Every day, one Nova Scotian dies from a disease that is 90% preventable: colorectal cancer.

2025 marks the 17th anniversary of Get Up There, an initiative dedicated to raising funds and awareness for colorectal cancer screening and prevention.

Last year's GUT campaign supported a public awareness effort aimed at encouraging more individuals to complete and return their FIT tests. Currently, only 45% of individuals who receive the kit complete and return it.

Nova Scotia has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in Canada with 800 new cases diagnosed every year - and with less than half of the screening kits returned, there are likely many other Nova Scotians with an undiagnosed cancer.

We have all been touched by cancer so we're going to keep 'getting up there' until 100% of kits are returned and we deny colorectal cancer the chance to take the lives of more Nova Scotians.

Together, let's make a difference!