Week 2 Highlights

It has been another exciting week on the fundraising front. Huge THANK YOU’S to everyone who has donated so far! The momentum from our week-one donors has carried into week two, and we have already surpassed our first $100,000 goal! Thanks to your giving in these first two weeks, over $60,000 in matching funds have been unlocked, bringing us that much closer to our $750,000 goal.
 
This past Wednesday afternoon, Carrie and I had a special opportunity to hear more about the new BC Cancer Centre coming to Surrey/Cloverdale, and the new technology being put into it. We got to hear from Dr. Anand Karvat, a Radiation Oncologist with BC Cancer, who spoke directly about the two new PET/CT Scanners they want to purchase.  He talked about how this new cancer centre will be the most state-of-the-art and advanced cancer centre in all of BC, and how they are hoping to implement the newest ways of treating cancer, especially using the technology of these PET/CT Scanners, and the new Cyclotron, which will support it with radioactive isotopes. This will be cutting-edge treatment in a specially designed space for it.
 
Dr. Karvat talked about cancer rates continuing to climb in British Columbia, estimated to affect 1 in 2 people in the coming years. He spoke of how the Fraser Health Region, being the fastest growing area in our province, badly needs this new cancer centre; it can't come fast enough. On the positive side, he also spoke of how BC has some of the best survival and cure rates in the country due to the investments in treatments, clinical trials, and technology.
 
We were excited leaving, understanding a bit deeper how, through this fundraiser, we are all investing in the future: our community’s future, the future of a potentially loved one who may one day be diagnosed, or maybe even in our own future.
 
Please continue to share this initiative with those you know and drop me a note with any questions.  Thank you again to everyone who has, is, or will be thinking of donating to this cause! We are seeking to honour Kim’s legacy through this initiative, and in doing that, to make a real and practical investment in the future of cancer treatment here in our own backyard.

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