We’re championing liver health for every Canadian
We’re championing liver health for every Canadian. Here’s why…
A message from Tim Tutsch, CLF National Board of Director and Liver Disease Caregiver
My name is Tim. When my daughter was only five years old, her life was saved thanks to a living donor liver transplant. I have been passionate about the work of the Canadian Liver Foundation ever since—so much so that I now serve on the Board of Directors.
While my connection to the Canadian Liver Foundation was sparked by my family’s personal experience, there’s a vast network of people all across this country—more than 7 million of you!—who are living with a liver disease or care about someone who is. That means you know how hard it can be to face the challenges of a liver disease and how urgent it is that we fund more projects to help.
Please know that for every way you care about liver health, the Canadian Liver Foundation is here. Education, prevention, support, and research are in everything we do, and every way we do it.
We’re here for liver patients with every call. We’re ending stigma with every campaign. We’re advocating for change with every click. And we’re ramping up our efforts with every Canadian newly diagnosed with a liver disease.
Canada is facing a liver health problem. Liver disease is silent: it isn’t talked about enough, and it often isn’t detected until it’s too late. In short, too many Canadians are dying because a liver disease is under-diagnosed and undertreated. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The Canadian Liver Foundation has bold plans next year to respond to the growing need for liver disease education, prevention, support, and research all across Canada. For example:
🫱 Expanding our Peer Support Group Program to reach more Canadians seeking out others affected by liver diseases
🥗 Adding nutrition advice to our patient support program, in response to increased requests about liver-healthy eating
💬 Expanding the LIVERight Forum to Atlantic Canada, so people there can benefit from in-person information and connections to support their liver health
🏥 Expanding the FibroScan fatty liver disease screening program from just British Columbia to Nova Scotia and Ontario, so more people can benefit from liver health assessment
📚 Expanding our Elementary/Middle School Liver Health Presentations so more young people can learn how to prevent or manage a liver disease
🧭 Creating a Transplant Navigator Program to guide people through the transplant process and provide resources for running campaigns to find a living donor
🧬 Funding new research projects thanks to some exciting new partnerships
With these new and expanded initiatives, we’ll continue to support every way that Canadians need us to be there for them.
More than half of our annual funding comes from donors. Will you make a donation to fund every way the Canadian Liver Foundation helps, and make 2025 our most impactful year yet?
Every day we are here for Canadians. Supporting them through the challenges of their liver diseases. Answering calls when they need someone to talk to about their diagnosis. Connecting them to living transplant donors. Guiding them through preventative efforts. And more.
Thank you for helping Canadians facing liver diseases today, and reducing the number of Canadians that face it tomorrow. I invite you to fund every way today, and see the difference your support makes.
Sincerely,
Tim Tutsch
Father to Isabella, who received a liver transplant in 2021
P.S. Your support of the Canadian Liver Foundation enables us to be a champion for liver health and the 7+ million Canadians living with liver disease. Give now and fund every way our work makes a difference.