Love For Lewiston Foundation
A movement for movement:
Bridging the journey for families, driving systemic change, and relentlessly chasing a cure for SMA.
The Love for Lewiston Foundation is a movement for movement.
We believe physical agency is a right, not a privilege, and we exist to protect it. We are a lifeline for families navigating SMA, a voice for systemic change, and the relentless engine chasing a cure. We are a community in motion, refusing to stand still until no child is held back by their DNA and every family has the power to thrive.
Our efforts directly support the SMA community and The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
$624,000 of our $600,000 goal for 2025
The Love For Lewiston Foundation has raised over $3,400,000 to date!
There are endless ways that you can support The Love For Lewiston Foundation.
However you choose to show your support, whether you’d like to make a financial donation, volunteer your time, host an event, or donate your bottles, it all helps, and it’s all appreciated.
CHOOSE MOVEMENT
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BRING JOY
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SPREAD LOVE
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CHOOSE MOVEMENT 〰️ BRING JOY 〰️ SPREAD LOVE 〰️
Why It Matters
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a disease that deteriorates physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord. This weakening continues to take away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe eventually.
Our Story & ONE SEVEN NINE
The Love For Lewiston Foundation was born from a position the Olstad’s embraced to spend their son Lewiston’s first birthday as a celebration of his short but influential life and the belief to their core that Lewiston’s message of “squeezing a little tighter, loving a little deeper and dancing a little longer,” was meant to be shared with the world.
Love For Lewiston, in partnership with TELUS STORYHIVE and South Base Films produced a documentary about SMA & Lewiston’s legacy called ONE SEVEN NINE.