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RUNNING FOR A CURE BCNU MEMBERS across the province participated in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society’s CIBC Run for the Cure. The Oct. 1 event saw BCNU members, along with their family and friends, running at eight locations and raising over $7,900 for breast cancer research and support. Therese Dykstra is a retired nurse who volunteered on behalf of BCNU at the Nanaimo run. She’s been coming to the event since 2012. “In the beginning it was to help a colleague, and then it became a mission to spread the word,” she says. “I was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in June 2015. I manned the booth that year with no hair – I will be there for as long as I can.” BCNU Thompson North
Okanagan region chair Tracy Quewezance was the union’s top fundraiser, gathering over $1,600 in donations. And the BCNU Prince George team led by captain Tish Trevelyan took honours as the top corporate fundraising team in that community’s event.
The first Run for the Cure was held in 1992 when a small group of volunteers in Toronto’s High Park brought 1,500 people together to raise awareness and $85,000 for the breast cancer cause. Today, the event has nearly 100,000 participants across Canada. •
THE RUNNERS 1. South Islands region co-chairs Margo Wilton and Lynnda Smith (back, left to right) are joined by Janeth Tomines (front left), South Islands region steward liaison Jessica Celeste (front centre) and Lee Yong. 2. Fraser Valley members Susanne Banta and Rose Mahoney. 3. South Fraser Valley region co-chair Hardev Bhullar, lobby coordinator Tashnumaity Minwalla and region co-chair Walter Lumamba. 4. North East region communications secretary Sarra Smeaton (back left), region chair Danette Thomsen (back, second from left), mental health rep Laura Baker (back, second from right) and professional responsibility advocate Barb Erickson (back right) are joined by (front left to right) treasurer Hanna Embree, Sonja Wall, Tish Trevelyan, lobby coordinator Tracey Jonker, Corinne McMorrow and Sharon Bryce. 5. Retired member Therese Dyksta and Pacific Rim region lobby coordinator Christine Franic. 6. Thompson North Okanagan region steward liaison Tracey Musey, region chair Tracy Quewezance and Trish Wood.
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THANK YOU BCNU TEAM CAPTAINS! ABBOTSFORD Jeremy Duenk, Tracey Greenberg Heather Wiens KAMLOOPS Tracy Quewezance KELOWNA Rhonda Croft PRINCE GEORGE Tish Trevelyan NANAIMO Christine Franic SURREY Walter Lumamba VANCOUVER Brooke Raphael VICTORIA Jessica Celeste
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