Olivia+Brochure

When Mr. Orr told us the subject of our next project would be skin cacner, well my face lit up quite brightly. Don't get me wrong, skin cancer isn't a good thing at all, but I was happy to be doing this brochure and I had my reasons why.

About five years ago my dad was diagnosed with skin cancer. My dad is from Leigh, England. He has the fair skin, the blue eyes and is always getting sun burnt. Moving to California when he got older couldn't have helped prevent skin cancer at all.

It was really hard for me. Try telling a 6th grade girl that the same man who used to watch Spongebob in the mornings with her and always raced her for the best ice cream spoon...but ended up giving it to her no matter what and who drove her to all her basketball practices and gave her tips about it the whole way there, tell her that her hero has skin cancer.

In my dad's typical fashion, he just waved it off. There was nothing he couldn't conquer. Nothing.

Luckily the cancer was removed before it had the chance to spread further and cause more damage. I thank God for that detection. It saved my daddy.

Upon receiving this assignment, I knew I had to do my part to warn others about the danger of skin cancer and how to protect themselves and their loved ones.