NEXT US TOO MEETING IS **ON** at 7:00 P.M., TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2003!!
In April and May, our Monthly Meetings in the William Osler Hospital Auditorium were cancelled because of the SARS issue. Our access to the Brampton Hospital Auditorium remains suspended for an an indefinite period. Are we downhearted? Yes we are, but the spirit is not broken.
We have found a temporary home for this final meeting of our 2002 - 2003 season. Let this potluck evening be a reunion to enjoy and to sustain us through the summer months. Come September we expect to have an established base once again.
Let us not forget June 20th – the Relay for Life – or June 23rd – our annual Golf Tournament.
So come on, guys and gals, forget the problems! Join us and help get the Chapter back on track.
The one-time only location for the June 10 meeting is: The Royal Canadian Legion, 1133 Queen Street East in Bramalea. (South side of Queen Street, a half block east of West Drive).
This facility offers an impressive banquet hall with adequate capacity and ample parking. While it would be perfect for our regular meetings, it is already fully booked for next Fall.
However, your Steering Committee is close to securing a regular venue for future meetings. That said, if you know of any suitable facility, we would like to hear about it.
Please monitor our Web Site http://www.ustoo-brampton.com and upcoming Newsletters for further announcements. Thank you for your continued support!
- Fred Norris, Chairman, (905) 877-8092 e-mail fred.norris@sympatico.ca.

POTLUCK COORDINATOR for JUNE 10 SOCIAL EVENING
Our charming, tireless Secretary, Margaret Butterly, has volunteered to serve as Coordinator for our Social Evening Potluck Dinner.
Please contact Margaret at (905) 454-4237 to offer your specialty or to find out what is still needed in order to provide a well-balanced dinner for our members, partners and guests. (We're kidding about the well-balanced part; indulge yourself and the rest of us!).
 

NEW MEMBER MEETINGS MOVED
The monthly New Member meetings have been reinstated. The next scheduled meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24.
To obtain detailed directions to our temporary location, to arrange for a private meeting with one of our survivors or for any other information, contact either: Morris Rambout, New Member Coordinator at (905) 793-8843 e-mail mrambout@idirect.com or Fred Norris, Chairman, at (905) 877-8092 e-mail fred.norris@sympatico.ca

RELAY FOR LIFE
We still have only 6 of the required 10 walkers on our team for the Canadian Cancer Society's annual noncompetitive overnight Relay For Life. There is no registration fee for survivor teams, but each member is expected to raise at least $100 in pledges. The Relay will again be held at the Caledon Fairgrounds starting on Friday, June 20th and finishing Saturday morning. It is a great experience, so please consider joining us. All proceeds go to fight our common foe - CANCER.
Even if you are unable to walk, please join us for the "Survivors' Victory Lap" on the Friday evening. All of our members who have walked the Victory Lap in past years have also enjoyed the Survivor Reception & Dinner, the Opening Ceremony and other activities. There is absolutely no cost to attend; we are truly honoured guests.
To join the Us Too! Relay for Life Team, call either: Jim Dorsey (905) 453-3038, e-mail jdorsey@sympatico.ca or Ian Smith (905) 454-3880, e-mail iclacewood@globalserve.net. You can join the Us Too! Team on-line, but you will have to pay the $10 registration fee by credit card, so please talk to Jim or Ian instead.
In addition to the information on our web site, the excellent Cancer Society web site, www.cancer.ca, provides full details. At that site, you can pledge in support of our team or you can purchase "luminaries" in support of loved ones or in their memory. These candles are lit in a truly moving ceremony at 10 p.m. and are kept burning all night long by the walkers.

