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A propos de la Fondation

 

Le site de la fondation Kelly Shires :

http://www.kellyshiresfoundation.org

Notre mission :

Notre mission est de venir en aide aux femmes (et hommes) en difficulté financière, qui ont été récemment diagnostiqués d'un cancer du sein, afin de rendre leur lutte un peu moins difficile.

Comment levons-nous des fonds?

La Randonnée des Neiges de Kelly Shires contre le Cancer du sein organise un évènement annuel sous forme d'une randonnée en motoneige pour les femmes. Notre première aventure au Québec a eu lieue en mars 2006. Les fonds sont récoltés auprès de nos participantes ainsi que de nos Sponsors. La cinquième édition de la Randonnée des Neiges aura lieu à l'hotel "4 points by Sheraton" à Québec, le samedi 27 février 2010.  

Historique :

Kelly a perdu sa bataille de 8 ans contre le cancer du sein, le 31 octobre 2004, après avoir combattu courageusement contre ce fléau. Son histoire est une inspiration de choix de vie pour nous tous. Kelly avait 34 ans et la vie ne pouvait être plus belle pour elle. Elle attendait son premier enfant. Avec son époux, ils avaient une marina dans la région de Toronto, et tout leur souriait. Noël 1997, Kelly découvre une petite masse au sein. Elle alla immédiatement consulter son médecin qui détermina que c’était un cancer du sein. Ce fut un moment difficile à surmonter dans sa vie. En une semaine de temps, Kelly a eu 4 interventions chirurgicales, mit fin à sa grossesse, et entama 6 mois de chimiothérapie. Ayant à faire face à sa maladie, le couple dû vendre leur affaire à Toronto et tout ceci changea leur mode de vie. Ils déménagèrent en un lieu agréable et plus calme sur la Baie Georgienne. Kelly sût dès le début de sa maladie qu’elle allait faire quelque chose pour aider les autres femmes confrontées au cancer du sein. Parmi les multiples situations qu’elle voyait et subissait, elle constata que trop de choses n’étaient pas couvertes par l’assurance maladie. Voulant modifier ce fait, elle rallia sa bonne amie, Suzy Cayley, et ensemble, elles créèrent le “Breast Cancer Snow Run”. Non seulement elles allaient lever des fonds pour venir en aide aux femmes atteintes du cancer du sein, mais aussi, informer le public de la réalité de cette situation.

 

La première Randonnée a eu lieu début 2000, en Ontario, et aujourd’hui nous sommes fières d’annoncer sa 10ème édition. Le rêve de Kelly de s’ouvrir à toutes les Provinces du Canada s’est accompli en choisissant le Québec comme première étape en mars 2006. Nous sommes aussi très fière d’annoncer qu’en 2007 la fondation a dépassé le montant d’un million de dollars en argent levé pour aider celles et ceux dans le besoin!

 

Cette fondation a vu le jour en Ontario, créée par sa fondatrice, Kelly Shires.

 

 

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About the foundation
The website for the Kelly Shires Foundation
 
 
 
Our mission
Our mission is to provide financial assistance to women/men in these situations in order to make their fight with cancer a little less challenging.
 
How do we raise funds ?
The “Randonnée des Neiges de Kelly Shires contre le Cancer du Sein” holds an annual snowmobile female only ride. Our first adventure in Quebec was in March of 2006. The funds are provided by our participants’ fundraisings and our sponsors. The third edition of the “Randonnée des Neiges” will take place at the Esterel Resort, in the Laurentians, on Saturday February 23rd 2008.
 
History
In the prime of her life, things could not have seemed any better. Kelly Shires, at 34 was happily married, was expecting her first child and was a successful business owner. What more could she ask for - the future was looking bright! Then tragedy struck, Christmas of 1996 Kelly found a lump on her breast. She immediately had it looked at to learn that she had breast cancer. Kelly was faced with continuous surgeries, the termination of her pregnancy, the loss of their business and ongoing chemotherapy.
 
Through those years and facing many challenges, Kelly had proven to be a very strong woman with a big heart. Her experiences had given her a new outlook on life and she decided that she wanted to help others diagnosed with breast cancer that may be facing many of the same challenges!
 
The idea to develop a Trust Fund to assist patients with breast cancer all started from a conversation with a great friend. The concept was born and the planning for the First Annual Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run For Fun was underway. The Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run For Fun is a snowmobile ride, which raises money for The Snow Run Trust Fund. This Trust Fund has been set up to assist newly diagnosed women with expenses that extended health care programs do not cover. Kelly wanted the fundraiser to have the theme of “Women helping Women” which seemed to be a perfect fit with the sport of snowmobiling as Kelly was an avid snowmobiler and the numbers of female snowmobilers continues to climb.
 
The first Snow Run was held in early 2000, in Ontario, and today we are proud to hold our 9th event in Ontario. Kelly’s dream to hold events in other Canadian provinces was realized in March of 2006 with our first Quebec event.

We are also very proud to announce that in 2007 the foundation surpassed one million dollars in funds raised. 

The website for the Kelly Shires Foundation
 
 
 
Our mission
Our mission is to provide financial assistance to women/men in these situations in order to make their fight with cancer a little less challenging.
 
How do we raise funds ?
The “Randonnée des Neiges de Kelly Shires contre le Cancer du Sein” holds an annual snowmobile female only ride. Our first adventure in Quebec was in March of 2006. The funds are provided by our participants’ fundraisings and our sponsors. The third edition of the “Randonnée des Neiges” will take place at the Esterel Resort, in the Laurentians, on Saturday February 23rd 2008.
 
History
In the prime of her life, things could not have seemed any better. Kelly Shires, at 34 was happily married, was expecting her first child and was a successful business owner. What more could she ask for - the future was looking bright! Then tragedy struck, Christmas of 1996 Kelly found a lump on her breast. She immediately had it looked at to learn that she had breast cancer. Kelly was faced with continuous surgeries, the termination of her pregnancy, the loss of their business and ongoing chemotherapy.
 
Through those years and facing many challenges, Kelly had proven to be a very strong woman with a big heart. Her experiences had given her a new outlook on life and she decided that she wanted to help others diagnosed with breast cancer that may be facing many of the same challenges!
 
The idea to develop a Trust Fund to assist patients with breast cancer all started from a conversation with a great friend. The concept was born and the planning for the First Annual Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run For Fun was underway. The Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run For Fun is a snowmobile ride, which raises money for The Snow Run Trust Fund. This Trust Fund has been set up to assist newly diagnosed women with expenses that extended health care programs do not cover. Kelly wanted the fundraiser to have the theme of “Women helping Women” which seemed to be a perfect fit with the sport of snowmobiling as Kelly was an avid snowmobiler and the numbers of female snowmobilers continues to climb.
 
The first Snow Run was held in early 2000, in Ontario, and today we are proud to hold our 9th event in Ontario. Kelly’s dream to hold events in other Canadian provinces was realized in March of 2006 with our first Quebec event.

We are also very proud to announce that in 2007 the foundation surpassed one million dollars in funds raised. 

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