Want to know more about getting involved?
For more information about the Paddle For Hope, entering a team, volunteering, media enquiries or sponsorship, don't hesitate to contact Event Organiser Abbylee Childs, from PINC & STEEL Cancer Rehabilitation Trust, or complete the form below.
For help with your Everyday Hero fundraising page or team registration please phone our support line free on 0800 224 376.
To book a board and paddle for your team to use please email us....
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Did you know approximately 51 New Zealanders are diagnosed with CANCER everyday?
Survival rates are constantly improving but the long term effects of treatment can make it difficult for these people to get back to doing the things they enjoyed before. Cancer Rehabilitation is a very necessary part of each person’s recovery plan but unfortunately there is no government funding for the rehabilitation of cancer patients.
Cancer rehab is about helping people:
with painful stiff joints to m...
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Paddle For Hope's main event is a four-person teams relay race, in recognition of the fact that family and peer support is integral to fighting and beating cancer, and that physical exercise is an essential part of rehabilitation.
To join in the Paddle For Hope you don't need to be an experienced paddler. Just follow these four easy steps...
1. Invite three mates to join your team
They might be workmates, family, friends, people from your gym or strangers - it doesn't matter who, so long a...
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Get your team on Board!
Feel good. Make a difference. Build staff camaraderie. Improve employee health and wellness.
Paddle For Hope is a teams event in recognition of the fact that family and peer support is integral to fighting and beating cancer, and that physical exercise is an essential part of rehabilitation.
Bring together teams of four colleagues or staff from your workplace to participate in this year’s Starboard Paddle For Hope, and you could be all be in to win a trip to Hawai...
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A breast cancer suvivor's inspirational story!
Breast cancer survivor and Paddle For Hope founder Karin Horen was just 26 years old when she discovered cancer in her right breast. Luckily she found it in time, and after a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Karin went back to living life to the fullest, using her voice to encourage others to be aware of their bodies and vigilant about their health.
In January 2013, 14 years after discovering breast cancer for the first time, the...
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Since 2011 Paddle For Hope events have raised more than $300,000 for cancer rehabilitation. Some of this money has enabled Pinc and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Trust to develop PaddleOn, a clinically-endorsed stand up paddle rehabilitation program to help men and women recovering from all types of cancer.
Delivered over 5-weeks by certified Pinc or Steel physiotherapists, PaddleOn has been specifically designed to introduce the components of stand up paddling in a safe, fun small group env...
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Please go all out to raise as much sponsorship as you can. Everyone who enters the event online can start a fundraising page on Everyday Hero.
Online fundraising will open in August 2015.
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