Sarah, Duchess of York Society at a congressional briefing. Sarah, Duchess of York, was a founding supporter of the American Cancer Society's Great American Weigh In, an annual campaign (modelled after the Society's Great American Smoke Out) aimed at raising awareness of the link between excess weight and cancer. In 2006, the Duchess established The Sarah Ferguson Foundation based in Toronto, which derives funds from Sarah's commercial work and private donations with the aim of supporting charities internationally that serve children and families in dire need. Included under this umbrella organisation is her patronage and support of several British charities, including Mental Disability Rights
Will Ferguson 2002, then for "Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw" in 2005 and for his travel memoir "Beyond Belfast" in 2010. Ferguson won the 2012 Giller Prize for "419: A Novel" (2012). The novel went on to win the 2013 Libris Award from the Canadian Booksellers Association for Fiction Book of the Year. He also served on the jury of the 2015 Hilary Weston Prize for literary nonfiction. Ferguson championed "Sarah Binks" by Paul Hiebert in "Canada Reads 2003". Will Ferguson William Stener "Will" Ferguson (born October 12, 1964) is a Canadian travel writer and novelist best known for his humorous observations