Fundraising highlights

Jason Baker

Jason Baker was in Bangkok when he noticed something was wrong. The best way to describe how his testicle felt, he says, was to compare it to a peach pit.
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Adams Family

Peter and Barbara Adams have always been community active, but when their son, Bob, lost his wife, Elise, to breast cancer in 2002, their involvement increased even more.
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Doug Gunn

When Doug Gunn received confirmation of his entry to the sought-after New York Marathon at the end of May 2009, he was planning his mom, Lynn’s, funeral.
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Sixteen thousand donors responded generously to mail campaigns with gifts totalling more than $2.1 million

Thousands of Albertans participated in nearly 350 community events, raising more than $4.8 million

Forty-four Albertans left a legacy for future generations through planned gifts and estate gifts totaling more than $1.5 million

Nearly 2,500 participants in the Underwear Affair raised more than $1.6 million for research impacting cancers below the waist

More than 15,000 memorial gifts totalling $1.1 million honoured loved ones lost to cancer

Nearly 2,000 participants in Weekend to End Breast Cancer walks in Calgary and Edmonton raised $4.8 million and celebrated the investment of more than $22 million into breast cancer research and screening programs in just five years

More than 1,700 participants in Alberta’s inaugural Ride to Conquer Cancer cycled 200 kms and raised $7.3 million for cancer research

The 10th Annual Cash and Cars Lottery in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society netted $1.6 million bringing the total share for each charity to more than $10 million in the past decade

Gifts totaling more than $3.3 million helped build endowment funds, purchase new technology and keep Alberta researchers at the leading edge of discovery and innovation

Alberta Cancer Foundation - Report to Donors 2010