Message from the BC Cancer Foundation
Fundraising Update!
Over
17,000 lanterns were sold in 2010. In total, over $54,000 was raised for
the BC Cancer Foundation through the Festival, together with Fairway
Markets.Please support the Lights of Courage Lantern Campaign at Fairway Markets again this year.
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Dear
Victoria Dragon Boat Festival Friends,
Welcome back to another year of paddling! The BC Cancer Foundation is proud and privileged to be ther benefiting charity for the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival again this year. There is much excitement, and a few new activities and additions from past Festivals. What we won't change is the profound sense of camaraderie, compassion, and community spirit that paddlers, volunteers, and supporters all share. Similar to how Dragon Boaters approach each race, cancer patients and their families approach each day with courage, hope and perseverance.
Whether earned through sales of lanterns for the Lights of Courage, or the Carnation Toss Ceremony, or Dragon Boat Team Pledges,
The BC Cancer Foundation gratefully acknowledges all funds you help raise, through lantern sales for the Lights of Courage, the Carnation Toss Ceremony or Dragon Boat Team Pledges. and accepts the funds raised, which go to support cancer patients and their families by providing world-renowned research and leading-edge care at the BC Cancer Agency's Vancouver Island Centre. The Vancouver Island Centre supports all patients and families on the Island .
We invite and encourage you to make a pledge to inspire your favourite team, and to come down to the Inner Harbour on the weekend of August 12-14 weekend to show your support for the paddlers and for the BC Cancer Foundation. Together, as partners in discovery, we can make a difference.
Sincerely,
Kyman Chan
BC Cancer Foundation Advisory Council
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Dragon boat paddlers are an inspiration to our community with their dedication and commitment to paddling, as well as their support of BC Cancer Foundation and the BC Cancer Agency's Vancouver Island Centre. 4000 new patients are treated at the centre each year. We are constantly looking at ways to develop new knowledge through basic research and to translate this knowledge into better treatments for cancer patients.
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study how to improve the accuracy and timing of radiation therapy. These established research areas are making ground breaking progress as recognized by support from national and international agencies. These are now being expanded by adding additional themes and by research that is not just focused on the disease, but also on the patient and how to best provide information and support their needs.
The funds raised by dragon boat paddlers are critical for these important research programs being conducted right here on Vancouver Island, as they create an opportunity for us to develop new ideas, launch innovative research projects and to expand our research teams. We are very grateful to all of the dragon boat paddlers and the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival Society for this generous support.
Dr. Peter Watson, Chief Physician
BC Cancer Agency's Vancouver Island Centre
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About BC Cancer Foundation
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The BC Cancer Foundation is the bridge that connects philanthropic support and research breakthrough in cancer knowledge. As the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province, we enable donors to contribute to leading-edge research that directly impacts improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia. We fund with the goal of finding solutions. As an independent charitable organization, we raise funds exclusively for the BC Cancer Agency that supports innovative cancer research and compassionate enhancements to patient care.
The BC Cancer Agency, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, is committed to reducing the incidence of cancer, reducing the mortality from cancer, and improving the quality of life of those living with cancer. It provides a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of British Columbia by working with community partners to deliver a range of oncology services, including prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, research, education, supportive care, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Our Vision: A World Free from Cancer
