Guest post by Rosemary Westie, ultra marathon runner and member of Team Save Your Skin, who is traveling to France in June 2019 to run the race of a lifetime. On June 6th, 1944 hundreds of thousands of soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy to begin...
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of 28 leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, efficient, and accessible cancer care so patients can live better lives. Through the leadership...
Back by popular demand! Save Your Skin Foundation is hosting our 2nd annual Giving Hope Gala and Auction in Toronto on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. This year we will kick off Melanoma Awareness Month to increase understanding of skin cancer and ocular melanoma, to raise...
On September 26, 2018, you may have seen a special insert in the paper version of the National Post across the country, featuring eight pages of informative articles about immunotherapy, an innovative treatment proving successful in several cancer indications. This special content is the result...
Last weekend I went for a 15 kilometre walk— as in, 15 kilometres all at once. Two short years ago I could not have done that, being in recovery from surgeries and treatment for advanced melanoma, I was not physically or psychologically capable of such...
Click here to watch our new patient-led awareness video: Surviving Melanoma Launched last week at our Giving Hope Gala in Toronto, this video portrays several melanoma survivor stories and their experiences within the community of support at Save Your Skin Foundation. This film would not have been...
Save Your Skin Foundation is hosting a Gala to raise funds for skin disease and skin cancers on Thursday, May 10 at the Cathedral Centre, downtown Toronto, Ontario. This 2nd biennial party for our friends, guests, and supporters will take place during Melanoma Awareness Month. For...
This week marks the beginning of our support of the Euro Melanoma campaign: The World Has A Skin Cancer Problem. While meeting with the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy last year in Australia in conjunction with the World Congress on Melanoma, we learned that the...
You can support the work of the foundation and help provide emotional and financial support to Canadian melanoma patients in need by attending our Giving Hope Gala & Auction. Enjoy buffet-style tapas and served hor d'oeuvres, while sipping on cocktails and nibbling decadent desserts - all while...
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. From this...
