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September 18, 2015
The 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, 2015
Gerrad’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, 2015
Five 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, 2015
Managing 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, 2015
The 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, 2015
Localife 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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August 13, 2015
Texas 4000 found a way to increase the awesomeness
It was great to meet up with the Texas 4000 riders again this year to hear their stories from the last seven weeks, and to tell them more about what we do!
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August 11, 2015
Heather’s blog: One opportunity leads to another
By Heather Bonynge “Sometimes the bad things that happen to us in life, put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.” – […]
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August 07, 2015
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it
Geoff explains how tougher economic times and our deficit from the last fiscal year will make 2015-16 an extra challenging year for YACC, but we’ve still got your back.
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August 06, 2015
Dunk for the Brave 2015: A photo diary
Patrons of the 197th running of the Royal St. John’s Regatta helped us raise $4,044 in support of young adults affected by cancer!
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August 03, 2015
Living legends
We’ll spend the month of August talking about what “legacy” means to us, ideas for legacy projects, and what YACC is doing this year to add to our own story.
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July 23, 2015
Localife Ottawa: Hot hikes
It was our last event of the 2014/2015 year, so we told you to take a hike — and you listened! A group of adventurous Ottawa Localifers woke up bright […]
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