![]() ![]() She says there are also troubling trends. I’m not a scientist, but I know personally that it’s changed the way my skin burns.” I can go out now and in 15 minutes I can be burnt, so the sun dynamics are changing. “I used to go out in the morning, and by the late afternoon I’d have a little bit of glow. “I used to call myself a professional sun tanner,” she said. While sunscreen is just one defense against the sun, Barnard says it’s important people of all ages find some form of protection. ![]() The free dispensers are expected to be installed at Lions Community Park on June 16 ahead of the pool opening on June 24, according to Barron. “ covers the cost of this mobile unit and the units that are going to be installed at Lions Community Park, so to expand this year to four dispensers and offer it to the public was an easy yes for Riverview.” “Last summer, I think we went through eight litres of sunscreen, which is a lot, so people were obviously using it and saw the value in it,” said Barron. In Riverview, that means growing from one dispenser to four. The free sunscreen program launched last year and has grown to include 30 different communities this year. “We try to remind everybody that your skin is the largest organ of your body, it’s actually an organ, and you see it and you need to protect it just like you would any other organ.” “For us, when we talk about Riverview being a place that’s safe and inclusive, sun safety is definitely a part of that and allowing people to have access to mineral sunscreen – it can be kind of expensive.”īarron says one of the main goals was to make sure that people who couldn’t afford sunscreen would still have access to the protection.īarron added that skin cancer is 90 per cent from UV rays. “I think it comes down to access and being able to get sunscreen where and when you need it,” she said. ![]() The other two will travel to community events helping to ensure that SPF 30 is available where people might need it most. “Two of them are actually going to be at Lions Community Park and that’s kind of the best central location where people are on the playground, they’re at the pool, there’s a baseball field there,” said Ashly Barron, a communications manager for the town. She now uses her experience to help other people from all over, including in Riverview, N.B.Īs part of a nationwide campaign, which aims to fight skin cancer by making sunscreen more accessible, four free dispensers will be coming to Riverview for the summer. Shortly after receiving life-saving treatment from a doctor in the United States, Kathy launched the Save Your Skin Foundation in 2006. “In ’05 it had spread to my lungs, my liver, my bones, my adrenal gland and my kidney and I was given six months to live.” “In 2003, I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma,” shared Save Your Skin Foundation founder, Kathy Barnard. It’s just a matter of time until Maritimers trade in their raincoats for bathing suits, but this year the sun is also bringing an important reminder about skin protection. ![]()
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