The Dragon Boat Festival was at Swan Lake in Vernon this past weekend.
Every team that competed on Saturday raced in three 500 metre events.
Among the teams that competed were the Buoyant Buddies Breast Cancer Survivor Team from Vernon. Though they were happy to be at home to compete in Vernon’s event, they also enjoy travelling to compete internationally. Eight team members recently returned from an International Festival in Florence Italy.
“We’re all local breast cancer survivors and I believe the team has been in existence for about 15 years and as a team, they’ve gone to Australia, we’ve gone to Florida, Peterborough Ontario and Vancouver and then this year we went to Florence, Italy,” said Buoyant Buddies team president Mary Ellen Macgregor. “In Florence, there were about 4,000 breast cancer survivors.”
For them, it’s all about community and support.
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