The weekend of September 10 saw the always
exciting GWN Dragon Boat Challenge presented by CIBC. The Challenge celebrated
two days of racing at Toronto's beautiful Marilyn Bell Park. The festival has
been running now for over 20 years and is a fun event for racers and spectators
alike. The grounds offer a variety of activities for all ages including live
entertainment on the stage, a Health and Wellness Zone, and an interactive Kids
Zone.
The GWN Dragon Boat Challenge
festival is also very proud to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in
its vision to create a future without breast cancer.
Many breast cancer survivors have taken
up Dragon Boat racing as a great way to improve their physical health, participate
in regular physical activity, which can reduce the risk of developing
lymphedema, share their challenges and celebrate their triumphs with their
teammates and community. Each year the festival is home to the CIBC Breast
Cancer Survivor Village and offers free entry for its BCS Division.
This year, the GWN Dragon Boat
Challenge was pleased to host 12 Breast Cancer Survivor teams from across
Canada and USA. As a partner to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Bloomex
was pleased to provide 275 pink carnations for this year’s Survivor Ceremony.
On
Sunday, the very moving Survivor Ceremony was held at the park, carnations were
given to breast cancer survivor teams on their dragon boats as well as to other
survivors and their families. A moment of silence was held in remembrance of
all those who passed away from breast cancer and carnations were spread through
the water in memory and honour of their peers.
October is breast cancer action
month in Canada. Bloomex is delighted to announce a new Pink Ribbon Collection
with 15% of product sale going to CBCF, as part of a minimum commitment of $3,000.
More information coming soon! The Collection will be available as of October
1.
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