Donor Stories
BC Cancer Foundation is grateful for our donors. Without their support we simply couldn't exist. All of our donors have very personal reasons to support the work of scientists working to find a cure for cancer and doctors treating cancer patients. Here you can read the personal stories of some of our donors and why they chose to support the BC Cancer Foundation.
If you would like to share you personal story, please contact Carla Funk, Director of Development, BC Cancer Foundation Vancouver Island by phone at 250.519.5554, toll-free at 1.866.519.5550 or email.
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Liz Laugharne: Why I left a gift to the BC Cancer Foundation in my will
While I had worked some 40 years of my professional life in health care, I had never had the opportunity to be so directly involved with the planning for, development of and operation of a cancer centre... Read more.
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Mike Stephen: Supporting Early Detection through a Bequest
"How can I make it happen?" is a question that has been on Mike Stephen's mind... Read more.
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Peter Gage: Leaving a Legacy
Not only did two of Peter Gage's very close friends die of cancer, but then his youngest son was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia... Read more.
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Lions and Lioness Clubs: Supporting Cancer Care Closer to Home
TeleCare means that patients from up-Island confer with specialists in Victoria... Read more.
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David & Lorraine Smith: Prostate Cancer Research Fund
Almost a decade ago, following an annual medical exam, David Smith was diagnosed with with an aggresive form of prostate cancer... Read more.
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Jans Diemer: Monthly Donor helps Multiple Myleoma Research
Under Dr. Macpherson's leadership, the multiple myeloma project is a perfect example of an integrated cancer treatment and research centre within one building insipres collaboration... Read more.
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Mona Strealeff: Leadership Donor
For Mona, the fact that cancer doctors, researchers and the BC Cancer Foundation staff all work under the same roof—the Vancouver Island Centre—reinforce her commitment... Read more.
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