Sometimes our friends and loved ones don't survive, but even though tragically they pass away, they will always be fighters and winners in my book, they gave it their all and never gave up, you cannot ask more of anyone.Survival rates are improving, and treatments are getting better all the time...and all we can do is get out there, raise awareness and money for further research...and drive forward to eradicate cancer for future generations...this is what WoC is all about, why I will honestly answer questions about my fight, my treatments and what motivates me forward. If you have a question post it to me and I'll answer the best I can.
I am well on the way to deciding what events will be held annually and when in the year ( difficult in UK when we have such a short dry period allegedly in the summer months! ). The endurance event was a huge success, and will definitely be held annually. I believe very strongly in this because it is a big commitment. You have to invest into it 100% - to commit yourself to the training. It was a fantastic team effort and definitely brought the group closer together. War on Cancer and I made some great friends in Richard and Sarah and gang from Lost Earth Adventures on the 3 Peak challenge, and I look forward to many years of collaborations in the future.
Hopefully we will come up with some great endurance events that everyone will want to sink their teeth into and embrace having a go at something new. Ideas for the coming years include white water rafting, climbing the equivalent height of Mt.Everest between a team of climbers in a day - if we get enough climbers we can climb the equivalent of the top 3 highest mountains for example! , rock climbing, abseiling, firewalking and many more things to boot!...and what a massive bonus doing the endurance event - it gets us all out exercising, and as any regular reader knows, I bang on about the health improvements from our exercising, as well as proactively preventing certain cancers and other illnesses as well...come on WoC friends, get out and about more, help your body fight off illnesses!
The garden party was a great success and great fun as usual! A fantastic £410.00 was raised! . Thank you Caroline ( my sister ) for once again hosting your annual garden party as a charity event. The weather was a little hit and miss - but hey, it didn't stop us having fun.
It was brilliant to see families there enjoying themselves, all the kids were really well behaved and the adult kids did alright as well ;) Thanks Sue ( giggly) for donating the kick-ass chilli's, they went down a storm. Thank you to Jackie for helping me out on the bar...think we have become legends in our lifetimes, a bit of a comedy double act behind the cocktail bar so I've been informed! ....whatever sells the drinks does it for me ha ha :)
Thank you Pauline ( mum ) and Rita ( auntie) for running the tombola for us :)...it wouldn't happen without the help of our ever faithful volunteers.
Thank you to everyone who came, I hope you had as much fun as I did. It was a really chilled, relaxed affair, everyone chatting, laughing and gently ribbing each other! - a pleasure to see. I will load photos into the gallery, please be sure to go check them out, I've also updated the fundraising thermometer to the latest total.
As soon as the sponsor money for the 3 Peak Challenge is all in, I will of course update the blog....we are well on with the collecting of the monies now. I have the pleasure of announcing WoC is now financially totally self sufficient! not only does it have it's own paypal account, it now has it's own bank account.
This is a great positive step forward for War on Cancer towards registering it as a charity in it's own right. I look forward to that day gleefully! - I need some friends/ businesses to become ambassadors for War on Cancer, to help get more notice for us, for people to champion us...hell come adopt me! - I mean WoC ;)....or both lol!! As we move into the second year of existence I hope that we carry on making leaps and bounds forward, to seriously get more recognition, business sponsorship, ( I'll take your company logo to the top of Mt.Kilimanjaro and the Yorkshire 3 peaks next yr! ) more people wanting to attack the events - send and sponsor a team from your company to take part in the 3 peak challenge! ....people in other parts of the country, the world, wanting to organise an event in our name, to go make cups of tea and chat to fellow survivors while they have their treatments, to show what can be after the invasive treatments have finished.....this is my vision of WoC's future. I say it will be as big or small as my imagination - I have the imagination and the vision of where I want to take War on Cancer...I don't have all the necessary skills/ connections - so please if you believe in War on Cancer and can help - contact me.
I want to really drive forward now and hope you all stay with me for the journey. I will always be eternally grateful to you all for everything you do. Please carry on talking and sharing War on Cancer with your friends and colleagues, together we really can make a difference, I hope this blog does, if it helps one person through a tough time, it is already a success.
Until next time
Tracy
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