Relay For Life 2015 in Nova Scotia by Canadian Cancer Society, Nova Scotia Division

Relay For Life 2015 in Nova Scotia Wrap Up Report

What’s Inside

A Word From Our CEO

Relay Wrap Ups

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Robin’s Reason to Relay

Dream Team

Alain’s Reason to Relay

Where Your Money Goes

A Note to our Sponsors

Relay For Life In Nova Scotia OVER

$1.34M RAISED IN 25 NOVA SCOTIA RELAY FOR LIFE EVENTS

BECAUSE OF

SURVIVORS

4,646

TEAMS

You stand proud during the survivor lap, you quietly reflect during the luminary ceremony, and you celebrate as we close another year of Relay.

The money you raise will be used to support important cancer research and ensure that Canada’s best researchers continue to unlock the mysteries of these 200 diseases we call cancer. But beyond research, your donations support important support programs. In Nova Scotia, The Lodge That Gives and the Cape Breton Accommodations Programs offer cancer patients and their families a caring, comfortable home-away-from-home during cancer treatment. Your donations ensure that we can continue to be the warm smile, the caring words and the safe harbour during life’s worst storms. You make all this possible. Thank you!

PARTICIPANTS

You each have your own reasons, your own motivations and your own stories of why you choose to fight this dreaded disease we call cancer.

We recognize the work you undertake as a volunteer, a participant or a donor, to raise much needed funds. We understand the commitment you make to attend the event. We thank you for caring about all those touched by cancer. We celebrate your desire to make a difference.

2015 Quick Facts

1,754

As a participant in Relay For Life, you join thousands of other Canadians in the single largest cross country fundraising event in Canada.

546 1,271 VOLUNTEERS

P.S. We hope you will join us again next year. We encourage you to share this story with your friends, family and colleagues. We invite you to proudly continue to be part of the biggest, most impactful fundraising event in Canada that dares to stand up to cancer – and who one day will win!

Barbara Stead-Coyle Chief Executive Officer Canadian Cancer Society Nova Scotia Division

Relay 2015 in photos

Amherst

Arichat

Bridgewater

June 6, 2015

June 5, 2015

Mark Casey – Leadership Chair

Marie Dewolf – Leadership Chair

Sarah Wentzell – Leadership Chair

158 195 70 83 58 169 $106,450

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$29,700

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$58,200

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

85 21 25 12 25 22

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Team Scotia $16,371 BK Believers $13,496 Warehouse Warriors $8,138

Mad Hatters $2,982 Volleyball Attackers $1,865 Les Tucks $1,820

Tina’s Tigers $5,285 BES Bears $5,097 Bevy’s Beavers $4,860

Community Supporters

Casey Concrete Casey Realty CIBC Asset Management CIBC Wood Gundy Fidelity Investments Hicks LeMoine Law Office Jim Hathaway Ford JM Giffen Jorgenson and Bickerton MacIsaac Darragh Chartered Accountants Sentry Investments Tec Investments

AFL Tanks East Coast Credit Union Loch Side Auto Mary Stone Bluenose Insurance Nova Scotia Power NuStar Terminals Canada Partnership Port Hawkesbury Paper RBC St Joseph’s Credit Union

A.C. Belliveau CKBW/ COUNTRY 100.7 FM Culligan Water MacDonald Chisholm Track

Chester

Cheticamp

Clare

June 19, 2015

May 29, 2015

June 13, 2015

Sheila Hirtle and Lynn Hatt – Leadership Chairs

Anne Marie Legrand – Leadership Chair

Ryan Robichaud – Leadership Chair

49 106 60 98 102 169 $40,250

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$28,450

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$43,300

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

37 10 35 11 75 11

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Oran’s Angelfish $7,486 Daffadilly Queens $6,626 Team Allyson $4,457

Cancer Fighting Dragons $2,649 Rainbow Rockstarz $2,565 Foyer Fiset/Let’s Shut out Cancer $1,985

Pirates of the Curribeans $5,639 Team Comeau $5,378 Care Bears $4,996

Community Supporters

Thank you to our numerous local business supporters

Community Supporters

Access Storage Armstrong Insurance Chester Area Middle School Chester District School Chester Volunteer Fire Department Collicutts Building Supplies South Shore Sand and Gravel Costie Investments - Chester Subway GN Thermo Equipment GN Plastics Limited Hawboldt Industries Limited Martin Hiltz MLA, Chester-St.Margaret’s Denise Peterson-Rafuse Municipality of the District of Chester New Ross Credit Union Shoreham Ladies Auxilliary South Shore Taxi

