The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is Canada’s largest single day, volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research, and education and awareness programs.
Each year, thousands of Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life unite to participate in the Run. Their reasons for participating vary, but they all have the same goal; to create a future without breast cancer.
On Sunday, October 3, 2010, Run, Walk and Give Generously.
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Zombies may want to eat your brain, but they also want to create a future without breast cancer. We’re thrilled at how creative these guys and ghouls got to raise awareness!
Zombie Car Wash, Photo by Dannielle Jennifer Oswell.
Zombies have a long tradition of community service.
Haitian folklore tells of voodoo sorcerers turning criminals into mindless zombies, where they would be put to work in the fields. It was in this vein that the idea for a Zombie Car Wash for charity was born.
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In celebration of National Survivor Day, Mary-Anne Brabander, a 33 year cancer survivor and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure participant, tells us her story.
Mary-Anne at the Run in 2007 wth her daughter, son, grandchildren and husband.
In early April 1977, I was almost 30 years old. I was a wife and the mother of two small children. My daughter was going on 6, and my son was 7 months old. I had just had his 6 month check-up where my doctor had discovered a mass in my right breast. He didn’t want to scare me. However, he suggested I have it looked at and made the appointment with the surgeon at the clinic in Montreal.
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The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is proud to announce the new Mississauga Run site for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure 2010. Mississauga Run Co-Director Jane Wilson tells us why she’s proud to be involved with the Run as a Mississauga resident and a breast cancer survivor.
Mississauga Co-Run Director and breast cancer survivor Jane Wilson
On August 4, 2009, I was feeling great. I was driving home from work, still relaxed and rejuvenated from the Mediterranean cruise that I had just returned home from just the night before. But then, my cell phone rang, and my mood changed. It was my doctor delivering the news of a biopsy that I had performed on a lump in my breast that I had found during a routine self-examination just before heading away. It was cancer. I had breast cancer. I don’t know how I continued to drive, as I was in complete shock. Because of my young age (I had just turned 34 years old), my overall good health and the fact that breast cancer does not run in my family, having breast cancer was not something that I ever thought would happen to me.
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The Honourable Belinda Stronach explains her connection to the cause and why she’s lending her support in creating a future without breast cancer by becoming the Honorary Chair of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure in York Region.
Belinda Stronach at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure 2009
York Region residents will once again participate in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure on Sunday October 3, 2010 and returning as Honorary Chair of the York Region Run site is The Honourable Belinda Stronach.
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