For young patients at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) undergoing bone marrow transplants (BMT), recovery means spending 100 days in isolation rooms. For kids dealing with leukemia and other blood disorders, these spaces offer the essential environment for BMT recovery. However, it can be very isolating and challenging without having family and other comforts close by.

One such patient, Ava Hainshwang, diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when she was 10, spent 100 days in one of these isolation rooms. She recalls feeling trapped in a small, glass-walled space, like being in a fishbowl — isolated from her family and unable to see her brother.

Photo: Ava Hainshwang, successful bone marrow transplant and BMT ambassador

Fundraising efforts within real estate to renovate & improve isolation rooms for young patients

Recognizing the great impact these rooms have on a child’s emotional and physical recovery, Electric Real Estate has been actively fundraising to renovate and improve isolation rooms, so that kids like Hainshwang can be more supported and comfortable during their recoveries. 

Over the last four years, Electric Real Estate has raised over $350,000, thanks to the support of brokers, real estate agents and real estate leaders in the Toronto area.

Sept. 19 fundraiser raised over $102,000 for SickKids BMT

To continue this effort and in conjunction with World Marrow Donor Day on September 21, the company hosted the Electric Real Estate 2024 – Rodeo Edition fundraiser on Sept. 19. To date, it’s successfully raised $102,573 for SickKids BMT and the group is still counting post-event donations.

Photo: Event attendees