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Education and Prevention
Promotion of sun safety education, and skin cancer awareness and prevention
Patient Support
Fostering a community of melanoma patients and survivors while providing them with caring support
Fundraising
Fundraising to directly support melanoma patients, run policy initiatives, and advocate for treatment access
Our Story
Save Your Skin Foundation (SYSF) is a national patient-led not-for-profit group dedicated to the fight against non-melanoma skin cancers, melanoma and ocular melanoma through nationwide education, advocacy, and awareness initiatives. Save Your Skin Foundation is committed to playing an active role in reducing the incidence of skin cancer in Canada, and ensuring equal, timely, and affordable access to best care and compassionate support for all Canadians living with skin cancers, wherever they are in their journey.
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Hand In Hand We Fight Melanoma Together
When Save Your Skin Founder Kathy Barnard was diagnosed with Metastatic Malignant Melanoma in 2003, the first thing she did was look to the internet for anything that would inspire optimism for her prognosis; hopeful news, survivors, or treatment options. She didn’t find much.
The I’m Living Proof initiative is a program intended to provide a wealth of information, resources, and support to those touched by the disease, while also connecting you to a community of survivors who have shared their stories. This initiative is borne from Kathy’s desire to ensure that those diagnosed with melanoma know that surviving melanoma is possible –“I’m Living Proof.” To connect with patients or to share your own story, visit our map and reach for the stars.
While this program has not changed, it’s location has. You can now connect with others within our very own website here at Save Your Skin! Please click below to view our interactive map and connect with people who have been or are currently on the journey that follows a melanoma diagnosis.
together we can make a difference
Making awareness and education available is crucial. Since 2006, the Foundation has worked to raise awareness of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers focusing on education, prevention and the need for improved patient care.