• Rocky Mountain Holidays – British Columbia, Canada

    Badge of Awesome Communities invites you to share your favourite things to see and do in cool destinations around the world. We caught up with the folks from Rocky Mountain Holidays — one of our featured attractions from the Vancouver, British Columbia area — to learn about what they have to offer and what they…

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  • Donate Blood

    Donate Blood

    One of the most awesome, simple and selfless ways you can help somebody is by being a blood donor. In 2008, at age 27, I was diagnosed with Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia. The doctors gave me 40-50% of surviving. Despite the odds, my doctors and I were determined to do everything in our power to beat…

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  • Remember: Wartime letters from my Grandpa

    Remember: Wartime letters from my Grandpa

    Remembrance Day is November 11 – a time for us to reflect on our freedom and honour the brave men and women who served (and continue to serve) our country in both times of war and peace.

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  • Assemble a Book of Encouragement

    Assemble a Book of Encouragement

    A couple weeks ago I wrote about the birthday “human art show” my friends and family performed for me while I was in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Another uplifting and awesome thing they pulled together was a “book of encouragement.”

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  • Build a House: Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

    Build a House: Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

    I may have dropped my hammer off the roof five times, but even so, I had a great day recently volunteering on a Habitat for Humanity build. In addition to lending a hand for a great cause, it was great to just get out of the house and do something different.

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  • Perform a human art show

    Perform a human art show

    On October 15th I celebrated my 4-year bone marrow transplant anniversary. Or, “transplantiversary”, as my friend Tina calls it. Four years! Holy crap! In many ways it seems like yesterday I was undergoing treatment for leukemia. In other ways, it seems like a lifetime ago. Either way, I have to pinch myself sometimes to remind…

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  • Yarnstorm the streets: Graffiti Knitting

    Yarnstorm the streets: Graffiti Knitting

    When I think of knitting, my 86-year-old grandma comes to mind. When I think of graffiti, an angry youth who wasn’t hugged enough as a child comes to mind. When I think of combining knitting and graffiti, my mind explodes from the ensuing awesomeness.

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