Caisse Populaire De Clare Cape View Restaurant Clare Dodge Comeau Farm Market Comeau Seafoods Cuisine Robicheau Ltd. DJ Corner Store Ecole Secondaire de Clare Evelina’s Rapure Freshmart Le Guide Acadien de Clare LeBlanc Waterworks Rapure Acadienne Roadside Grill and Cabins Seashore Restaurant and Blue Rock Lounge Spectacle Lake Construction Ltd. Tim Hortons

Colchester County Dartmouth

Digby

June 12, 2015

June 26, 2015

June 6, 2015

Teri Nott – Leadership Chair

Corinna Snooks and Ray Rawding – Leadership Chairs

Mike Muise – Leadership Chair

101 201 50 216 55 74 $62,500

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$72,650

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$33,900

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

45 27 78 26 50 9

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Jedi Christian $8,150 Painted Ladies $8,112 Team Tandus Centiva $5,552

Keep Hope Alive $11,858 Curves Bootilicious $10,749 Colby Mammies $5,760

Team Brent $9,197 Municipal Millipedes $6,292 Maureen’s Hummingbirds $3,592

Community Supporters

Aggregate Equipment Caldwell Roach Insurance Contract Cleaning & Restoration Fowler Construction Services Ltd. Pye Chevrolet Woodworth Trucking Vantage Motors

96.5 - HRM Radio Sponsor Anapolie Pizza Chater’s Meat Market Dartmouth Photo Society Eain Lipp Freeman’s Audio Visual GBS Mobility Holiday Inn Ian Lewer, DJ Knights of Columbus Paladin Security Royal Flush Scanway Shaw Resources Sound by Baak Tim Hortons

Annapolis Basin Conference Centre Balser’s Pharmachoice Bay Ferries Bluewave Fuels Coastal Inn Kingfisher Digby Eye Care Centre DJ Manufacturing Inc. Guy’s Frenchys Jayne’s Funeral Home Ltd Larche Industrial Marine Ltd New Tusket Baptist Auxiliary Oliver Janson Law Inc. Sanford & Associates SWNDHA

Eastern Shore

ROBIN’S REASON TO RELAY

June 12, 2015 Michelle Hylands – Leadership Chair

49 49

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$19,650

RAISED

SURVIVORS

42 6

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams Divine Walkers $3,547 Fire and Friends $3,382 Helping Hands $3,243 Community Supporters 2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets Eastern Shore Community Centre ESDH Glee Club HRSB Youth Choir The Lion’s Club Tim Hortons RBC

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Robin McGee [Cancer Survivor]

From my perspective, I’ve only got so much time so I’ve got to spend it doing these kind of things. Remission for me can end any time.”

“Cancer may indeed take me out someday. But if it does, I will go down swinging. No matter how many years I have left, I will devote them to helping people like myself...to help them face it, get through it, and connect despite it.” As a clinical psychologist, Robin McGee’s daily work is to help people. When she received a diagnosis of late-stage colorectal cancer, and was then told that her cancer had metastasized to an inoperable location, and that her survival chances were less than 4%. She described it as “being clubbed on the head and thrown in a mud pit. You are stunned, and you can claw at the walls all you want – you cannot get out. And the monster is coming.” Robin’s cancer journey was a difficult one. She had 28 days of chemotherapy and radiation in combination, a major surgery, six months of chemotherapy, and then a second surgery. She turned to the Canadian Cancer Society for help and through the CancerConnection program, she was matched with a woman who had a similar experience and was able to offer advice, comfort and inspiration. “Now that I am a survivor, I’m returning the favour by helping others through their cancer experience. I have had the privilege of providing support and mentorship to more than 20 people facing a cancer diagnosis. CancerConnection trains volunteers to provide emotional support and share practical insights about living with cancer.” Robin is also an avid Relay For Life participant. Since 2012 Robin has been the top fundraiser at the Middleton, Nova Scotia Relay For Life, her team has ranked in the top two teams each year as well. Robin shared her story in her new book “The Cancer Olympics”. She also generously donated a portion of the proceeds from the sale of her book to the Canadian Cancer Society.

East Hants June 19, 2015 Christine Rainnie – Leadership Chair

50 154

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$45,450 Thank you to the 2015 Dream Team for raising more than $105,000 towards the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Dan McKeen Bell Aliant Paul Janes Deloitte Kiki Kachafanas Unsworth Kachafanas Scott Balfour Emera Phil Otto Revolve

We would like you to meet the incredible individuals who are the members of your 2015 Nova Scotia Dream Team. They are leaders at work and are committed to ensuring they give back to the communities and causes that touch them. This year, as with the previous teams, they each committed to raising $10,000 each and together raised an amazing $105,000.

Thank you on behalf of all Nova Scotians. You have set the bar for next year’s team!

