Can $5.00 make a difference curing or preventing cancer?
By Hystmill on March 12, 2006 - 6:11pm
Agnes, Donna, John, Lisa, Jennifer, these are all friends of mine who have survived various forms of cancer. Mom, Dad, Helen, Lindsay and Marty, those are family and friends of mine who lost their battle to cancer.
The Canadian Cancer Society is Canada's largest non profit society of research dollars in our country. In order to work towards preventing cancer, and looking for the all illusive cure, they have to look to us to raise those funds. Our government dollars only cover the cost of the treatment centres like the BC Cancer Agency for example. For us to find more ways to prevent cancer, and to have money to fund researchers from all over the world, Joe Q. Public are who they rely on to do their work.
With the onset of warm summer days, the Canadian Cancer Society hold events across the country known as Relay for Life. Teams join up and raise money and end their fun(d)raising to donate it at this 12 hour long event. Friends and family will ask "Would you be willing to sponsor me?
