Friends of
About Friends of ACE
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Mounting evidence is available that exercise improves fitness, symptoms and functional outcomes for those undergoing or recovering from cancer treatment. Exercise also lowers the mortality rate for such cancers as breast, colon and prostate. Despite ACE's success, the program has not been adopted by the health system and receives no government funding.
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To this end, we have established the "Friends of ACE" group in Alberta-north. We are a group of past participants of the ACE program. We have set up this webpage to report on the ACE program, its growing research results, the personal benefits we have experienced, and to solicit financial support from past and current participants in order that others may benefit from what is a world-class program.
If you would like to join "Friends of ACE" please complete the contact form: https://www.albertacancerexercise.com/contact-us and write "Friends of ACE" in the subject heading. We would greatly appreciate donations to ACE to help us keep the program going. Donations are through the support of the Alberta Cancer Foundation.
We plan to send three or four emails a year to past participants and at that time update our webpage with funding progress, relevant research, and personal journeys.
Sincerely,
Friends of ACE
Testimonials
"In June, 2017 at 74 years of age, I spent almost a month in hospital as a result of surgery for colon cancer. At home in a weakened state, I learned of the ACE program and got enrolled going twice weekly for three months to one of the sites, Corbett Hall in Edmonton. The boost that this highly individualized program provided to my health and state of mind was nothing short of remarkable! As a result of the benefits that I realized, and the benefits that other participants shared with me, I decided to donate to the program so others with cancer might also be supported. Over the past seven years, I have donated 27,000 dollars and plan to continue to donate. It is amazing to me that such a worthwhile program is not part of our healthcare."
Bruce Cameron, ACE participant
Support ACE
The ACE program is free to new participants. A comparable three-month physiotherapy program would conservatively cost participants over a thousand dollars. For those of us who could afford to pay for such assistance we can pay it forward for those who are in less fortunate circumstances. Whether small or large, every contribution will help in this effort.
If you are able at any point to assist, simply click on 'DONATE HERE'. All donations will receive a charitable tax receipt.
Contact Us
If you have questions or observations about the ACE Program, want to provide a personal testimonial, or have any questions, please email us at
Corbett Hall, 8205 114 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4
780-492-6007
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