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February 11, 2015There's nothing better than sweating on a Saturday
MAX Fitness and Conditioning Centre’s 3rd Surge for Cancer was held at Buckmaster’s Circle Recreation Centre on February 7, 2015. The day saw 6,811 wall balls, push-ups, rope slams, box […]
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February 06, 2015Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Kathy Stock
Kathy is a member of the YACC team in St. John’s with a focus on public speaking and awareness. She is also a Localife St. John’s leader, professional musician, singer and songwriter, volunteer at her church, and board member for several community organizations. She loves being with her family, being outside in the sun, and eating chocolate chip cookies.
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Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Jody Mason
Jody has been off on disability for the past 15 months as his current schedule of chemo every two weeks made it difficult to stay at work. He had to give up some former hobbies and contact sports after having a power port installed, and he currently spends his time watching TV, playing Xbox, reading comic books, hanging out with friends when possible, and napping. He said, “Naps are awesome.”
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Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Robin Harry
Robin grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica, but has lived in Toronto since the 1990s. She is currently doing her second undergraduate degree, a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, at the University of Toronto. She is a music junkie and sings in a gospel choir and says her dream job is to be a backup singer for my favourite musicians, but she’ll stick with health care, her other love.
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Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Janice Davidson
Janice is a social worker who says her three children are her biggest accomplishment, and her favourite things to do are to spend time with them and her husband, Ian—especially when they’re travelling or being active in some way.
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Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Christopher Chow
Chris is a freelance industrial and graphic designer who is currently working in Class Action Services as a claims evaluator. He also enjoys movies, TV, games, books, the Internet—basically anything that him procrastinate from the things he should be doing.
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Big Cancer Hook-up special guest: Jamie Carswell
Jamie is an RCMP CST with a passion for boxing, camping, quadding, travelling, being a super mom, playing with her dog, music, soulful conversation, tight hugs, cooking, comfortable silence, party planning, and anything else that gets her heart racing.
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February 05, 2015Localife Toronto: "Ohhhh Yeaaahh"
On January 30, 2015, Localife Toronto was fortunate to catch the last show of Cancer Can’t Dance Like This, a one-man comedy show about a cancer peer/survivor, Daniel Stolfi, who was experiencing cancer for the first time.
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February 02, 2015Remember: February's a short one
February can be a tough month in Canada — SAD kicks in, you can’t get outside as much, the studios are holding off on all the great movies, your favourite band got snowed in and couldn’t make the show. We know. But, we also know there will come an end, the birds will come back, we’ll only need one layer of clothing, and your YACC pals will be all over the Internet to keep you company in the meantime.
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January 31, 2015
There's still time to take #YACCtotheMAX!
We’re gearing up to kick off our third week of the YACC/MAX Fitness and Conditioning Centre six-week wellness challenge (A.K.A. #YACCtotheMAX in the social sphere), so we wanted to check in to see how everyone’s doing, and remind you it’s not too late to join in!
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January 29, 2015
Localife Ottawa: B is for bowling and Boston Pizza
On Janaury 17, Localife Ottawa had our first event of 2015. We decided to forego the bitter outdoors and go back to Merivale Bowling Lanes for an evening of five-pin bowling.
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January 19, 2015
MAX and YACC are making wellness easy!
After a great partnership built on the success of Surge for Cancer, we’re pumped to announce our brand new collaboration with MAX Fitness and Conditioning Centre — a six-week wellness challenge to help you take teeny, tiny steps to becoming that healthier human you resolved to be back when this new year started!
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