A14 - North Shore News - Sunday, August 7, 2011
LIVE WEEKEND TO END WOMEN’S CANCERS
NV walker maintains a positive outlook Erin McPhee emcphee@nsnews.com
photo submitted
NORTH Vancouver resident Yumi White (left) and best friend Anita Cochrane team up for a photo during the 2009 Weekend to End Women’s Cancers.
WHEN North Vancouver resident Yumi White laces up her sneakers to embark on a 60-kilometre walk in support of the fight against women’s cancers next weekend in Vancouver, she won’t be walking alone. This will be White’s sixth year participating in the
Oil & Gas Trust The Hottest Yoga
• Alberta company • RRSP eligible
QUARTERLY INCOME
30 for
$
ONE WEEK UNLIMITED YOGA Plus HST. First timers only.
856 W 15th Street, North Vancouver •
604 904-YOGA
Travis Grubb (778) 340 4332 travis@whitecapitalcorp.com
A D J U S TA B L E F O L D I N G C A N E
■ Molded contours handle (black only) or solid maplewood handles ■ Scratch resistant anodized lightweight aluminum ■ Chatter resistant ■ Adjustable from 33”to 37”
Annual Target ROI
All investments involve different degrees of risk. Read the Offering Memorandum carefully before investing.
www.bikramyoganorthvan.com
The perfect travel accessory
10.25%
CCaomp s u l e ments How to
size your walking cane Remove the rubber tip from the cane.
KEVIN
Manager
It takes two people to“fit”a cane.The cane user shouldbewearingtheirusualwalkingshoesand standing as naturally upright as possible. Their arms should hang at their side with a normal bend at the elbow. The second person places the cane with the handleonthegroundonthesidethepersonwill be using the cane.The shaft is marked where it touches the middle crease of the user’s wrist.The cane should then be cut using a sharp saw and mitre box for an even cut. Reattach rubber tip.
SALE $2495
For information, please see one of our qualified cane fitters.
REG $29.95
celebra
ting 32 years
RENT • SALES • SERVICE
Davies Home Healthcare
w w w. d av i e s r x . co m
1417 St. Georges Avenue, Nor th Vancouver • Phone 604-985-1481
Weekend to End Women’s Cancers benefiting B.C. Cancer Foundation and it’s shaping up to be her toughest yet. However, her belief in the importance of staying positive will no doubt help her through the physically and emotionally challenging two-day event, set for Aug.13-14. Participants have the option of walking 32 kilometres one day, or a total of 60 km over two days. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, White, 48, will be among the cancer survivors, supportive friends and family members and those choosing to honour lives lost to the disease interested in going the distance to support research towards a cure, treatment, and prevention programs for breast and gynecologic cancers. A member of Team LiveSTRONG, this year her participation is dedicated to former team leader and best friend Anita Cochrane, a Vancouver resident who succumbed to breast cancer last fall at age 39. “This is going to be the hardest year to walk because she’s not going to be there,” says White, adding she misses her friend dearly as they looked to one another for support during their respective struggles with cancer. Sharing the same oncologist, the pair would discuss test results and resources, as well as research breakthroughs. “Even though I have a really good support system and good friends, if you’re not a survivor it’s really hard to share things sometimes,” she says. White credits Cochrane with having encouraged her to get involved in the Weekend six years ago. Their team, initially of 12 members has since grown to approximately
40 and has raised more than $270,000 over the years. Members organize a number of fundraisers, including an annual golf tournament. This year’s event, held in Richmond July 8, was dedicated to Cochrane and raised approximately $30,000. “The reason we call it LiveSTRONG is because Anita really worshipped Lance Armstrong,” says White. “When she was diagnosed she was reading his book. He really inspired her and she really wanted to fight like he did.” White is a strong supporter of the Weekend. As a cancer patient, she holds a strong belief in the importance of research and its impact on her and her peers in terms of quality of life. “We just want it to keep going and help others and help us,” she says. Since her diagnosis, White has continued to fight the disease, which has continued to spread, now developing in her lungs. “You know, I still have hope and I have to keep going and in this event keep doing as well as I can,” she says. “Because I know if Anita was here she would be kicking my ass: ‘You have to keep walking with me.’ I can hear it, she would say that.” White also endeavours to share her positivity with others. She recently tweeted the following: “Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. If you worry you die, if you don’t worry you die, so why worry?” To support Team LiveSTRONG, or for more information on this year’s Weekend to End Women’s Cancers, visit www.endcancer. ca.
SUNLESS TANNING IS HERE!
An experience you’ve never felt. Results you never thought possible... PROFESSIONAL SUNLESS TANNING IS NOW AVAILABLE AT
15
$
Enjoy our world renowned bronzing formula with our maximized 3 stage flawless treatment. LIMITED TIME OFFER
CALL TO BOOK TODAY
205–1455 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver www.ladonnafinaspa.com • 604.922.1333