On the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Celebrate Life with Lights, an event organized by Navneet Sharma—a cancer survivor and the founder of the Cancer Warrior Canada Foundation—for their fifth Annual Cancer Awareness and Fundraiser Gala.

Cancer Warrior Canada Foundation is a group of inspired individuals who create awareness about breast cancer, early diagnosis and treatment options. They not only work hard to raise money for research, but they also help to support patients, survivors and their families as they go through this journey.

Every year, thousands of women are diagnosed with breast cancer—our mothers, our grandmothers, our sisters and friends. A diagnosis can be devastating, not only physically, but emotionally and financially.

I want to commend all the great work Navneet Sharma and the amazing team at Cancer Warrior Canada Foundation are doing, and for their dedication in raising awareness about breast cancer, early diagnosis and treatment options. Events like this help fight and address the stigma that breast cancer has. They’re the true community heroes.