3rd ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT - JUNE 23, 2003
The Us Too! 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Monday June 23rd at the Acton Golf Club.
The cost is $60 per golfer, the same as last year. This includes green fees, cart, a barbecue lunch and prizes. Player names and payment should be received no later than June 10th!
To sign up, please call Morris Rambout, (905) 793-8843 or e-mail mrambout@idirect.com

FINANCE
As mentioned above, we have been searching for a substitute location for our monthly General Meetings. The room at 57 Mill Street North is fine for Steering Committee and New Member meetings, but can only accommodate small groups. Therefore, we may be forced to rent a larger room at what may be considerable expense.
Naturally, we will do all in our power to keep these potential costs to a minimum, but in fact we may be forced to ask the membership for a higher subscription in future. Apparently, there is no escaping SARS; one way or another it affects us all.
- Gerry Brunjes, (905) 791-3043, e-mail brunjes@idirect.com.

AWARENESS
As always, Ian Smith is working hard to raise public awareness of Prostate Cancer in the community. If you wish to help distribute pamphlets to area pharmacies, know of a group that might benefit from a presentation on Prostate Cancer or have an idea for another Awareness event, please contact Ian Smith, (905) 454-3880, e-mail iclacewood@globalserve.net.

US TOO! THERE FOR YOU!
The outbreak of S.A.R.S. in Ontario has greatly altered the operating procedures of Us Too! - Brampton. Since our first meetings in November of 1994, we have had the luxury of meeting in the Hospital at no cost to the membership. This privilege allowed us to operate our Awareness program, our New Member sessions and our Visitations to patients on the 5th floor. We have also found it easy to obtain good guest speakers for our regular Monthly Meetings in the well-equipped Auditorium.
But now the William Osler Hospital Auditorium and smaller meeting rooms are no longer available to the public and many of our regular activities and their locations will have to change.
Your Steering Committee is actively looking for a hall or large meeting room that will house 70 to 100 people on the second Tuesday of each month. We have been able to obtain the Royal Canadian Legion on Queen Street for our June 10th Social Night, but this hall will not be available to us on Tuesday nights for the upcoming 2003 - 2004 season.
The diligent efforts of your Committee have obtained a room at 57 Mill Street North where we can meet with new members and hold our Steering Committee sessions. And through all the confusion, your telephone committee has been in regular contact with you to keep you abreast of the latest developments.
Rest assured that we will reschedule missed events into the Fall half of the coming year. (Dr. Robert Bristow has already agreed to speak on "Radiation Oncology and the Genetics of Prostate Cancer" at our November 11th General Meeting.)
We would also like to remind you that should you have any questions pertaining to any treatment or any other aspect of your situation, that we have the expertise and comfort available, only a phone call or e-mail away.
- Don Grant, Members Relations, (905) 793 -7376, e-mail dongrantmon@ sympatico.ca
P.S. We will have hats with the Us Too! logo for sale at the June 10th meeting at a subsidized price of $5 each.

OUR WEB SITE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE - www.ustoo-brampton.com
Mukul Luthra continues to work miracles with our web site. His latest triumphs include "MP3 streaming audio" downloads of recent talks by Tanya Giaquinto ("Nutrition") and Alex Isbister ("Cancer and Emotion"). Translation: You can start listening to their talks just by clicking on the links that Mukul has provided on the web site. No more waiting an hour or more for an entire presentation to "download" before you can listen to it. It's the next best thing to being there.
And check out the pictures and descriptions of some of our recent events. Mukul is an absolute wizard of the Internet - and he used to be so normal!
Contact Mukul Luthra, Multimedia, (905) 873-8367, e-mail wftech@stn.net.
 

"HUMOUR"
Tom walks into a pub and notices two beautiful pieces of steak nailed to the ceiling and a man with his hands tied behind him jumping at the steaks and gnashing his teeth in the air, far short of the steaks.
Tom thinks this is a little odd but it's none of his business, so he shrugs and asks the bartender for a pint and as he sets the glass down, the bartender asks, "Do you want to participate in our little contest?"
Tom asks "What's it all about?" The bartender informs him, "All you have to do is get those pieces of meat off the ceiling using just your teeth and you get a free pint! But if you fail, you have to buy the whole house a drink."
Tom thinks for a minute then replies, "No, I don't think so, pal...the steaks are too high!"
(NOW will you send in some jokes?!)