16th annual Get Up There for Colorectal Cancer

2024 marks the 16th annual Get Up There for Colorectal Cancer event at Ski Wentworth. GUT was founded by Trampoline CEO Mark Gascoigne in 2008 to raise awareness and encourage participation in colon cancer screening after losing his father to colon cancer that same year. Stats showed that Nova Scotia had one of the highest incidences of colon cancer of any province in Canada and on average one Nova Scotian died each day from the disease.

Sixteen years later, Nova Scotia continues to have among the highest percentage of colon cancer. On average, one family will still lose a loved one to this insidious disease every day. Nova Scotia also has one of the world’s best general population screening programs for colorectal cancer. Each year over 180,000 kits are mailed to Nova Scotians between the ages of 50 and 74 and over 75,000 are returned completed.

Kicking off Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, on March 1 GUT participants will make their way to Ski Wentworth and climb the mountain to raise funds and awareness to support colorectal cancer screening and prevention. You can do your part by joining us or sponsoring a participant, but most of all by getting screened.