Feature Stories
Learn about new initiatives underway to overcome ovarian cancer, and meet people who are committed to making a difference.
Unbreakable bonds are being celebrated around the globe this week for World Ovarian Cancer Day and Mother’s Day.
Throughout Canada, people are supporting Ovarian Cancer Canada as they engage communities in honouring their personal journeys and the women they love.
Find out how media coverage of a previous LOVE HER led 25-year-old Bailey Urquhart to be the featured speaker at Toronto’s 2014 event – and how she brought an audience of more than 400 people to their feet!
April 6 to 12 is National Volunteer Week – our time to celebrate, recognize and thank all Ovarian Cancer Canada volunteers. Their talent, time and devotion to overcoming ovarian cancer are what make us successful.
The Canadian premiere of the play I Got Sick Then I Got Better will be the star attraction of a series of events in Halifax to wind up Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in an entertaining and memorable way.
Although Doug Kirkaldy knows his bequest will trigger significant tax advantages for his estate, he followed his heart when he willed a gift to Ovarian Cancer Canada
National Volunteer Week is the time to look and see if there is an individual or group of volunteers inNational Volunteer Week is the time to look and see if there is an individual or group of volunteers in your community who deserve recognition for the work they do in service of the mission of Ovarian Cancer Canada. Consider nominating them for the charity’s 2014 Peggy Truscott Award of Hope.
Dr. J. Patrick Boyer, QC, founder of the Corinne Boyer Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research and Treatment – which evolved into one of the founding partner organizations of Ovarian Cancer Canada – has been named the 2014 recipient of the national charity’s Virginia Greene Award.
Riding the wave of excitement of the Canadian women’s and men’s Olympic hockey gold medal triumphs, organizers of the 1st annual Sue Deacon Cup encourage hockey lovers across the country to sponsor a player or become a virtual player in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada.
For Marjorie McBay, Nancy Finigan, Donna Fraser and Debi MacIntosh, publishing Recipes from Tea and Temptations and presenting a $5,600 cheque from the proceeds to Ovarian Cancer Canada on World Ovarian Cancer Day fulfilled a promise made to a friend they lost to ovarian cancer.