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Weather cancels Sunday dragon boat race, but breast cancer survivors vow to paddle on
Weather cancels Sunday dragon boat race, but breast cancer survivors vow to paddle on
The crew of the Hope Afloat USA breast cancer survivors' dragon boat team at an Atlantic City race in July.Sunday's race was canceled due to thunderstorms.Philadelphia-area breast cancer survivors were disappointed Sunday when a forecast of late afternoon thunderstorms canceled their dragon boat races on the Schuylkill but said the joy of paddling together provides both physical and psychological therapy during their April-through-October season."There are 20 paddlers, two to a seat, and a steerer and a drummer, and we all have to work together as an engine to make this boat go forward," said Peg Schofield, a 21-year breast cancer survivor from Ardmore and president of the Hope Afloat USA dragon boat team.
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Dragon Boat Festival's Pink Ribbon Challenge builds strength for breast cancer survivors
Dragon Boat Festival's Pink Ribbon Challenge builds strength for breast cancer survivors
When Joyce Milne suffered a recurrence of breast cancer 18 years after she had kicked it the first time, she knew she had a secret weapon in this new fight.The year-round strength and cardio training she does with her dragon boat team put her in excellent health and it allowed her to recover quickly."I give it credit to our training program.We can bounce back," said Milne, who was one of the team's founders after her first bout of breast cancer.
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Breast cancer survivors race in Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival
Breast cancer survivors race in Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival
Together, they feel stronger.In the dragon boat, they have each other for support."My job is to look at my bench buddy and just stay in time," says Rashida Hamir, a member of the Edmonton-based dragon boat team, Breast Friends."I'm just thinking about the next stroke, next stroke, next stroke."
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Volunteers needed to help make cancer survivors look good, feel better
Volunteers needed to help make cancer survivors look good, feel better
The American Cancer Society is inviting licensed beauty professionals from the Laredo area to attend a free training session to become a Look Good Feel Better volunteer.The training takes place at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12 at Doctors Hospital of Laredo's Cancer Treatment Center.The five-hour class will teach volunteers how to give beauty and skin care techniques, as well as tips for disguising hair loss, to women who are undergoing cancer treatment.Look Good Feel Better workshops help women with cancer manage the appearance-related side effects of treatment.
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