For Diane Campbell, giving is deeply personal, which is why she supports causes close to her heart. Her generosity helps fund lung cancer research in Atlantic Canada.
Diane Campbell’s long-standing involvement with the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) began with a chance encounter. While on vacation in Barbados, she struck up a conversation with two fellow Nova Scotians, one of whom was on the board of the CCS Nova Scotia division and invited Diane to join.
“I became a board member and served as chair of finance and vice-chair of the board over a 10-year period,” she says. “During that time, I learned how much the Canadian Cancer Society was doing to support cancer research. Being involved in charitable causes and seeing the positive impact on patients, researchers and clinical specialists has been a profound motivator for me.”
But CCS’s work became even more meaningful to Diane when she lost both her parents to cancer.
“My mother passed away as a result of liver cancer at the age of 54. Seven years later, my father died of lung cancer at the age of 61,” she says.
For Diane, giving is deeply personal, which is why she supports causes close to her heart. Her generosity helps fund lung cancer research in Atlantic Canada, where she lives and runs The Berkeley, a retirement living business based in Nova Scotia. “I want to give back to our community and help to improve the lives of those with cancer by providing financial assistance to researchers as they seek a cure for this terrible disease.”
Diane believes the services CCS offers make a profound difference for people living with cancer.
“Cancer can be a lonely disease,” she says. “Providing both practical and emotional support to cancer patients and connecting patients through CancerConnection.ca are initiatives which have had a tremendous impact on people living with cancer.”
Diane is encouraged by the progress that has been made in cancer research, detection and treatment but believes there is still a long way to go.
“There is nothing more important than our health,” she adds. “Giving to an organization such as the Canadian Cancer Society is one of the most important and impactful acts that citizens can undertake.”