But it has all been worth it.
“It’s been crazy to see the kinds of developments that have happened in the last number of years as a result of that funding, it literally is translating into life-saving treatment for people,” said Ayn Wilcox, a friend and campaign organizer and a cancer survivor. “It feels real good to be able to continue to honour that legacy. There’s a part of me that thinks if we didn’t, she’d be kicking us in the ass from wherever she is.”
Since 2015, her efforts have raised about $150,000 and the goal is to add an additional $10,000 locally to that total, with her team matching the first $5,000 raised through donations in her name to the Canadian Cancer Society. That money will then be doubled again by Brain Canada, essentially quadrupling the initial $5,000 to $20,000. When she died in 2016, she had raised $100,000.