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February 04, 2014Becky's blog: Cancer and silver linings, silver linings and losses
Despite the fact that I felt loved, I also felt incredibly lonely. I felt incapable of being honest with those around me about how I was feeling, and this led to feeling very isolated from others. It was not until I met Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) that things really began to change.
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February 03, 2014
There's a whole lotta lovin' going on
It was almost too obvious to ask JP Savard to send us something for the February message; of course he made us all swoon with this message about his wife, Jamie Carswell.
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January 30, 2014
Heather's blog: Training to be a YACCtivist
It’s impossible to describe how each and every time I meet up with people involved in this organization, I leave with a sense of clarity, inspiration, and realism that I don’t always get in my every day life. The difference at the end of this trip is that this time it feels a little more like a beginning.
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Localife Toronto: Facing fears in the freezing cold
Since Bonnie lived up to facing her challenge of singing two songs at karaoke in front of the Localife crew, Peter kept his bargain and got in ice skates for the first time in 20 years to do two laps.
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Localife Ottawa: From Tobogganing to Lonestar
Localife Ottawa had planned to go Mooney’s Bay Park for an afternoon of tobogganing on the hill. Unfortunately, for the whole week prior, the temperature had been yo-yoing up and down due to the polar vortex and many of our group came down with the flu.
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January 28, 2014
Survivor Profile Naaz Ali update
Survivor Profile We love catching up with profiled survivors, especially when the recap is as great as Naaz’s! Click here to check out out what’s new!
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January 20, 2014
Goaltender is back in action
Feel free to log in and establish those pathways to your goals!
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January 15, 2014
We have 12 messages for you
We know some of you really look forward to those new Elvis, travel, or Walking Dead calendar each year, but we loved the monthly messages so much we wanted to make sure you read them, too.
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January 05, 2014
Localife Edmonton: A sleigh ride revisited
Frigid weather ruined Localife Edmonton’s plans for a sleigh ride, but as Dan writes, “…as you learn when going through cancer, many times things are out of your control, and you have to adapt to the new scenarios as they are thrown at you.”
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January 02, 2014
Order your YACC calendar for just $9.99!
Celebrate life and learn more about the YACC community this year with a 2014 YACC calendar.
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December 30, 2013
Apply for Retreat Yourself Ontario
Apply now! Retreat Yourself Ontario, the first Retreat Yourself program for 2014, will be from April 10-14, 2014. Apply now!
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Help young adults find peace and happiness this year
With 2013 coming to an end, we hope the holiday season was everything you could wish for and you are excited about everything to come in the new year. We are excited about having an opportunity to help even more of the 7,000 young adults who will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
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