Shriners Hospitals for Children-Canada raised $80,895 with FrontStream

Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada provides compassionate care to children with complex or chronic disorders.  The hospitals provide children with all aspects of inpatient and outpatient care, including surgery, rehabilitation, treatment and psychological support. 

In 2015, Nathalie Kamel brought together a group of young professionals to help create The Wonder Race. Instead of a typical walk or run, participants completed Amazing Race-style challenges. 

When they made the event completely virtual in 2021, they kept the team format, but participants tackled challenges independently over a week.

And with the FrontStream event builder, they were able to incorporate their logo, colors, imagery, and add videos.

To make sure fundraising was front and center, the Shriners team sent emails to remind registrants about their fundraising goals, plus tips and tricks to help kickstart their fundraising. They also made personal coaching calls to teams that were low on fundraising.

Shriners Hospitals for Children – Canada was able to incorporate online donation and campaign pages on their website. Donors could easily donate to the organization and share their message to a wider audience through email and social media.

In previous years the race has sold out months before the actual event. By going virtual, The Wonder Race was able to expand the number of teams from 50 to unlimited, and fundraise far beyond Montreal.