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June 09, 2020
We will do better.
The word “every” means a lot to YACC and we are committed to ensuring it authentically means “every colour” just as it does “every stage” and “every cancer.”
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May 22, 2020Geoff’s blog: Some COVID clarity
“If COVID has reminded me of anything, it’s that I’m still and always in control of me, my thoughts, my dreams, and how I use my fuel.”
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April 19, 2020
Kicking off National Volunteer Week 2020
That simple act of helping changes lives every day. It is essential to our way of life and you used it to build YACC. Thank you.
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April 14, 2020
I choose to learn through…
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was just on the other side of a bone marrow transplant and a one-month stay in the intensive care unit on one of those ventilators we hear so much about every day. For 23 days, a ventilator pushed air into my damaged lungs.
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April 01, 2020
Following Dora’s lead
Geoff writes about how we’re taking care of YACC and YACCers this week.
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March 24, 2020COVID-19: Constants and changes, danger and opportunity
“Every area of Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) has changed in the last week in some way. Here’s how we’re moving forward in the meantime.”
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September 25, 2019
Geoff’s blog: Look what you did! The YAC Prime Study findings
The power of connection is one of the many questions we had as we built the YAC Prime Study with Dr. Sheila Garland. Does being in connection with other young adults who “get it” matter? If so, how?
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August 28, 201819 things you didn’t know about my time in ICU
I played Risk the night before I went to hospital with a fever and an unknown infection in my Hickman catheter. And I won! I took over the world the […]
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June 07, 2018W.H. Day Elementary hosts 3rd Shave for the Brave!
The W.H. Day Elementary Thunderbolts held an INCREDIBLE Shave for the Brave on June 5. Young Adult Cancer Canada executive director Geoff Eaton was on site in Bradford, ON as […]
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May 28, 2018$121,000 raised at 2nd Annual Brave Brunch
The 2nd Annual Brave Brunch was held at Yellowbelly Brewery on Sunday, May 27. Shavers Paul Antle, David Steele, Marius Linstead, and Christian Legge faced off against the razor in support of young adults affected by cancer in Canada.
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August 24, 2017We’re one month away from the 18th Annual Climb!
We’ve had another tough run at YACC this year, losing amazing people in our community like Justin, Megan, Stephenie, Jody, and others. I’m climbing in memory of them, and to give YACC more resources to help their cancer brothers and sisters.
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April 04, 2017Treason: “He’s a crook” (Part 2)
Despite the goodwill of charitable supporters and the belief that “it’s a great cause,” the trust and belief we charities are afforded on the revenue side is sharply contrasted with the treasonous accusations levied on the expense side of our organizations.
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