Light up the Tree
and make life brighter for kids!
Ambassadors of the
Youth Tree of Lights
Sponsor a School
Sponsor a SchoolSearch for the school’s name to access their
fundraising page. Click on the “Light Up the Tree”
button located on the school page.
Loïs, 14 years old
Light up the Tree
and make life brighter for kids!
Malika, 16 years old
Sponsor a Student
Search for the student’s name to access their
fundraising page. Click on the “Light Up the Tree”
button located on the student page.
Mathis, 14 years old
Light up the Tree
and make life brighter for kids!
Jordanne, 17 years old
In conjuction with
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Three ways you can support the Youth Tree of Lights
Sponsor a Student
Search for the student’s name to access their fundraising page. Click on the “Light Up the Tree” button located on the student page.
Sponsor a School
Search for the school’s name to access their fundraising page. Click on the “Light Up the Tree” button located on the school page.
Sponsor the Event
Support youth’s fundraising efforts.
Make a general donation the Youth Tree of Lights campaign.
Tools to help your fundraiser shine
Participating students can count on the Youth Tree of Lights toolkit to shine a light on their efforts for the cause. It’s full of handy tips plus visuals to share on social media and sample texts.
A GROUNDSWELL OF GENEROSITY
The Sainte-Justine Youth Tree of Lights
From November 3 to 29, 2025
This November, the Sainte-Justine Youth Tree of Lights campaign is back for a sixth year—and it’s more ambitious than ever! Building on the extraordinary momentum of the first five annual editions, the campaign is an opportunity for private schools across Quebec to shine the spotlight on their commitment to Sainte Justine, its patients, and its medical staff.
Private school students will help illuminate the base of the Sainte Justine Tree of Lights by asking friends and family to donate $5 per bulb. Their efforts will kick off this flagship holiday fundraising campaign, and the total amount raised will be dramatically unveiled at the tree-lighting ceremony.
Together, let’s send a message of hope to Sainte-Justine this holiday season. Because there’s nothing more powerful than young people coming together to help their peers.
INSPIRING AMBASSADORS
Your lights illuminate their path to recovery
Collège Esther-Blondin
Jordanne, 17 years old
Jordanne has been dealing with a severe form of Crohn’s disease since the age of 10. Despite her daily pain and numerous hospitalizations, Jordanne has decided to turn her ordeal into a source of light and inspiration for the other patients at Sainte-Justine and is actively involved in research.
On December 1, both Jordanne and the Tree of Lights campaign will celebrate their 18th birthdays.
Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert
Loïs, 14 years old
Last year, Loïs’ vision clouded, then his world collapsed when he learned that a tumour had grown in a risky area of his brain. At the age of 14, he was told that surgery would be too dangerous and that he would have to live with this tumour for the rest of his life.
Motivated by the prospect of helping other young people like himself, he joined a promising clinical trial with encouraging results.
Collège Reine-Marie
Malika, 16 years old
When Malika, a passionate volleyball player, was just 13 years old, her dream of a future in sports was suddenly thwarted by a serious knee injury. For months, she was forced to replace volleyball practice with physical therapy. Now, thanks to the support of the teams at the sports medicine clinic and her unfailing determination, Malika is back on the court and stronger than ever.
Today, she hopes to inspire other young people to go the extra mile for Sainte-Justine.
Collège Regina Assumpta
Mathis, 14 years old
By just 6 months of age, Mathis already had 35 degrees of curvature in his spine. His condition only grew worse over the next few months, reaching more than 100 degrees. At Sainte-Justine, Mathis is cared for by a state-of-the-art orthopedic team, who help him cope with the regular surgeries required by his orthopedic rods.
This year, Mathis will be taking up the cause, with his whole school’s support, for the sixth edition of the Youth Tree of Lights campaign.
SPARKING HOPE FOR 18 YEARS
Sainte-Justine Tree of Lights
Quebecers have been actively contributing to Sainte-Justine’s mission of excellence since 2008 by making thousands of lights twinkle on the Tree of Lights in exchange for a donation of $5 per bulb. The support of the community is crucial in helping the teams at Sainte-Justine take pediatric medicine to the next level and remain at the forefront of innovation for young patients and their families.
In the past 18 years, more than $18,5 million has been raised to continuously improve the care provided to children from across the province.
CAUSE
Growing Beyond our wildest dreams
Providing care in childhood has more impact to ensure better overall health overall than intervening at any other stage of life. More than ever, Growing Beyond for every child in a targeted way makes it possible to prevent and predict the onset of illness that could limit their immediate and future development. Acting early, often in the mother’s womb, means preventing the onset of more serious forms of disease. It has a transformative effect on the entire life trajectory of a child and his or her family.
There’s not a minute to lose to transform the life of every child in Québec. With its exceptional mobilizing force, youth allows our university-affiliated hospital to keep up with the best in pediatrics.
Growing beyond with us means transforming lives, for life.
