Milestone!

We are happy to announce that Spit for Science has reached a milestone - on Sunday May 16th we ran our 10,000th participant!

The special participant and his family allowed us to take pictures of this incredible moment to post on the blog - here's Owen with some of the Spit for Science staff as well as with his family.

Owen's parents had some great feedback about the experience:

"This certainly added some more excitement to our day! I've never seen Owen so excited to spit in a cup! We're happy that Owen could be the 10,000th child to participate in a study that could help so many children! Congratulations to everybody that has been involved!"

Updates and Feedback!

Believe it or not, we are up to 9741 participants. A big thank you to all the families who have taken part in our study. We will surely be celebrating once we reach 10,000 participants! If you're visiting the Ontario Science Centre over the next few weekends, the 10,000th participant could be you.

Here is some feedback we received from a family who took part in Spit for Science:

"Our family just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that Spit for Science is a brilliant idea. Having our children participate directly in an 'experiment' has lead to one of the more animated dinner conversations in our house this weekend! We have never been asked so many health/science questions before. I think we covered sampling, statistics, behaviour disorders, consent to treatment and DNA!!

You must also be congratulated on your choice of staff, lead by Hrag, as they were all knowledgeable, approachable, kid-friendly and answered all of the crazy questions that kids (and parents) will always ask!"

If you or your family has taken part in Spit for Science and want to give us some feedback, feel free to leave a comment below. We would love to hear your thoughts!