Marsha Drover is a mom of 2 beautiful children and every year usually at the beginning of December , Marsha goes to a school and finds a family that is in need and starts her planning.Marsha scours the web for the toy of the year and sells tickets on it. The money that is raised ( most people just donate their money for the cause , not for the chance to win the actual toy.. but don't tell Marsha that .) goes towards making a Christmas to remember for that family.
This year Marsha managed to get ahold of the coveted Poopsie
and from Poopsie came....
Facebook opens many doors to seeing who gives back in their community and I found Marsha was part of a group called "Turn Bell Island Pink"
https://www.facebook.com/Turn-Bell-Island-Pink-1869687073347016/
So I sent her a message asking about this group and here is what she said....
" We do it to help the community for the most part but for each of us there is a personal connection. For me, I do it in memory of Bentley’s Nan, my Mom’s sister Diane. Both her and their other sister had mastectomies on the same day (Early 2005) For Diane, it was her second and she had three young children... it ended up claiming her life. For Marg, a mother of three children in their 20s, she had a different type and she was in denial and a fighter like you’d never seen. She just wasn’t having it! Marg survived and Diane died in Nov. of 2006. If memory serves me 2006 was the year our group started. I came on a year later because of my Aunts and for my then baby girl (Kaitlyn), in hope of finding a cure. We donated 10k yearly to the Atlantic Chapter of the Breast Cancer Foundation but the rest was used locally. That chapter closed since and now (I believe) it just goes to the foundation in general. "
This amazing group is located on a small Island in Conception Bay, but the community values they possess are larger than life. They raise money by selling tickets on Quilts 50/50 ,flea markets and I'm sure many more events.
"Turn Bell Island Pink " is helping the people suffering from this disease in their community. Most of us have been affected by cancer in one way or another so if you see them, dig deep and lend a helping hand
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