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About Grind For Kids

Grind For Kids is in its second year and leverages the enthusiasm of the thousands of people in the Lower Mainland that do the Grouse Grind™ on a regular basis. People sign up and ask friends, family and co-workers pledge $1 or more for every Grouse Grind they do between June and October. At the end of the season participants will share their success with the people who have pledged them and request they fulfill their pledges.

Last year 4535 Grouse Grinds counted towards BC Children’s Hospital & $172,000 was raised!

How It Works

With your $20 registration fee, you will get an official Grind For Kids Timer Card at Grouse Mountain Guest Services. Simply swipe the timer at the base of the Grind before you start and at the top when you finish. You will be able to go to your personal donation page to track your progress at any time!

Enjoy complimentary bag-check service, which means your bag will be waiting for you at the top when you finish the Grind!

You will also be eligible for weekly prizes. The more Grinds you do, the better your odds of winning!

Help raise a mountain of money for BC Children’s Hospital!

About the Grouse Grind™

The Grouse Grind™ is a 2.9-kilometre trail with 2,800 feet of vertical gain up the face of Grouse Mountain. It is commonly referred to by Vancouverites as “Mother Nature’s Stairmaster”. Over 100,000 Grinds were completed last year.

About BC Children’s Hospital

BC Children’s Hospital is the provinces only full-service acute care hospital and is serves approximately one million children living in BC and the Yukon. All children who are seriously ill or injured are referred to Children’s Hospital and are treated at the hospital facility in Vancouver or, with consolation from Children’s specialist in their home community. Last year more than 78,000 children were treated at Children’s Hospital.

Two key areas of focus for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation funding over the next two years are:

• The Excellence in Child Health supports the urgent needs at BC Children’s Hospital, including clinical care, research into prevention, treatments and cures for childhood diseases, community held-health programs, and equipment purchases.

• The Campaign for BC Children is supporting vital change in the delivery of health care to BC’s children. Contributions to the Campaign is giving children a new hospital with spaces designed to meet their needs and those of their families – patient rooms with the latest equipment, parent beds, private bathrooms and other amenities found in modern children’s hospitals.

Your donation to Grind For Kids will go to support the Cardiology department at the new BC Children’s Hospital. Thank you for helping BC’s Kids!