Guillain-Barré Syndrome Hope in Motion Ride

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How YOU Can Help Today

1. Donate
Any amount you give helps fund research through the GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada, research that is desperately needed to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent this devastating syndrome.

It also allows the GBS/CIDP Foundation to support patients and families to ensure they don't face GBS alone. These support efforts include, among others:

Connecting Patients with Caring and Dedicated Volunteers

Providing Regular Support Group Meetings

Developing Educational Resources

Facilitating Community Gatherings at Events

2. Donate Plasma
Plasma donations are used to create Intravenous Immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG), the main treatment used for Natalie and many others with her diagnosis.

Canada Blood Services: https://www.blood.ca/en/plasma/donating-plasma

Héma-Québec: https://www.hemaquebec.ca/en/plasma-donation

3. Donate to My Ride
Make a difference with me on September 26, 2026, and help us make sure no one faces GBS alone.

4. Share Our Story
Awareness is everything. The more people who hear this message, the more lives can be touched when their world suddenly turns upside down.

Please click here for Eric's Hope In Motion donation page

Please click here for ongoing donations to the GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada

Donate today. Any amount makes a difference, whether it's $25, $50, more or less, and helps us reach our goal of raising $5,000.

Thank you so much for your support.

— Eric & Natalie Sabourin

Cornwall, Ontario. That's where it all began, my sister Natalie, our parents Roger and Monique, and me. We were a tight family, held together by faith, love, and a simple rule our father repeated our whole lives: "If you're going to do something, do it right."

In 2004, we lost both our parents within months of each other. From that point on, it was just the two of us, and we became inseparable.

Natalie was my anchor through every hardship.

My cheerleader.

My role model.

She was the strong one. The healthy one. The unstoppable one.

Then, in August 2024, her world stopped.

She didn't know it yet, but the hardest fight of her life was upon her.

-Eric