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Amy with her mother and daughter
Amy with her mother and daughter
Amy's Living Legacy In-Memory Fundraising Page

Fundraising Goal: $250,000

Amy MacRae was diagnosed in 2017 with stage 2 low-grade serous ovarian cancer at 32 years old. Amy was so much more than her cancer. She was a trained Kindergarten and behaviour special needs teacher. A daughter and sister. Wife of ten years to her husband Garreth. And most of all mom to her beautiful daughter Evie.
 
She did everything she could to have more time with her much loved daughter Evie, husband Garreth, her family and friends - including several types of targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and multiple long and difficult surgeries. If love and will power were enough, Amy would still be here.
 
Despite the burden of her diagnosis, Amy continued to be loving, kind and compassionate. In 2019 Amy visited the BC Cancer low-grade serous laboratory to learn more about their efforts to improve the survival rates of women with her cancer. She wanted to support their efforts to help women have more time.
 
In her last days she requested this page be set up to honour her memory. Amy passed away peacefully on June 1, 2020.
 
Donations and fundraisers, now and in the future, can be made in Amy’s name to support the efforts of Canadian researchers.
 
“This cancer has taken from me more than I ever could have imagined. But it has also made me more grateful than I ever have been for the simple things. Outcomes for this disastrous disease haven’t improved in over 50 years. We need to demand new research and more funding, on par with the resources available to help my sisters with breast cancer. I am grateful for every day I have here and I encourage you to help me change the outcomes for future women with this disease.” 
 
“Hug someone you love really tight, eat your favourite food just because you can, sprint down your street and yell at the top of your lungs. We take so much of this beautiful life for granted.” 

xo Amy
 
The Amy Award Anthology
Paperback - April 20, 2022
 
The short memoirs in this anthology are the inaugural finalists of what has become known, affectionately, as The Amy Award. The pieces represent a range of styles: a lyric essay; a travel chronicle; a letter to a younger self; a portrait of a forgotten relative; tales of childhood, coming of age, family tensions and surrenders; vignettes of caring for aging parents; and a sketch of powerlessness and love during the pandemic. 

While they vary in subject and form, these essays all contain the common pulse of grounding, resonant love. In the words of award-winning memoirist, Anne Bokma, the judge of this year's contest: "Each of these short memoir pieces is a unique jewel that illuminates some aspect of our human experience."

The International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir was created in celebration of the life of Amy MacRae and in support of her legacy to improve the outcomes of women with ovarian cancer.
 
All proceeds from this book are donated to Amy's Living Legacy in support of ovarian cancer research.

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Personal Progress:
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$130,683 Raised
$250,000.00
Fundraising Honor Roll
anonymous donations and proceeds
Kerry and Betty Ho
$16,000
The International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir
$10,000
Garreth MacRae
$5,500
Make A Dream Come True (Lions) Society
$5,000
Micheline Ho
Brodie Christ
$5,000
Brodie Christ
$5,000
Ashley & Angus
$3,500
Kerry and Betty Ho
$2,500
Memoir Writing Ink / Alison Wearing
$2,000
Jane Ludemann
$1,500
Lauren, John & Owen Manteuffel
$1,500
Noreen Don
$1,100
Make A Dream Come True (Lions) Society
$1,000
Mr. Kerry Arnold Ho
$1,000
David MacRae
$1,000
Jen Clune
$1,000
Anonymous
Tempered Investment Management
$1,000
Kerry and Betty Ho
$1,000
Lauren, John & Owen
$1,000
Anglemont Financial Services
$1,000
Amy MacRae
$1,000
Kevin ho
$1,000
Amy MacRae
$1,000
Brian and Sylvia Hallam
$1,000
The Faulkners
$1,000
Sock Mafia
$900
Mr. Geoffrey Ho
$600
Cindy, Terry, and Adam Pasichnyk
$600
Jeannie Don-Lee
$500
Bill Lee
$500
Ryan and Jesse Kaltio
$500
Barry Lee
$500
Elisabeth and Gary Manteuffel
$500
Ashley Curammeng
$500
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$500
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$500
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$500
Bruce & Diana Chan
$500
Simone McLachlan & John McCarter
$500
Lauren Manteuffel
$500
Jesse and Ryan Kaltio
$500
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$300
Stephen & Connie Joe
$300
Joan and Chris
$250
Richard and Bev Clune
$250
Jane
$250
Mary Ellen Cooke
$250
Anonymous
$250
Dennis N. Wong
$200
Anonymous
$200
Amy MacRae
Brian & Linda
$200
Catherine Eiswerth
$200
Fred Fawcett
$200
Marta Zientarski
$200
David Bassin
$200
Daniel Hou
$200
Erin & Jeff Lynch
$200
Diana Gray
$200
Anonymous
$200
Dennis & Carol Wong
$200
Anonymous
Donella Chong
$200
Ella Chen and Family
$200
Kyla Fong and Family
$200
Barry and Janice Stevenson
$150
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$150
Jonathan Chin
$150
Michelle Raqueno
$150
Christine & Jason
$150
Darren Gee
$150
Mrs. Susan Jane O'Neill
$100
Russ Syme
$100
Anonymous
$100
Nathan Look
$100
Mary Lynn Anderson
$100
Richard and Bev Clune
$100
Juliana Cipparrone
$100
Jacqueline Young-Hoon
$100
Lisa Chow
$100
Amy MacRae
$100
Amy Marissa MacRae
$100
Stephanie Ward
$100
Jessica Sather
$100
Alea Motar
$100
Faye and Eugene Lau
$100
Aimee King
$100
STEPHEN & CONNIE JOE
$100
Amy
$100
The Dumont Family
$100
Stephanie Ward
$100
Andrea
$100
Stephanie
$100
Julie Weatherall
$100
Anonymous
maria Curammeng
$100
Jen Clune
Karen Chan
$100
Sherry Burtini
$100
Baris and Arti Ozyetis
$100
Ms. June Elliot
$100
Liz Sauve
$100
Ms. Stephanie Ward
$100
The Yazdani Family
$100
Mark Stevens & Celia Schroeder
$100
Cathy & Henry Woo
Shannon Nicol
$100
Claudia Li
$100
Leo Curammeng
$100
Miss Elza Miquel-Blain
$100
Hana Marinkovic
Mary Oko
$75
Helen Jin Gee
$65
Marilyn & Ken Hallam
$50
Noelle Fulford
$50
Anonymous
$50
Kaitlin Munroe
$50
Miss Laurenn Laurenn Russell
$50
Quintos Family
$50
Ms. Melanie Zabel
$50
Anonymous
$50
Amy Mac Rae
$50
Mark Chapman
$50
Kelsey Wong
$50
Judy Don
$50
Kim, Brian and Rachel Newell
$50
Ian Samson
$50
Gordon Speirs
$50
Lia Cuccurullo
$50
Tina Siciliano
$50
Amy MacRae
$50
Andrea Visscher
$50
Tanja Karwel
$40
Dominic LePan
$30
Mark Wyatt
$25
Jane Ludemann
Jessica + Jeff Thorburn
Anonymous
$25
Angela ayeni
$20
Jennifer N
$20
Chenoa Gao
$20
Jane
$10
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