April is Cancer Awareness Month

You may or may not have known that April is Cancer Awareness Month. I have some very personal reasons for supporting this cause, so as the month draws to a close, I thought I would share those reasons with you now. I used to work for the Canadian Cancer Society and was fortunate enough to have met some really amazing people while I worked there. I was able to learn so much about the many different types of cancer that exist (over 100!), programs available and research progress. I know longer work for the Cancer Society, but the work they do still touches my daily life. I've had family members and friends that have experienced cancer diagnoses, but it was when my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2011 that made me truly aware of how a cancer diagnosis affects a family. Losing my dad was difficult, and an experience that I have in common with many people. I believe that supporting the Canadian Cancer Society will ensure that people will survive cancer