Dream Factory co-founder battles terminal cancer, inspires living memorial campaign – Winnipeg [Video]
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Dream Factory co-founder battles terminal cancer, inspires living memorial campaign – Winnipeg [Video]

Co-founder of the Dream Factory in Winnipeg, Michelle Harrison, has inspired a living memorial campaign for the charity as she faces terminal cancer.

The factory is a non-profit that gives kids facing life-threatening illnesses unforgettable experiences.

In 1983, Harrison says she helped arrange for a young boy with brain cancer to meet his idol, Wayne Gretzky.

Now battling terminal lung cancer, Harrison says she wants to spend her remaining time giving back and is aiming to raise $60,000 for the factory as part of her living memorial campaign.

“I feel like I’m going to pass away with some sense of, look, I did something for the kids that I worked with for many years. And leaving this legacy behind with the Dream factory, of 40 years, just seemed the best thing to do,” she said.

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Executive director Andrew Kussy says that money will go towards creating more dreams for kids.

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