Blog Author: canadian cancer society

The PA Exhibition Centre will be transported back in time on Wednesday May 1st as we pay tribute to Elvis at the Canadian Cancer Society’s 18th annual fundraiser dinner show, this year called Spring Fling with the King!

Tickets are available at the Cancer Society office, 54 11th Street East, Prince Albert.

Call 306-764-4808 for more information.

Canadian Cancer Society’s Annual Daffodil Tea & Bake Sale
Welcoming Spring
Saturday March 23 - 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Messiah Lutheran Church
1796 15 Ave E
Contact: 764-4808

Relay For Life 2013 - All Teams (Team Captain) Meeting

Mon. March 11 7:00 pm

54-11th Street East (Red Cross Building)

This is the 1st Team Meeting for the 2013 event and is for teams already registered and for people planning on entering a team. Relay For Life will be held June 7 & 8, 2013

Contact: 764-4808 or visit www.ccsevents.ca/princealbertrelay

CanSurmount Meeting

Tuesday March 19

Potluck Supper 6:00 pm

Meeting/Guest speaker 7:30 pm

65 – 11th Street East, Prince Albert

(Wesley United Church)

The Prince Albert Canadian Cancer Society is hosting a Girls Night In party tonight to encourage local women to host similar parties to raise money for Canadian Cancer Society.

The Girls Night In party hosted in PA at the office is called Body and Mind Sampler Night with Belly Dancing, Tai Chi and Yoga. Guests are also encouraged to bring a healthy snack with the recipe.

Tuesday May 15, 2012 7:30 pm

CanSurmount Meeting

65 – 11th Street East, Prince Albert

Guest Speaker: Tannice Thompson, Nursing Unit Manager, Level V – Victoria Hospital

Topic: “Palliative Care”

CanSurmount is a Support group for people living with cancer and their families

Contact: 764-4808

Monday May 14, 2012 7:00 pm

Relay for Life 2012 - All Teams (Team Captain) Meeting

Final Meeting before Relay

The PA Exhibition Centre was transformed Wednesday night, May 2, to a candy wonderland for the Canadian Cancer Society’s 17th annual fashion show themed “Spring-licious”!

Amid larger than life ice cream cones, candy floss and candies, women participated in the many fundraising activities in support of the local Canadian Cancer Society.

The event brought in over $25,000!

PinkTree Fitting Clinic in Prince Albert

Thursday April 26, 2012

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Canadian Cancer Society office

54 – 11th Street East, Prince Albert

Contact: 764-4808

Relay for Life 2012 – Prince Albert

All Teams (Team Captain) Meeting

March 12, 2012 7:00 pm

54-11th Street East (Red Cross Building)

1st Team Captain Meeting for all teams registered or planning to register for the Relay for Life event. Important for all team captains or a designate to attend.

Great information and motivation to get your team jumpstarted. More than just another meeting!

Early bird registration deadline of $10 per participant is March 31/12.

Breast Friends, a group of 10 "seasoned" women from Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, raise funds for cancer causes from the sale of their own self-published national best-selling cookbooks. You'll discover more than cookbooks as you peruse these very popular, comprehensive grassroots products which are sold across Canada and in many centers in the United States.

Incredibly, in a few short years these unique cookbooks have generated well over $1 million dollars to cancer causes and their good work, with your help, continues.

4 things a gal ought to know about her health

1. The left is usually larger. No two breasts are exactly the same size.

Whatever your size, you should know what’s normal for you. Many women are alive and well today because their breast cancer was detected and treated early.

2. Cervix means neck in Latin.

Save your neck, save your life. Cervical cancer screening is as simple as a Pap test every 1-3 years.

3. All multicellular animals pass waste.

Children, the environment and cancer

Much of the research on the links between the environment and cancer has focused on exposure in adults. There has been less research looking at the impact of these links early in life – either while the fetus is in the uterus or after a baby has been born.

This information is important because researchers believe that children may be more vulnerable to substances that may increase the risk of cancer, cause birth defects, or interfere with the normal hormonal system in the body. There are several reasons for this: