Blue Nail campaign reaches another milestone

I had a brief and welcome visit by Jóhannes (Valli) Reynisson, the force behind the Blue Nail campaign for male cancer awareness. He explained that the campaign just began to sell Blue Nails to the Icelandic public and tourists and that each Blue Nail represents the planting of one tree at the Hekluskógur forest as a living symbol of the “growing concern” about the various types of male cancer.  Money raised by The Blue Nail (Blái Naglinn) project will help purchase equipment for the hospital to use in the detection and treatment of cancers. The Blue Nail has a website at: blainaglinn.is

Blái Naglinn (The Blue Nail) – A story of courage and inspiration

I had the pleasure of welcoming Jóhannes Reynisson at the Residence. He is one of those amazing Icelanders who excel in the face of adversity. His story, told in the Blue Nail documentary, is about the challenges that confront a man diagnosed with prostate cancer. In a most intimate and powerful story, Johanness shows us how adversity can be turned into a force of good. Jóhannes conceived the project the Blue Nail (as a counterpart to the pink ribbon campaign to fight breast cancer) as a way to raise awareness about the disease and raise funds to support the work of Icelandic hospitals in fighting it. Jóhannes wants to bring his campaign to the United States and I have no doubt he will succeed as he has in Iceland.