The Abreast of Life dragon boat team will be at the Howie Meeker Arena on Saturday for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
“ The team consists of Breast Cancer Survivors, ranging in age from under 50 to over 80. It was founded in 1998 by survivors in Central Vancouver Island area. They were inspired by the research done in Vancouver in 1996 by Dr. Don MacKenzie, a sports medicine specialist. He did extensive testing and training of the first group of Breast Cancer volunteers to prove that the repetitive exercise of paddling a dragon boat did not harm and in fact, was so beneficial both physically, mentally and emotionally, that they went on to become the first Breast Cancer Dragon Boat in the world. There are now 229 teams from 26 countries.”
Brendan Dutton – Breast Cancer