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October 23, 2015Fitness community punched October 4 in the face
On October 4, 2015 — exactly one year after Juggernaut (to the hour) — her friends at East Coast Conditioning set up a family-friendly obstacle course at their fitness centre to celebrate her memory with an added benefit of raising $1,000 in support of Young Adult Cancer Canada.
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October 16, 20152015 Taylor Bell Memorial Fundraiser
The first annual Taylor Bell Memorial Fundraiser was held at Julio’s Barrio in Calgary on October 10, 2015, and we have to say a big thank you to everyone that made the event so successful!
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October 09, 2015YACC values commitment
At our monthly team meetings, one of our crew members discusses one of our five values: strength, courage, commitment, heart, and trail-blazing. This is Geoff’s reflection from this month’s meeting.
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October 05, 2015Localife Ottawa: It’s (probably) not what you’re thinking
Though many questioned this event as the one to start off our Localife season (it was a very polarizing activity), all those who attended thought it was great. It was a perfect way to set the tone for the rest of the activities we have planned this season.
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RBC’s got YACC’s back
Pavlina Stanoev and Ursula Hann of RBC Royal Bank Elizabeth Avenue in St. John’s, NL present a $1,000 donation to Geoff Eaton, our executive director.
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October 02, 2015Retreat Yourself Adventure 2015 from the ground (and air and water)
we must remember that our cancer experience has also given us a new family, one that supports us as we brave these new difficult realities, and “new normals.”
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September 18, 2015The Lost and found box
The first time I realized I couldn’t see past six months at a time was when Dave asked me to marry him. At first, I was excited! But then I felt incredibly sad for him, guilty even, for letting him marry me. Marriage is supposed to last a long time, not just six months.
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September 15, 2015Gerrad’s blog: Waiting
Gerrad is back from a brief hiatus with an update, a bit on things that worry him, and a simple new trick he uses to manage the stress.
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September 10, 2015Five tips for a kick-ass Climb
There are just three necessary actions to hold a Climb: find something to climb, raise money, climb it.
If that’s all you do, you get a huge high five. However, if you feel like taking it a couple of steps further, here are five ways you can kick it up!
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September 01, 2015Managing our fear of recurrence
We fear recurrence, we fear a recurrence for our loved ones, we fear never feeling the way we did before cancer. And we find ways to cope and move on a little bit.
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August 25, 2015The Climb is back!
The Climb is a fundraising event based on overcoming challenges with a supportive community. In this case, it was inspired by Geoff’s goal to walk to the top of Signal Hill after his treatment left him unable to walk at all.
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August 24, 2015Localife St. John’s meets mad scientist on quest to cure cancer
On June 19, 2015, the secret agents of Localife St. John’s began our most recent mission: The Scientist at BreakOut NL.
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