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DRAGON BOATING AND BREAST CANCER RELATED LINKS

Dragon boats linked by breast cancer survivor paddlers joining hands

DRAGON BOATING

Go Rowing and Paddling Assoc. of Canada
www.f2000p.org/default.htm

Victoria Dragon Boat Festival (Victoria) www.victoriadragonboat.com/

International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) www.web6757.vs.netbenefit.co.uk/

Dragon Boats.net   www.dragon-boats.net/

Dragon Boat World   www.dragonboatworld.com

 

BREAST CANCER

Abreast in the West www.abreastinthewest.ca

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation www.cbcf.org/

Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative www.breast.cancer.ca/

Canadian Breast Cancer Network www.cbcn.ca/

BC Cancer Agency www.bccancer.bc.ca/default.htm

MAMM Magazine, Women, Cancer and Community www.mamm.com/

First Nations Breast Cancer Society www.fnbreastcancer.bc.ca/

 

LYMPHEDMA

Lymphovenous Canada www.lymphovenous-canada.ca/

National Lymphedema Network www.lymphnet.org/

 

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR TEAMS

Alberta

Abreast of 'bridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
E-mail: Diane Randell, randdi@shaw.ca

Breast Friends, Edmonton, Alberta
E-mail: Marlene Torgerson, baba22@shaw.ca

Sistership, Calgary, Alberta.
E-mail: Heather Webber, hwebber@shaw.ca

British Columbia

Abreast In A Boat, Vancouver, British Columbia
E-mail: Chris Whalen, teamcontact@abreastinaboat.com
Website: www.abreastinaboat.com

Abreast of Life, Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia
E-mail: Georgia Mclean, abreastoflife@shaw.ca
Website: www.nanaimo.ark.com/~jem1/

Buoyant Buddies, Vernon, British Columbia
E-mail: Pat Eveleigh, pateveleigh@shaw.ca

Bustn' Loose, Kelowna, British Columbia
E-mail: Judy, bustnloose@hotmail.com

Dragon Divas, Duncan, British Columbia
E-mail: Laura Fee, dragondiva@shaw.ca

Friends Abreast, Shuswap, British Columbia.
E-mail: Cynde Russell, zunny@telus.net

Hope Afloat - Canada, Comox, British Columbia.
E-mail: Barb Thompson thompsongb@shaw.ca

Island Breaststrokers, Victoria, British Columbia
E-mail: Charlene Boge, charralph@shaw.ca
Website: www.islandbreaststrokers.com

Kootenay Rhythm Dragons, Nelson, British Columbia.
E-mail: Mary Walters, mbwalters@telus.net
Website: www.krd.kics.bc.ca

Kootenay Robusters, Trail, British Columbia.
E-mail: Liz Stephens, kiwis@look.ca

NorthBreast Passage, Prince George, British Columbia
E-mail: Becky Girard, bgirard@mackbc.com

Paddling for Life, Powell River, British Columbia.
E-mail: Leslie Graham, lmg73@shaw.ca

Rainbow Warriors, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
E-mail: Kris Castle, kriscastle@yahoo.com

River Spirit, Campbell River, British Columbia.
E-mail: Sally Feast, sfeast@telus.net

Spirit Abreast, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
E-mail: Debbie Garcia, garcias@telus.net
Website: www.spiritabreast.com

Survivorship, South Okanagan, British Columbia.
E-mail: Sharon DeGelder, survivorship@shaw.ca
Website: www.survivorshipteam.org

Manitoba

Chemo Savvy, Winnipeg, Manitoba
E-mail: Sherry Wallis, chemosvy@mts.net
Website: www.mts.net/~chemosvy

Waves of Hope, Brandon, Manitoba
E-mail: Arlene Woods, ANCRUM@mb.sympatico.ca
and Diane Harrington, dianeh@mts.net

New Brunswick

Breasts Ahoy, Saint John, New Brunswick
E-mail: Breasts Ahoy, generalInfo@breastsahoy.abcn.ca
Website: breastsahoy.abcn.ca/

'tit Bateau, Southeast New Brunswick
E-mail: Karen Baird, info@titbateau.ca
Website: www.titbateau.ca

Nova Scotia

Abreast a River, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
E-mail: Susan Hartley, sc.hartley@ns.sympatico.ca

Bosom Buddies, a Nova Scotia provincial team
E-mail: Anne Harland, anneharland@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.bosombuddies.ca

Cape Breastoners, Sydney, Nova Scotia
E-mail: Emily Smith, emilypsmith@syd.eastlink.ca

