hogan
$102
Kevin & Beep Whelly
$102
Charlotte Minz
$102
Michael Collins
$102
Greg and Christine Nordal
Dianne Day
$77
Loretta Bardsley
Carmelita Caloyloy
$75
Meg and Olsen
$52
Julie Mitchell
$52
Brenda Boyd
$52
Lorraine Baudisch
$52
Carol Hochu
$52
Anna Egan
$52
Wildridge family
$52
Brandon Hogan
$52
Kim and Bruce Day
Anonymous
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Jill and Paul MacDiarmid
$52
Meghan Hogan
$52
Helene Leduc
$52
Hayley Drew
$52
Kalie Patton
$52
Isabelle Faucher
$52
Gordon and Karen Semple
$52
Erin Day
$50
Jim McCullough
Top Donors
G Day
Catherine Acs
Ms. Marilynne Day-Linton
Eleanor Williams
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