The Brighter the Smile, the Better!

The word from my friend Nancy McMillan at 9:30 yesterday morning was that the Bright Run had met their goal of raising $300,000 for the Juravinski Cancer Centre by the time she lay her head on her pillow last night!!!

Woooo Hoooo!!!

Many of you know my wonderful friend Nancy, chair of the Bright Run!  If you have never participated –  well, you just need to!  Team glamjulz is always looking for walkers to join us, you are more than welcome!

This time of year is really special for me.  September seems to shift people into a helping mindset.  I see regular people just like you and me do amazing things for their communities between now and December.  It really is a time of giving and I feel honoured to be a part of it.

The thing that I love about giving to others is that it doesn’t have to be this huge epic thing!  It’s all about whatever YOU are able to give.  Reaching out to a friend you haven’t heard from in a while is giving, dropping a loonie into a street musician’s guitar case is giving, buying a coffee for the person behind you at the drive thru is giving.  There are so many ways to do it.  Imagine what a different world we would live in if we gave to someone every day.

Even a smile can make a HUGE difference when it comes to giving!  If you google “positive effects of a smile” here is what comes up –

Each time you smile, you throw a little feel-good party in your brain. The act of smiling activates neural messaging that benefits your health and happiness. … The feel-good neurotransmitters — dopamine, endorphins and serotonin — are all released when a smile flashes across your face as well

Isn’t that incredible?  Something so simple is not only good for the person you are smiling at but also really good for you!

Let me tell you, there were a ton of smiles going around at the Bright Run yesterday morning amongst  survivors, patients, doctors, nurses and families!

Along with the sunshine, I do believe that’s the best medicine we could ask for!

Monica XO

If you are looking for a thoughtful gift that will give back to help support breast cancer research at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, please consider purchasing one of our beautiful Hummingbird Bracelets.

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Pam Rutter

Always inspired by your generosity and giving back to the community! You give your customers so many opportunities to participate in supporting causes which are important and deserve our attention. Sparkle on!

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Monica Graves

Pam!! Thank you so much! It’s a great reason to get out of bed in the morning. I’m so grateful to you for all of your support over the years XO

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Nancy

Thanks for joining us yesterday Monica. Many of our captains were wearing their glamjulz bracelets. Some have the full set …I think I have 4! By the way-we have raised $356,000+ So far this year. Thanks for helping make it happen.

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Monica Graves

We LOVE making your bracelets! Your team captains are such go getters!! I can tell every year when we have to make more charms!! Wooo Hooo!!! You have far exceeded your goal! I’m so happy for you!
XO

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