Life After Breast Cancer: 2 B.C. Survivors Travel the World
The South Surrey teammates have inspired nearly 400 similar dragon boating teams worldwide while turning travel into recovery and outreach.
- South Surrey residents Elisabeth Villeneuve and Carol McKay, both breast cancer survivors, travel the world with the pioneering dragon boating team Abreast in a Boat, demonstrating life continues after diagnosis.
- Dr. Don McKenzie founded Abreast in a Boat in 1997 to prove movement aids recovery after breast cancer. Almost 30 years later, the team has inspired nearly 400 similar teams worldwide.
- Villeneuve recently reached the milestone of visiting 193 United Nations-recognized countries, while McKay has explored at least 100, achievements rare among global travelers.
- Local residents across countries made their travels possible through kindness. "We have had so much kindness from people," Villeneuve explained, enabling experiences beyond typical tourist itineraries.
- Their message today remains simple: survivorship is not about standing still. They urge others to challenge themselves, whether stepping into a dragon boat or onto a plane.
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Life after breast cancer: 2 B.C. survivors travel the world - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
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Life after breast cancer: 2 B.C. survivors travel the world - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
For Elisabeth Villeneuve and Carol McKay, life after breast cancer is a new beginning of something else entirely. “I guess that’s the message,” said Villeneuve. “There is life after breast cancer.” Both Villeneuve and McKay are longtime members of Abreast in a Boat, a pioneering dragon boating team formed by Dr. Don McKenzie, whose goal was to prove that movement is better than being stationary after surviving breast cancer. Villeneuve and McKay…
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Life after breast cancer: 2 B.C. survivors travel the world
For Elisabeth Villeneuve and Carol McKay, life after breast cancer is a new beginning of something else entirely. “I guess that’s the message,” said Villeneuve. “There is life after breast cancer.” Both Villeneuve and McKay are longtime members of Abreast in a Boat, a pioneering dragon boating team formed by Dr. Don McKenzie, whose goal was to prove that movement is better than being stationary after surviving breast cancer. Villeneuve and McKay…
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