The Save Your Skin Foundation

This past Pride Weekend (at the beginning of August) I committed a really bad mistake, particularly considering that my Grandmother had skin cancer and her skin tone was very similar to mine. You’ll see, despite being Mexican, my skin tone is much lighter than your “average” Mexican, and as a result, I have to think about always being careful not to over-expose myself to the sun. At the beginning of the day, it was dark, cold and cloudy and thus I didn’t consider that I needed to put sunscreen on my arms, or body. Then I went on and put a spray-on hummingbird tattoo on my arm, near the shoulder.

I will admit that I did not want the sunscreen to have a negative effect and erase the temporary tattoo, so even when the sun got shining, I wasn’t really very well protected. I mentioned on Twitter that I was the poster boy for the Save Your Skin Foundation, and I asked them to comment on my burn. Below is a short blurb that David Barnard, the Executive Director of the Save Your Skin Foundation prepared to comment on my burn. I love what this Foundation is doing.

We just saw Raul’s picture of his sunburn! Ouch! Make sure to take a look at your daily UV index report and pack that sunscreen to protect yourself from those harmful UV rays. After all, none of us want to end up as burnt as Raul after a day fun in the sun.

The Save Your Skin Foundation was created by family, friends, and colleagues of Founder Kathy Barnard, who is currently battling melanoma. Save Your Skin is a Canadian based not‐for‐profit Foundation. Through events and other initiatives, the Foundation focuses on raising funds for education and awareness, providing emotional and financial support to those dealing with skin cancer, and on supporting the ongoing research and treatment of skin cancer. Funds raised go towards providing critical and timely treatments, as well as ongoing education, research, and awareness initiatives.

You can learn more about the Save Your Skin Foundation by following them on Twitter too. Thanks David for answering my request for more information on the Save Your Skin Foundation! I’m keen to promote causes that are associated with preventing and treating cancers of all types.