Episode notes
A blue baby. A rushed ambulance ride. A dairy dad sitting in a hard plastic NICU chair, staring at a tangle of wires keeping his newborn son alive while 60 cows back home still needed milking. Somewhere between the beeps and the silence, one question started looping in his head: “How do I ever repay these people for what they’re doing for our son?” This episode follows what happened when a small Ontario dairy family tried to answer that question—and accidentally sparked a charity sale that’s now raised over $170,000 and changed how an entire industry shows up for its own.
The Story You’ll Hear
- The night a routine birth went sideways, a baby turned bluish-grey, and a family’s world suddenly tilted toward London Children’s Hospital.
- The 120‑day hospital marathon that followed—and what it’s really ...
Keywords
Calves for a Causedairy charity auctionCanadian Dairy XPOChildren's Health Foundationairy community impactMarkvale Holsteins