Please sponsor me in the Stoma Stroll Awareness Walk

Saturday, October 1, 2016 is Canada Ostomy Day and I am participating in the Stoma Stroll to raise money for Ostomy Canada Society’s mission to help all people with an ostomy, and their families, helping them to live life to the fullest through support, education, collaboration and advocacy.

Please sponsor me and help make a difference. Together, with your support, we can reach our fundraising goal.

Visit my fund-raising page at: https://ostomycanada.akaraisin.com/stomastroll2016/peterfolk and make a donation or join me in the walk!

Great Cycle Challenge

Hi,

This June, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge and my goal is to pedal 100 kilometres throughout the month to fight kids’ cancer!

Why am I doing this? Because right now, over 1,400 Canadian children are diagnosed with cancer each year. Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

The challenge will be tough, but nothing compared to what these brave kids face every day as they fight for their lives and battle this terrible disease.

And so to show my support, I am taking on my own personal challenge to raise $100 to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

But to achieve my goal, I need your help.

Please support my challenge and join me in the fight to save little lives by making a donation through my fundraising page.

Here’s the link to my page: www.greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/PeterFolk

All funds raised will support SickKids Foundation to provide care, develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancers.

Thank you for your support.

Peter

Please sponsor me!

Hello readers of my blog.

Once again, I'm doing a fundraiser for Ostomy Canada Society.

I’ll be participating in Stoma Stroll 2015 on 3 October, 2015.

My goal is to raise $500.00 CAD but I can’t do it without your help so please join me in raising money for a great cause by sponsoring my campaign. Just click on the link below and it will take you to my personal page where you can sponsor me.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

To donate, click on this link:

http://ostomycanada.akaraisin.com/stomastroll15/peterfolk

Stoma Stroll 2015

I'm pleased to announce that our 2015 Stoma Stroll website is now open for registrations and donations. Our new website has been completely redesigned and features a photo from the Ostomy Halifax Stoma Stroll in 2014. New features this year include a totally new look, a scoreboard where you can tell at a glance which fundraisers are doing the best, room for national and local sponsors (logos and websites) as well as a clean looking front page and chapter pages. Register as an individual or as a team and help support Ostomy Canada Society's mission. The URL is the same as previous years - www.stomastroll.ca - Please spread the word!

My personal fundraising page is: http://ostomycanada.akaraisin.com/stomastroll15/peterfolk4

My Fantasy team fundraising page is here.

Digestive Wellness

We recently participated in Mediaplanet’s Digestive Wellness campaign in which industry leaders and advocates came together to raise awareness of the millions of Canadians suffering from various digestive disorders including Celiac Disease, which can lead to major gastrointestinal problems and can be directly responsible for an array of illnesses including auto-immune diseases like Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. The campaign provides valuable information on current treatments and nutritional diets for those living with digestive disorders. It was distributed through the National Post on March 31^st, 2015 and is published online: http://bit.ly/1xSUGTy  

UOAC is starting a Bursary Program

United Ostomy Association of Canada (UOAC) is offering five – $1000 bursaries in either of the following categories:

1. Registered nurses planning to pursue a career in Enterostomal Therapy nursing.
2. Individuals living with a permanent ostomy or having had other bowel or bladderdiversionary surgery who plan to undertake a Post-Secondary Education.

NOTE:

 These bursaries will be issued for one year only. Applicants would need to reapply forfuture funding.Bursaries will be disbursed only upon successful completion of the applicants’ respective educational programs.

For more information and for application forms, click the link below:

http://www.ostomycanada.ca/support/bursary-program/

Movember is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Prostate Cancer Facts

• One in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to afflict Canadian men – 26,500 Canadian men are diagnosed with the disease, and 4,000 Canadian men die from it each year.

• In 2013, over 238,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and almost 30,000 men will die of prostate cancer in the US alone.

• The risk of contracting prostate cancer increases with age.

• The disease is often without symptoms in its earliest, most curable stage – making annual testing ever more important.

• It can be treated by surgery, radiation and hormone therapy.

• It is thought to be a potentially preventable cancer in many cases, but more research is needed.
Sponsor Me –> http://ca.movember.com/mospace/7283961