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Lux Jewels put on the amazing Diamond Race in Vancouver, raising over $9 000 for the Rare Disease Foundation

Suman Bakshi of Lux Jewels put on the incredible one day Diamond Race on March 5 2011 - where couples competed to win a beautiful diamond and raise funds for the Rare Disease Foundation. Take a look at a video highlight real here and stand by for details on the next Diamond Race!


During the first annual ACMG Foundation Day of Caring, the ACMG Foundation, a prominent non-profit genetics foundation based in Bethesda, MD will give new bicycles to 20-25 children from the Rare Disease Foundation of Vancouver Br

Prominent Genetics Foundation to present Bikes to Children with Rare Diseases at heartwarming first annual Day of Caring event to be held Saturday March 19, 2011 at Vancouver BC convention centre. Read more...


November 25th marked the 3rd annual Lace-Up for Kids - an event targeted to raise money for the Rare Disease Foundation and Children's Hospital

Read more about the amazing 3rd annual Lace-Up for Kids in the December 1st 2010 edition of UBC REC's The Point.


UBC REC presents the third annual Lace-Up for Kids, a skate-a-thon in support of the Rare Disease Foundation.

The Rare Disease Foundation is featured in the November 21 2010 edition of the North Shore News.


Ever wondered whom the money raised from Lace-Up for Kids goes to benefit?

Read about Karen and Mirana as UBC REC's Navi Dasanjh interviews them for the November 15th edition of The Point.


Over $62 000 raised for rare disease research at UBC REC's Lace Up for Kids event

On November 26th, the UBC community and the rare diseae community came together at Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre to help kids shine bright! Over $62 000 was raised to support the Rare Disease Foundation's Microgrant program. Many thanks to UBC REC and BC Children's Hospital Foundation for all their help in making the event an overwhelming success.


In the days that followed the birth of her first child, Ani Khoudian's heart was overflowing with questions about what the future would hold for him.



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