Are You Tough Enough?

The constant buzz of 4-H members at a meeting is always overwhelming and as president it’s a never ending job to bring them back in to have a discussion. The juniors are throwing eraser chunks, the intermediates are coloring on each other with pens, and we seniors are of course perfectly behaved.

 Choosing a theme for our achievement stall display is always a chore. Most  of the best themes have been taken, under the sea, back in the day, Battle River always has barnwood and Iron Creek uses a little red barn.

So every March meeting, Hastings Coulee is left pondering…

“We need a theme people!”

            This year we chose a serious theme, which actually means something to us, breast cancer awareness. There have been mothers in our club who have battled and are currently battling this horrendous disease, as well as cancer in general so it strikes extremely close to home.

On average, 487 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer every day.

On average, 205 Canadians will die of cancer every day.

READ MORE AT: http://www.cancer.ca/Canada-wide/About%20cancer/Cancer%20statistics/Stats%20at%20a%20glance/General%20cancer%20stats.aspx?sc_lang=en

On average, 64 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day.

On average, 14 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every day.

READ MORE AT: http://www.cancer.ca/canada-wide/about%20cancer/cancer%20statistics/stats%20at%20a%20glance/breast%20cancer.aspx#ixzz1O8ZOTB00

Last night we dyed our twenty pink shirts, which we will be rocking on Sunday and Monday. You may say it’s been done before, but it’s never been done like this. This theme for us isn’t just going to last those two days, we are going to make a difference and it will be remembered. We are armed with our pink ribbons and we will strive to raise awareness.

As a Canadian citizen or for that much the world, cancer is an increasing problem. With your support doctors are getting closer to a cure. It is so easy to make a difference. I'm not asking you to do it for me, but for your neighbours, family members and friends. To donate please visit, http://www.cancer.ca/ontario/how%20you%20can%20help/od-make%20a%20donation.aspx?sc_lang=en or http://www.cbcf.org/en-US/How%20you%20can%20help/donate.aspx.

The question remains, “Are You Tough Enough to Wear Pink?”