May 13, 2022 — San Francisco to Chicago (60,000 United Mileage Plus Miles and $12 USD) When Ronald’s mother Rose died of leukemia, his father used alcohol to cope and was unable to properly parent his three children. At age 16, Ronald was forced to quit school, get a job, help support the family, and […]
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May 6, 2022 – Kelowna to Toronto (66,000 Aeroplan points & $400 CDN, Saskatoon to Toronto (52,000 Aeroplan points & $340 CDN) Growing up in a family with seven siblings, there probably wasn’t a lot of alone time. But now, well into adulthood, the family is scattered across the country and so when someone needs
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May 13, 2022 – Calgary to Ottawa (28,700 Aeroplan points and $92.00 CDN) Mary and her siblings watched both their parents die from cancer. Now that she’s been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer herself, she knows what to expect. She knows that her decline is coming and the end is imminent. But for
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May 12, 2022 —St. Louis – Las Vegas – St. Louis (97,500 United Miles & $16.80 USD) We all know that families can be complicated. But at Give A Mile, we also believe that everyone deserves a last chance to make things right. Harvey and his wife divorced when his three daughters were young and
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May 6, 2022 — Regina, Saskatchewan to Nanaimo, BC (19,600 Aeroplan points & $125.00) It’s the call that every parent dreads. Sue’s 29-year-old son was dying in an ICU two provinces away. The hospital staff was telling her his life would be counted in hours and she should get to him as soon as possible to
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April 28, 2022 —Calgary, Alberta to Juba, South Sudan (200,000 points and $1200 CDN) In 2000, Deborah escaped the war in South Sudan with her daughter. Together, they lived in a refugee camp for ten years before being sponsored by a Calgary-based church to immigrate to Canada. In 2020, Deborah battled ovarian cancer, then breast
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April 23, 2022 —Windsor, Ontario to Moncton, New Brunswick 45,000 points & $250 Billy is a 54-year-old man who has been HIV positive for 29 years and now finds himself living in a nursing home in Ontario, suffering from dementia, and AIDS-related conditions that have compounded to bring him to the end of his life.
Man returns to New Brunswick to live his final days with family Read More »
April 20, 2022 — Vancouver, Canada to Goa, India 117,000 points & $1000.00 CDN After the death of her husband, Rosetta came to Canada from India to visit her only child and his new family. She was a healthy senior, who set daily targets to get 10,000 steps per day walking her grandchild around the
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Victoria, BC to Calgary, AB – 27,500 miles required Jennifer* is a full-time student of Chinese Medicine studying thousands of miles from her family. Her father, a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada nearly 40 years ago, has been a kind and patient person who Jennifer describes as her “greatest dream supporter.” In her own
Daughter longs to be with Dad as he battles lung cancer. Read More »
My niece Soraya, 11 years old, who is at end of life care at Hospice in Calgary, Alberta. She has a rare terminal form of brain cancer and is followed by the Palliative care team. I am her favourite Aunt and she calls me her second mom. Departing: Manilla, Phillipines Arriving: Calgary, AB