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VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Dream Team Members Jeff Forbes, Team Captain Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette Chris Keevill Colour Bonnie Bagnall Franchise Owner Darren Zwicker Terra Puree Environmental

RAISED

SURVIVORS

BTFB $5,547 Carolyn’s Crusaders $4,962 Keep Calm and Relay On $4,511 Community Supporters Advanced Systems Chad White DJ Services East Hants Sportsplex Enfield Legion Enfield RCMP Royal Canadian Legion Sharon Lee Walker and Christina Jardine The Weekly Press Tim Hortons

Halifax

Hants West

Kentville

June 20, 2015

June 13, 2015

June 20, 2015

Lindsey McIntyre – Leadership Chair

Bonnie Smith – Leadership Chair

Marjo Belknap – Leadership Chair

34 310 78 168 54 150 $89,250

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$42,650

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$47,150

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

59 38 50 21 38 19

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

On the Go for Brujo $8,295 Society Steppers $7,625 Angels of Hope $6,436

Atlantic Superstore Bandits $6,515 Windsor Wrecks $6,268 Chickadees and Friends $3,149

Pastor Tim’s Team $8,675 Grant Thornton Wildcats $6,867 TOPS#378 Kentville $4,929

Community Supporters

96.5 - HRM Radio Sponsor Medavie Blue Cross

Atlantic Superstore Dr. Pirie, Dentist Haley Lynn & Tiffany Ettinger, face painting Home Hardware International Tattoo Jetibounce Bouncy House New Boundaries Pharmasave The Discovery Centre The Hearthstone Tim Hortons

AVR/Magic 94.9 Bethany Memorial Baptist Church Boston Pizza New Minas Dance Express DJ Services David Brown Limited Eagle Crest Golf Course East Coast Wedding Supplies Great Valley Juices Party Central Sobeys New Minas Town of Kentville Valley Credit Union

Middleton

Parrsboro

Pictou County

June 13, 2015

August 28, 2015

June 27, 2015

Claude Grimard and Tina Uhlman – Leadership Chairs

Jill McTiernan – Leadership Chair

Vicki Moore – Leadership Chair

111 137 23 39 115 360 $43,650

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$9,100

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$87,600

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

29 20 22 9 64 37

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

On Board for Life $10,123 Kitchen Kuties $3,224 405 Sqn – Hopefinders $2,843

Ground Breakers 2: Growing the Seeds of Hope $1,655 Hope Grows $1,192 Sean’s Super Heroes $949

Marilyn’s Team $7,386 Rays of Hope $6,388 Laps For Life $5,641

Community Supporters

14 Wing Greenwood Ami Jo 1 Limited C M H Construction Parsons Motors Limited Rafuse Golf Cars RONA T & S Office Supplies Town of Middleton TRA Atlantic

Oxford Frozen Foods Ray & Jay Farms Quinn Construction

Adventure Motors Bergengren Credit Union Big 8 Beverages Hector Broadcasting & ECFM 94.1 Highland Nissan Ford Holiday Inn Express - Stellarton New Glasgow Regional Police North Shore Events Red Devil Enterprises Ltd. Sobeys Summer Street Industries The Advocate The News Tim Hortons Town of New Glasgow TRA Foods Travel Our Way Trinity Maintenance Wearwell Garments Ltd.

Sackville

ALAIN’S REASON TO RELAY

June 12, 2015 Mary Marson – Leadership Chair

49 176 PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$37,900

RAISED

SURVIVORS

15 22

VOLUNTEERS

Alain Vallée [Cancer Prevention Advocate]

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams Calaais Comrades $5,599 Mary Kay Angels $3,290 Cars R Us $2,256 Community Supporters Cars R Us East Coast Credit Union Sackville Business Association

“

Everyone has a cancer story. We’ve all been affected by cancer in some way, shape, or form. I want to tell Marc’s story because he can’t.”

At the age of 20, Marc Vallée was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. It presented itself as a dark mole on his chest, and a large section of his skin was removed in the hopes of getting all of the cancer. A few years later, Marc was on a trip in France when he became very ill and lost motor function on one side of his body. It was then discovered he had developed complications including blood clots and brain tumors. “My parents flew to France to be by Marc’s side, while my other brother and I were left to wonder if we would ever see him again,” says Alain. “A blessing in disguise is that France is home to some of the best brain surgeons around. Marc had an operation to drain his blood clots, he recovered and regained complete motor function, but the tumors remained.” After a short recovery time, he returned to Nova Scotia, however, his new diagnosis was grim. The cancer had spread not only to his brain but to his bones, liver, and other vital organs as well. A treatment plan was in place but the cancer was relentless. One month after the event in France, Marc passed away. “I remember holding his hand and having him clench back one last time,” says Alain. “It simply wasn’t fair. Marc’s life had been cut so short, and he had such incredible potential. He was at McMaster University pursuing Medical Physics at the time, and had plans to improve diagnostic imaging for cancer detection as well as treatment protocols.”

