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Hike for Hope – June 6, 2015
Hike for Hope – hope for a cure; hope for survivorship. Hike to celebrate hope for advanced melanoma survivorship, where there was little hope only 5 years ago. Join us on…
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A Reminder About Sun Safety in the Form of SYSF Board Member, Christian Mosley
May is Melanoma Awareness Month, in the spirit of which Save Your Skin would like to lend a reminder about sun safety in the form of Christian Mosley, a member…
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Hot Lucy is Rockin’ for the Cause
Terry Fay, Investment Advisor, is also a rockstar. The band he drums for, Hot Lucy, played their first benefit for Save Your Skin at The Yale Hotel in 2009, and…
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The hard questions – how I explain a really complicated cancer and treatment to my friends and family
I’ve just been diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma and begin frantically searching the internet. Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma – all with very different outcomes, under the heading…
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Team Save Your Skin
Team Save Your Skin is a sports fundraising team – members are Save Your Skin Foundation Champions! Throughout the year, Team SYS – who are active runners, marathoners and cyclists–…
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One Melanoma Patient’s Need for Community
I find it comforting to meet or speak with others surviving the melanoma maze. Visiting my cancer centre on a regular basis for all of my appointments and treatments, I…
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What is Sun Safe Clothing and How Does It Protect from Harmful UV Exposure?
Every week our team scours the internet looking for information that helps our communities stay sun safe and sun aware. Recently, we came across this article on Sun Safe Clothing…
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At the Heart of it – We Help Who Matters Most
Thanks to the emergence of trial drugs and more well-informed communities, patients can survive aggressive Melanoma. Recently we spoke to Mike Allan and Shannon Gaudette, two Melanoma survivors whom Save…
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I’m Living Proof
About the I’m Living Proof Initiative When Kathy Barnard (Founder, Save Your Skin Foundation) was diagnosed with Metastatic Malignant Melanoma in 2003, the first thing she did was look to…
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Hands Across the Globe
If you have done a trail run or a bike race in North Vancouver, there’s a good chance you have seen a Save Your Skin jersey on somebody; a white…
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Lending a Hand
Shaheed Khan of Khan Kreativ has been a friend and neighbour of Kathy Barnard’s for many years, and is infamous among the Save Your Skin community for being the designer…
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The Save Your Skin Foundation Supports Lettres en main’s New Book about Skin
The Save Your Skin Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of the most recent edition of Lettres en main (which translates to ‘Letters in hand’ in English) – in this…