My name is Jeannie Meyer, I am a mother, a spouse, a daughter, a friend, a baker, a community volunteer, a Laurentian third-year student, and I am a cancer survivor.

Without the work of worldwide cancer research including the Canadian Cancer Society, I would not be here to participate in this year's Laurentian Relay for Life. I was diagnosed in 2017 with Hobnail Variant Papillary Thyroid Cancer. This variant first identified in 2004 and further classified in 2009 is a new, rare, deadly, and increasingly diagnosed variant. At the time of diagnosis, I would have had only six months to live, had I not had surgical intervention. This date will forever be the anniversary I celebrate the most: June 21, 2018. There are not too many of us that can celebrate an anniversary of a proposed death date but we need to change that. This is why I will participate in the Laurentian Relay for Life on March 1, 2024, to increase the numbers of those celebrating an anniversary of an alternate course without ongoing cancer research.

Please support me in this year's relay. The money you contribute, whether it is $5 or $50 could help more of us to celebrate the most important anniversary in our lives.

Thank You

Jeannie Meyer