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WHO WE HELP
OUR MISSION
To invest in cutting-
edge research,
MEET JUNE MEET DARCY MEET MELANIE proactive advocacy
Having a positive mindset Retired Vancouver Canucks An arthritis diagnosis put a and innovative
and an unshakable faith have hockey player, Darcy Rota, damper on Melanie Leclerc’s
helped June Henderson of learned the hard way not performance-driven life. information and
Toronto, Ont. process and to ignore the pain from his But the 44-year-old from
manage her rheumatoid knee osteoarthritis. Now he Carignan, Que. decided she support solutions
arthritis and the pain it brings. volunteers with the Arthritis would not let the disease that will deliver
The Arthritis Society was and Society to help prevent control her life. Family, friends
continues to be a huge help. others from going through and the Arthritis Society have better health
Read her story. the same unnecessary pain helped her too. outcomes for
he endured. Read her story.
Read his story. people affected
by arthritis.
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