{"id":420,"date":"2025-09-24T13:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/why-give\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:37:53","slug":"why-give","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/why-give\/","title":{"rendered":"Why give"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every gift to the CHUM Foundation is far more than an act of generosity\u2014it is a spark of hope and a driver of change. When you give, you\u2019re standing shoulder to shoulder with thousands of others who believe in a future where medicine keeps breaking new ground and where care is more personalized, more compassionate and more innovative. Your contribution doesn\u2019t just support a hospital: it supports the lives of patients, families and healthcare teams it helps us act faster than disease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\n
\n

\u201cI was very lucky that the ambulance brought me to the CHUM. If I had gone somewhere else, I might not be here today to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u2014 Peter Berson<\/strong>, CHUM patient<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

500000<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Patients treated every year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

19000<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

1000<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

33<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

2300<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clinical trials underway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

2193<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Employees in research and innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

5276<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Students, residents and fellows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

133<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Training programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Data provided by the CHUM for 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n
\n

Discover inspiring stories<\/h2>\n \n
\n Read more<\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n \n\n
\n \"Le <\/div>\n\n
\n How Richard is giving future generations a head start<\/span>\n

Richard Lavoie has always had a big heart, both with his partner of the past forty […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n\n
\n \"La <\/div>\n\n
\n Lyne\u2019s family values live on through her legacy<\/span>\n

In Lyne Hart\u2019s family, generosity is in their blood. That\u2019s why she decided to\u00a0include a gift […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n\n
\n \"Louis <\/div>\n\n
\n Epilepsy: How surgery at the CHUM changed Louis\u2019s life for good<\/span>\n

Twenty-nine-year-old Louis Harris is an engineer who lives life to the fullest. He didn\u2019t always have […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Read more<\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n
\n

Discover how your contributions are invested in concrete projects at the CHUM \u2014 from research and innovation to equipment and patient care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Learn where your donations go<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every gift to the CHUM Foundation is far more than an act of generosity\u2014it is[…];<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6329,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions\/6329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}