Pink Glove Generousity

October is breast cancer awareness month. Many activities take place to create public awareness and to raise funds for breast cancer research. Two years ago, Medline Industries sponsored a “Pink Glove Dance” video. The video was created a Providence St. Vincent Medical Centre in Portland, Oregon. It has been viewed millions of times on YouTube. The concept took on a life of its own and this year, Medline decided to sponsor a contest, awarding money to the winner’s choice of breast cancer charity. To enter the contest, hospitals and nursing homes were to create their own Pink Glove Dance video.
Our own Victoria Hospital decided to take on the challenge. Over 190 Physicians, staff members, volunteers and friends of Prince Albert Parkland Health District created a wonderful video which can be seen on YouTube. The result is an excellent four minute video. For those of us in Prince Albert, we are enjoying watching it and picking out people we know. For others in Saskatchewan who may not know the individuals, but are voting for the only video submitted from our province, they are witnessing the dedication and commitment of the people who work at our hospital.
All the videos submitted by hospitals and nursing homes across Canada and the United States showcase health employees dressed in pink. The Victoria Hospital video is no different, with pink gloves, hats, boas and clothing on display. What makes our video unique and truly Saskatchewan is that mixed in with the pink are a number of green Saskatchewan Rough Rider t-shirts. What a perfect touch to a great video!
In a perfect world, we would all help each other and take time out of our busy lives to volunteer for a good cause. However, we do not live in a perfect world and so when a whole group of people take time out of their lives to create something like this video in order to raise money for charity, it is a wonderful example of true generosity.
The cancer charity of choice for the Prince Albert Parkland Health District employees is the Saskatoon Cancer Agency. The winning video will be chosen by the number of on-line votes it receives. By the time you read this, voting will have closed. By next week, we will know who the winners are.
Whether the Victoria Hospital employees win or not, I hope the people who created and appeared in this video know they are all winners to us. Not only have they brought breast cancer awareness to the forefront in our region, they have shown the world what generous and dedicated health care workers live and work in Saskatchewan. To our video stars: well done and thank you! Giving your all to help out a good cause . . . it's a good thing!