Wayne Campbell

When Wayne Campbell was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, he was given a one in 10 chance for survival. With exceptional health care, a change in lifestyle and a positive attitude, he overcame the disease.  Fifteen years later, he is still a vibrant, active broker at Sutton Group – Select Realty in Ingersoll, Ont. In 2003, he had the opportunity to give back by co-chairing the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event and continued in the role for four years.  The 2011 Ingersoll Relay for Life takes place on June 24 at the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute.  This marks Campbell’s ninth year of volunteering and the nine-year fundraising total should surpass an important milestone.

Campbell stopped smoking on the day of his cancer diagnosis. Although the habit left him with heart problems and diabetes, he says, “These problems don’t hinder my work or my community involvement.  They forced me to slow down at the golf course, however.

 “The Ingersoll Relay for Life has raised $976,000 since 2003 and I expect we’ll exceed $1 million this year,” says Campbell. “We have had as many as 1,200 volunteers, participants, survivors and onlookers at events in the past. I participate in the all-night relay as a survivor and work at the silent auction table each year. Proceeds fund research that has brought many actual cures for various types of cancer and will cure many more in the future.”