Ontario

A Breast Or Knot, Windsor, Ontario
E-mail: Lyn Turner, abreastorknot@hotmail.com

Busting Out, Ottawa, Ontario
E-mail: Karen Whillans, Team Captain
Karen.Whillans@Rogers.com
Website: www.bustingout.ca

Canadians Abreast- Messengers of Hope, National Team
E-mail: Darlene Prager, mancany@ptbo.igs.net
Website: http://www.canadiansabreast.abcn.ca

Chestmates, Kingston, Ontario
E-mail: Suzanne Bodner, bodnersuz@primus.ca

Dragon Flies, Lindsay, Ontario
E-mail: nancy.hanna@sympatico.ca

Dragons Abreast, Toronto, Ontario
E-mail: Doreen Davenport, doreend01@aol.com

Dragons of Hope, Thunder Bay, Ontario
E-mail: slecky53@hotmail.com

Guelph Breaststrokes, Guelph, Ontario
E-mail: breaststrokes@rogers.com
Website: www.breaststrokes.org

Knot A Breast, Hamilton, Ontario
E-mail: Helen Shearer, bhshearer@sympatico.ca

Kupsized, Stratford, Ontario
E-mail: Wendy Hunter Beintema,beintema@strat.net

Pink Dragons, Belleville/Trenton, Ontario
E-mail: blunosers@cogeco.ca

Raging Dragon Breast Buddies, Chatham, Ontario
E-mail: barbaratoye@sympatico.ca
arminard@kent.net

Rowbust, London, Ontario
E-mail: Loraine Warnock, rowbust_dragonboat_racing_team@hotmail.com

Survivor Thrivers, Cobourg, Ontario
E-mail: Sylvia Hall, sihbjb@yahoo.ca

Survivors Abreast, Peterborough, Ontario
E-mail: Darlene Prager, macany@ptbo.igs.net
Website: www.survivorsabreast.com

Warriors of Hope, North Bay, Ontario
E-mail: Margaret Kervin, appletreekitchens@sympatico.ca
Website: WarriorsOfHope.com

Wonder Broads, Windsor, Ontario
E-mail: Peggy Hurley, phurley@netcom.ca

Quebec

Two Abreast, Montreal, Quebec
E-mail: Donna Tremblay, dtremblay@ca.inter.net
Website: www.geocities.com/colosseum/Park/9839/

Vise-à-vie, Quebec City, Quebec
E-mail: France Lemay, st-pierre.lemay.ste-foy@sympatico.ca

West Island Dragons, Montreal, Quebec
( or "Les Dragons de l'ouest-de-l'ile" )
E-mail: Fahimeh Bananejad, fahimehb@sympatico.ca

Saskatchewan

Busting with Energy, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
E-mail: info@bustingwithenergy.com
Website: www.bustingwithenergy.com

United States

California

Los Angeles Pink Dragons, Los Angeles, California
Email: Diane McCabe, mccabedf@aol.com

Orange Roughys, Orange County, California
Email: Regina Savage, Resavag@aol.com

San Diego DragonBoat Breast Cancer Team, San Diego, California
Email: Cheance Adair, adair@sandiego.edu

Georgia

Dragon Boat Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Email: Beverly Booth, bb1249@bellsouth.net

Website: www.dragonboatatlanta.org

New Jersey

Machestic Dragons, Mercer County, NJ
E-mail: Baru Saul, md-contact@yahoogroups.com

Princeton Warriors USA, Princeton, NJ
Email: Jeanie Haas, princetondragoneer@comcast.net
Website: www.geocities.com/princetondragoneers

New York

The Hope Chest, Buffalo, New York
E-mail: Laurie Dooley, LD1128@aol.com
Website: www.hophopechestbuffalo.com

Oregon

Pink Phoenix, Portland, Oregon
E-mail: Sandi Buhrmaster-Jelinski , pinkpaddlepower@aol.com
Website: www.pinkphoenix.org

Wasabi Team Soar, Portland, Oregon
E-mail: Joan Cavanagh, jcavanagh@kelrun.com

Pennsylvania

Against The Wind, Philadelphia, PA
Email: Carol Lee Lindner, lindnercll@aol.com

Hope Afloat, Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, PA
Email: Shelly Keller, subbub@navpoint.com
Website: www.geocities.com/hopeafloatusa

Vermont

Dragonheart Vermont Vermont
Email: Linda Dyer, ldyer@gmavt.net

Green Mountain Dragon Boat Team, Vermont
Email: Karen Pellicore, kismet2001us@yahoo.com

New Zealand

Abreast of Life, Christchurch New Zealand
Email: erinaparks@xtra.co.nz

Website: www.abreastoflife.org.nz

If you have information regarding other breast cancer survivor teams, please e-mail so they can be included on this list. Thank you.