Tallyn Spring hosted her eighth birthday party Sunday afternoon. She didn’t get presents – she didn’t want them.
She asked everyone who attended her skating party at the Cardel Rec Center on Shawville Blvd S.E. to donate to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Neurosurgery unit.
Tallyn’s quest to raise money for the Alberta Children’s Hospital started when her older sister was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
On her third birthday, Tallyn emptied her piggy bank and gave it to the hospital and every year after that she’s asked anyone coming to her birthday just skip the presents and make the donation.
“So I can raise money for my sister’s surgeon to do more research because she has epilepsy and cerebral palsy,” Tallyn told CTV News Calgary. “My friend’s brother’s a Hitmen player and so I asked him if he could ask his mom if he can come and they said …