“Prevention is better than a cure, we can stop many cancers before they even start.” 11

Strait Area

Sydney

The Bay

June 19, 2015

June 5, 2015

June 6, 2015

Donna George and Erica Lynch – Leadership Chairs

Colleen MacKinnon – Leadership Chair

Penny Banfield – Leadership Chair

83 100 98 296 16 121

$42,700

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$60,150

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$46,000

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

59 11 70 48 40 11

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Ray Ray Sugarbears $7,947 CAL Blueberry $7,134 Hughies Hoofer $3,430

Steel Centre Credit Union $7,962 Warner’s Warriors $4,374 Wizards of Walmart Place $3,444

Cancer Kickers $11,634 Bean Team $7,500 Queen Lizzy Jewels $5,845

Community Supporters

Bluenose Enterprise Ltd. Canadian Pioneer Estates Canso Ford Gateway Hyundai Hatt’s Pharmacy (Medicine Shoppe) Hearthstone Island Gateway Medical Centre Louis’s Catering Midway Motors Norvon Nova Scotia Power NuStar Energy Ocean Paving Port Hawkesbury Paper RBC Schools Plus The Hawk The Reporter Town of Port Hawkesbury Tri-Mac Toyota Waycobah First Nation

103.5 The Eagle 101.9 The Giant CBRM Parks and Recreation Hampton Inn and Suites Majestic Entertainment NSCC, Marconi Campus Seymour Photography Steel Centre Credit Union

C.A.R.S Automotive Everlast Electric D & M Morash Steeplejack Company Limited Keller Williams Select Realty Kids R Kids Daycare On The Mend Para Safety - CPR & First Aid Training Sir John A MacDonald High School Sullivan Mortgage

Yarmouth

Acadia

St FX

June 20, 2015

March 28, 2015

March 13, 2015

Myla Doucette and Hank Doucette – Leadership Chairs

Bhreaugh Castellani and Marisa Yeomans – Leadership Chairs

Mary Weir and Michelle Aucoin – Leadership Chairs

258 188 13 345 14 495 $88,650

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$42,850

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$53,100

RAISED

OVER

SURVIVORS

RAISED

PARTICIPANTS

RAISED

SURVIVORS

100 23 45 41 89 42 VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams

Coastal Financial Credit Union $5,548 Bridging the Gap $5,113 Arthur’s Angels $4,515

Axewomen Soccer $3,450 Axemen Soccer $2,645 Friends 3.0 $2,025

Relay Committed Comittee $8,972 X Field Hockey $4,685 StFX Women’s Soccer $3,540

Community Supporters

Bruce Honda Coastal Financial Credit Union Ltd.Sobeys Yarmouth & Barrington

Acadia University Numerous local business supporters

The Hawk Radio Station St FX University

Metro Universities March 6, 2015 Melanie Matheson – Leadership Chair

6 244 35 31

SURVIVORS

PARTICIPANTS

OVER

$22,250 RAISED

VOLUNTEERS

TEAMS

Top Fundraising Teams Committee Dream Team $3,000 Repair Our World $2,405 Dal Pharmacy Class of 2017 $1,885

Where your money goes

OVER

The Canadian Cancer Society is the largest national funder of cancer research.

$1.34M RAISED IN 25 NOVA SCOTIA RELAY FOR LIFE EVENTS

How your support helps

68 campers attended Canadian Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Camp Goodtime

$1,603,744 total amount Nova Scotia invested towards research projects nationwide

7,859 stays in a homeaway-from-home at The Lodge That Gives and Holy Redeemer in Cape Breton

How your money is spent Capital Campaign

10%

Reserves

Direct Fundraising

20%

16% 9%

$1.34M

Supporting Costs

5% 20%

20%

Programs

Research Advocacy

The funds raised through Relay For Life help us do four important things; lead cancer research across Canada, influence public policy to improve the health of Canadians; focus our support programs to meet the greatest needs of patients and caregivers; and, engage more Canadians in the fight against cancers.

Thank you to our Sponsors Relay For Life thanks our generous sponsors across the province and within our communities. Provincial Sponsors

Provincial Broadcast Sponsor

HRM Radio Sponsor

Provincial Print Sponsor

Halifax Health Promotion Sponsor

Photo Credits Dartmouth Photo Society Nelina Seymour Michel Soucy Randal Tomada 15

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