REGINA – A sea of pink flooded downtown, Sunday morning, for the 12th annual CIBC Run for the Cure.
Nearly 2,000 people walked for the women in their lives, anyone touched by breast cancer.
CIBC’s Run for the Cure is the largest single-day fundraising for breast cancer awareness, across Canada.
“You think you’re the only one going through something like this, then you get here and see daughters, sisters, and mothers. It’s really quite unnerving actually,” said Wendy Daku, a race participant.
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Statistics show, one in nine women will get breast cancer in their lives.
“It can affect any of us when we are older, any of us even at this point in time. It’s also getting the younger generation,” said Sharla Giblett, another race participant.
Natalie Desruisseaux was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly two years ago when she was just 26 years old.
“A lot of the time, people get scared that their friend or family member is going through something like this so they pull away,” saud Desruisseaux. “I was lucky enough that everyone I know gathered around me and lifted me up,” she added.
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It’s now been eight months since Desruisseaux’s last treatment. “It’s amazing. I never thought I’d be this strong,” she said.
And now, it’s all about getting the message out to other women.
“Don’t sweat the small things. I always try to take one day at a time. I never try to worry or plan anything extravagant, I just want to have a normal life and live my life,” Desruisseaux said.
The estimated $345,000 raised from today’s event will go a long way towards making that hope a reality.
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