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Exciting opportunity in Ottawa: Become a Localife Leader!

Localife is an initiative that involves young adult cancer survivors (YAs) and supporters coming together to enjoy fun activities and social time with their peers. It was developed by Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) to address the isolation that many YAs face after diagnosis. Localife has just held it’s first anniversary in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Ottawa, and we are currently recruiting one person to join the Ottawa team for year two!

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Localife Ottawa: Go-karts and mini putt at Karters' Korner

The sun was shining, the weather was fantastic, spirits were high, and we were all looking forward to the activities on Saturday, July 27, 2013 as we descended upon Karters’ Korner for a afternoon of mini putt and go-karting.

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Localife Ottawa: What a (sugar) rush!

On April 6, Localife Ottawa made a trek about an hour east of Ottawa to Bean Town Ranch to experience a real sugary treat.

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Localife Ottawa: Winterlude

It was a picturesque day in Ottawa. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and people filled the streets.

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Localife Ottawa: Cancun Jackson

The roads were stained white with salt and the bitter winter wind stung the face. It was the first YACC Localife event of 2013 and we had high hopes.

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Localife Ottawa: "Your sweater is absolutely hideous"

How often can you say that to someone and mean it as a compliment?

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Localife Ottawa: Hole-in-ones and four-cheese dip

We had to postpone our original plans of getting out onto Dows Lake due to the weather, we still managed to get a bunch of survivors out for an excellent game of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf at Putting Edge in Nepean.

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Localife Ottawa: BBQ at the Maplesoft Centre

The sun was shining and there was not a single cloud in the sky–July 27, 2012 was a great day for a BBQ.

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