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December 20, 2013Heather is taking back her Christmas spirit
Heather was diagnosed with cervical cancer a week before Christmas in 2008. This year, she’s making an effort to celebrate December instead of letting that day control her.
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December 19, 2013
Heather was diagnosed with cancer five years ago today
Five years ago today, Heather was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 27-years-old. Heather was a new mom–her daughter was four-and-a-half-months old. Heather spent her 28th birthday touring the Saskatoon Cancer Centre.
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Keep on track with YACC!
We are pumped to offer a 2014 YACC calendar that you can hang on your very own wall! Each month features some of our amazing survivors, and we have included all our program dates so you can make sure to plan around Retreat Yourself, Retreat Yourself Adventure, and the Survivor Conference.
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December 18, 2013
Here for the holidays
It has been 15 years since Geoff’s first holiday season with cancer, and we wanted to share the moment with you via this blog post originally posted in December 2009.
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December 12, 2013
Interested in leading Localife Edmonton?
Ashley Rose has decided to step down from her post as one half of the Localife Edmonton team, and since each city has two leaders, we are looking for someone to pair up with Dan Nielsen to plan fun, activity-based social outings in the Edmonton area.
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December 07, 2013
Thank you to our Big Cancer Hook-up partners!
As we continue to come down from the high that was the first ever Big Cancer Hook-up we want to send a huge shout out to our local partners!
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December 02, 2013
Save the dates for the 2014 program schedule!
We have narrowed down the dates and locations for our 2014 program calendar, and we wanted you to be among the first to know about them! Have a look, check your calendars, and start counting down the days! We can’t wait to see you!
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November 20, 2013
CancerCare Manitoba social worker is pumped for the Big Cancer Hook-up
I remember a YA at a workshop coining the phrase, “We may be rare, but we are there!” We need YACC to connect us with YAs through events like Retreat Yourself and the Big Cancer Hook-up!
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Join us in person, online, on Facebook on November 30. Connect for yourself, and connect to support other YAs out there in small rural and northern communities. You can make things better in your own life and in the lives of others by just being there! -
November 13, 2013
This is the start of something big
We want to congratulate Heather Bonynge, Gerrad Downs, and Becky MacLean for being selected as our first “YACCtivists.”
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November 04, 2013
Meet our Big Cancer Hook-up panelists!
The Big Cancer Hook-up is coming your way at the end of November, and we wanted to introduce you to our exciting panelists to get you thinking about the discussion and any questions you may have!
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November 01, 2013
Canada Post Community Foundation for Children grants $18k to YACC
Monique Dumesnil and Jerry Oliver from the Canada Post Community Foundation for Children came to the Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) office Friday afternoon to present a cheque for $18,100 as a part of this year’s program.
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October 29, 2013
YACC executive director receives the Aidan Maloney Emerging Professionals Award
Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) founder and executive director Geoff Eaton was named a recipient of the 2013 Aidan Maloney Emerging Professionals Award for Vocational and Community Service at the Rotary Club of St. John’s Northwest on October 29, 2013.
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