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News Releases

Moonlight Gala: A
Roaring Success
Sept 2011

One Week Left for Mini-Home Lottery Tickets
Sept 2011

Moonlight Gala Approaching
Sept 2011

Chesapeake Raises Money for Delta Hospital
Sept 2011  

Cancer Care Fund
Aug 2011

Moonlight Gala Puts
on the Ritz
Aug 2011

Mini-Home Lottery
Unique
July 2011

Shining a Light on Cancer

Changes in cancer treatments, and investments in cancer research, have increased the survival rates by almost 30 percent in adults with cancer in Canada over the last 40 years. Though many lives have been saved because of these advances, cancer is still the 2nd most common cause of death today.

We all know that early detection is the key to survival in all types of cancer and this fact drives homes most when it comes to renal cancer, more commonly known as kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is the 6th most prevalent cancer in Canada. This year 5100 Canadians will be diagnosed with this disease and it’s on the rise. That means that it is likely that 11 people will be diagnosed with this disease in Delta this year. Of those 11, 4 people will succumb to kidney cancer. This terrible survival rate is in part a result of the fact that there s no screening program for kidney cancers... learn more!

 

 

 

 

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    Winter 2011

  • THANK YOU!

    We raised over $144,000

  • Wow! You helped us raise

    over $290,000 for Cancer Care


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