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                                                    APRIL 2025   •   WELLSPRING.CA






         A Father and Daughter’s Wellspring Legacy




         Jana Marshall and her father,
         Robert, shared a unique bond.
         While many people face a cancer
         journey solo, Jana, diagnosed
         with breast cancer, and Robert,
         diagnosed with prostate
         cancer, bittersweetly faced their
         diagnoses together.

         Although both diagnoses were
         caught early, Jana still felt the
         lingering emotional impact of
         her cancer. She happened upon           Robert and Jana
         Wellspring in 2014 and said she
         felt instantaneous relief as soon
         as she walked through the doors.
                                             emotional toll of this news was      Legacy giving is personal, but if
         While Jana participated in many     enough hardship to bear, they        your financial situation allows you
         Wellspring programs, she received  also faced practical decisions—       to be generous outside your family,
         the greatest impact from the        Robert wanted to update his will.    consider giving. You can leave
         Relaxation and Visualization                                             something in the world that’s going
         program, which she described as     Described as generous and kind,      to be useful. Personally, it gives me a
         being the catalyst for starting her   Robert had regularly donated       sense of purpose that I am leaving a
         meditation journey: “I remember     to charities throughout his life.    good legacy in the world,” she says.
         once crying through one whole       While he didn’t use Wellspring’s
         session, and honestly, it just felt   services himself, he understood    Robert and Jana learnt a lot as
         good to be able to let it all out in   the important impact Wellspring   they created their wills. “We both
         a safe space. The calm that this    had on his daughter’s life. In his   made time to figure out the best
         program brought over me made me     will, Robert made a very generous  way to leave money to our chosen
         look forward to it so much. I now   donation to ensure Wellspring        charities, and we talked to many
         try to maintain a consistent routine   had funds to continue providing   people. There are people out there
         of practicing meditation, so when   vital programs free of charge to     who can help and make it less
         tough times do come, I know I can   more people with cancer. “Leaving    complicated,” she says.
         lean on those tools,” she says.     a legacy to Wellspring was, I think,
                                             my Dad’s way of honouring me,”       Robert eventually passed away
         Sadly, those tough times arrived    Jana says.                           from cancer in 2023. But thanks
         sooner than expected in 2022,                                            to his generous donation to
         when the Marshall family were       Inspired by her father’s generosity,  Wellspring, his legacy lives on,
         faced again with life-altering      Jana included Wellspring in her      allowing many other people
         news—Robert had been                own will. “I know how tough it is    impacted by cancer to get the
         diagnosed with an incurable         when a family goes through cancer    vital support they need.
         multiple myeloma. While the         and how Wellspring can help.
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