PCCN Nanaimo

Contact: Malcolm W. Reville (Facilitator)
E. nanaimo@bc.cancer.ca
When: The 2nd Tuesday of each month
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Nanaimo Cancer Society (Office 250-741-8180), 777 E. Poplar St. Nanaimo

On 13 Dec. 2011, at our monthlty meeting, PCCN-Nanaimo, gave  Garret Paquette’s parents, Roger and Donna,and his spouse Angela,( who was ill, and not present,) as well as his brothers Peter,and his wife,( not present) and Michael Hildebrand, PCC ties and scarves, and pins as a small token of our appreciation, for raising more than $115,000 donations from friends and family, plus a raffle from Paquette’s father’s business Hub City Fisheries,Nanaimo.

Roger Paquette intends raising more for Movember in 2012, with Nanai-MO RBC Stallions. The family were very appreciative of the gifts, I hope these pictures tell some of the story.

Happy Christmas and a happy New Year from Nanai-MO
Malcolm Reville PCCN-Nanai-MO

By Melissa Fryer – Nanaimo News Bulletin
Garrett Paquette’s family raised more than $116,000 during the Movember fundraising campaign, creating a lasting legacy for the young man who died in an ATV accident last month. Paquette was 11 days into Movember and raising money as team captain for the Nanai-MO RBC Stallions when his ATV tumbled over a ledge, falling seven metres into Hardy Creek, near Lantzville.

Despite their grief, his family members wanted to create a positive legacy for the avid sports fan, said Paquette’s brother, Michael Hildebrand. “We knew he’d want us to do something like that in his name,” Hildebrand said.
Donations from friends and family, plus a raffle from Paquette’s father’s business Hub City Fisheries, helped push Paquette’s individual fundraising total to more than $115,000 – the most worldwide. As a team, the total placed in top 5 in Canada and within the top 10 in the world.

Movember is a month-long event in November in which men grow moustaches and raise money for research into prostate cancer. Paquette’s team even beat Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment, led by former Toronto Maple Leafs​ captain Wendel Clark​ – slightly ironic since current members of the team signed a banner in support of Paquette and the Nanaimo team’s efforts. “People from all over Canada really supported him,” Hildebrand said.
Paquette’s motivation for participating in the campaign stemmed from the death of a family member from cancer. Although it wasn’t specifically prostate cancer, which Mo-vember money targets, Paquette wanted to join the fight against all cancer, said Hildebrand. “He really believed in the fight against cancer,” Hildebrand said. “Any cancer is a terrible thing.”

The team’s accomplishment this year means that the mo’s will grow again next November. “Garrett will again be our team captain,” Hildebrand said. “He’s our inspiration for this whole thing.”

For more information, please visit http://ca.movember.com.