Us Too! Brampton Prostate Cancer Support Group Canadian Prostate Cancer Network - Brampton Chapter
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3 Dec 2009    Newsletter	(opens in this window)

Our Santa Claus Parade Float

Our float promoting Us TOO Brampton, our own Cruisin' for a Cure and the Prostate Extreme Team's Snowmobile Tour of Hope won an Honourable Mention at the Brampton Board of Trade's Santa Claus Parade on November 21, apparently taking third place. Pretty impressive for our first effort. We were also asked to display the float at the Winter Lights display at Chinguacousy on December 2 from 6 to 9pm.
Thanks go out to all those who supported the effort and especially those who did so much:

Sean O'Neill for pushing us to enter and for being our contact with the City of Brampton.
Steve Hutton of Prostate Extreme Team for sharing the cost and for arranging for the very special snowmobile that appeared on the float.
Bill Stellings of BramCity Transmission & Automotive for providing his Special Events van as the tow vehicle, for obtaining a hay wagon from Stewart's Farm Equipment, for providing staff & decorations and for being one of our best supporters.
Bill's fiancée, Kris, who shopped for decorations, came up with the beautiful blue ribbon bows that decorated the two Christmas trees on the float and fed the crew.
Kris's brother Gary who put in a lot of effort on our behalf.
Bill Robbins of J & W Alignment for providing his gorgeous yellow 1931 Model A roadster that appeared on the float.
Ryan Vollick of Vollick's Custom Sleds for bringing his special snowmobile all the way from Orillia to appear on our float.
Lorne & Wendy Bland of JST Printing in Orangeville who helped so much with the decorating ideas.

All of the folks above plus our own Denis Paris, Gary Foote and Morris Rambout who put so much work into the initial assembly of the float and / or the reassembly for its second appearance at Winter Lights.

My job was so easy on this one - I signed a cheque and strung a few lights! And the results were fantastic, probably the most publicity we've ever garnered for such a small investment.

Jim Dorsey, Cruisin' for a Cure Coordinator,
Tel.: (905) 453-3038, or e-mail: jim.dorsey@ustoo-brampton.com

3rd Annual Cruisin’ for a Cure Status Report

After reviewing the summary of the 298 PSA tests administered on September 13, we can announce that 47 men have been advised to seek further diagnosis.

We contributed $2,500 to awareness programs at Wellspring Chinguacousy.
As usual, the event was subsidized substantially by Us TOO Brampton, but the Steering Committee believes that the investment was well worthwhile.

Next year's show is planned for Sunday, September 12. Planning is already underway.
Artwork has been created by Debbie Baker's team at Cruisin' for a Cure in Costa Mesa, CA and will again be adapted for our purposes.

Please put your minds to ideas for sponsors, media contacts, exhibitors, vendors and other additions to the event. We want to continue to improve the content of the day to attract more spectators and to increase its impact of public awareness of Prostate Cancer.

By the way: If you happen to know somebody who ordered one of our spectacular T-shirts at the show and hasn't received them yet, please have them call me to arrange pickup. We got back from California with the shirts in mid-October and then had to leave the country again due to the death of Sandi's Dad in Oregon.

Jim Dorsey, Cruisin' for a Cure Coordinator, Tel.: (905) 453-3038, or e-mail:: jim.dorsey@ustoo-brampton.com

Financial Matters

November was a good month for the group. Over and above our usual efforts we donated $2500. to Wellspring Chinquacousy on behalf of UsToo Brampton and Cruisin' For A Cure. We made a first time appearance in the Brampton Santa Claus Parade together with the Prostate Extreme Team and that garnered us lots of publicity and media attention. November, or Movember in some vocabularies, was Prostate Cancer Awareness month with a fair number celebrities, like Lanny MacDonald, taking part. Television and Radio coverage particularly on the Fan 590 Sports Station was excellent. All in all a good month with more to come.

Financially, in spite of the loss of our Theatre Night, the group is doing well. Our Golf Tournament combined with the Gentlemen's Choice event and increased revenues from Cruisin' For A Cure helped offset the increased cost ($8000) to the group for the PSA tests.

I would still like to call on the general membership for volunteer callers. These callers are typically assigned about 10 members to contact once a month to invite them out to the meetings and events and to check on their wellbeing to see if we can be of help.
If you can spare an hour or two a month to help out please contact:
Stewart Cornell - (905) 866-6918 or email : scornellc543@rogers.com
Gary Foote, Financial Controller, 905-458-6650 or gary.foote@ustoo-brampton.com

CALL FOR VOUNTEERS

As always we are in need of volunteers. We need people to serve on calling committees and to attend and contribute to our monthly Steering Committee Meetings. This month's meeting will be held n Wed, Dec 23rd at 7:00 PM, upstairs at Fortinos on Bovaird Drive just west of Chinquacousy Rd. If you can commit even a few hours a month please speak to us at the next General Meeting or come out to our next Steering Committee Meeting. You will be more than welcomed and have a chance to further our goal of promoting Prostate Cancer Awareness and Research.

RECENTLY DIAGNOSED?

As always we are in need of volunteers. We need people to serve on calling committees and to attend and contribute to our monthly Steering Committee Meetings held this month on Wed, Nov 25th at 7:00 PM, upstairs at Fortinos on Bovaird Drive just west of Chinquacousy Rd. If you can commit even a few hours a month please speak to us at the next General Meeting or come out to our next Steering Committee Meeting. You will be more than welcomed and have a chance to further our goal of promoting Prostate Cancer Awareness and Research

John Sleath,  Awareness Coordinator,  905-456-9943,  e-mail:  john.sleath@ustoo-brampton.com
Sean Butterly,  Counseling Associate,  905-454-4237

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