Paddling For Life
Bosom Buddies is a group of breast cancer survivors committed to support and care for each other, to paddle as a dragon boat team and to increase our self-esteem while building our physical and emotional health.
Paddling Info 2025 Season
Lake Banook
(Owls Club Dock)
Mondays – 6pm
Wednesdays – 6pm
Saturdays – 9am
Mahone Bay (South Shore boat)
(Shipyard Landing Marina)
Wednesday – 5:45pm
Paddling sessions are weather dependent. Paddlers will be advised of any cancellations/changes.
Our Mandate
Bosom Buddies is a group of women in Nova Scotia, living with breast cancer, who have decided to go against traditional thinking and become real examples of life after breast cancer.
Following the lead of the original Abreast in a Boat team in Vancouver, they have formed a dragon boat team, which they hope to race in festivals throughout Canada.
But this isn’t only about paddling. Bosom Buddies is about educating people and letting them know they can make a difference. This is a story about a wonderfully positive response to a deadly disease.
Most companies employ large numbers of women and one in nine of those women will get breast cancer in their lifetime. No one can ignore the statistics, but awareness about the quality of life after treatment needs to be raised. Bosom Buddies is trying to raise this awareness in the best possible way – by living their message. Breast cancer can affect anyone, young or old, but THERE IS LIFE AFTER BREAST CANCER – active, fun, powerful, upbeat, vigorous life.
We are a 100% volunteer-based organization with a group vision to raise breast cancer awareness so that we can eventually find a cure and help people who are living with this disease.
