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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Local celebrity chef, restaurateur, and “Top Chef” All-Star Runner-Up Mike Isabella is joining with the American Cancer Society and 14 Washington, D.C. chefs and mixologists for the inaugural Fit for Hope weight loss challenge, kicking off June 24. The 12-week challenge culminates at the Society’s Taste of Hope event September 24 at the [...]
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia–Before she was a lifeguard watching over children at Chinquapin Recreations Center, T.C. Williams High School senior Brynne Ware-Colantuoni was a three year-old little girl in the fight of her life. Now at age 18, Ware-Colantuoni has teamed up with her father, Executive Associate Principal at Alexandria City Public Schools Stephen Colantuoni, to chair [...]
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Cancer Society is pleased to announce its upcoming list of 2013 Relay For Life events in the National Capital Region. In more than 5,200 communities and 20 countries, Relay For Life events comprise the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Each Relay For Life event is special to its community, but [...]
Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts will serve as the emcee for the American Cancer Society’s first annual Mother of the Year DC luncheon on May 8, 2013, at The Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington, D.C. “We are absolutely thrilled to have a woman and mother of Ms. Roberts standing and reputation serve as emcee for Mother of [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. —To celebrate the end of one of the biggest, most storied rivalries in NCAA Men’s Basketball history, students at Georgetown University and Syracuse University are tipping off against a common opponent—cancer. For three years, the Hoyas and Orangemen student bodies have competed to see who can raise the most money to fight cancer. [...]
When friends and colleagues shaved a mohawk into Tammy Lauver’s hair, she started singing. “I sang with an opera company for six years,” Lauver said. “I also sang and performed with a nonprofit theater group that does political satire (Hexagon, Inc.) for 23 years. I sang to my doctors and nurses before they put me [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On May 8, 2013, at The Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington, D.C., hundreds of high-profile moms, cancer researchers, professionals, and philanthropists will come together to honor Tanya Snyder at the American Cancer Society’s first annual Mother of the Year DC luncheon. Tanya Snyder is the wife of Washington Redskins owner, Dan Snyder, and for years [...]
Charles County Maryland officials are taking the cancer fight to a new level. Charles County is the first site in the National Capital Region to host enrollment in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3). And County Commissioners, in their first proclamation of 2013, have declared February 2013 as “Cancer Prevention Month,” and [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.–What if the entire world joined forces to fight cancer? February 4th is World Cancer Day, a time when organizations and individuals around the world send a message: Ending cancer should be a global health priority. Every year, 7.6 million lives are lost to cancer worldwide – more than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined [...]
CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND—Residents of Charles County have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic nationwide study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed to participate in the American Cancer [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Dejar de fumar no es fácil, pero los fumadores pueden hacerlo, en especial, con la ayuda de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer. Más de 48 millones de personas en los Estados Unidos han abandonado el hábito de fumar para siempre. Sin embargo, más de 45 millones de personas en los Estados Unidos [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Fred Gruskin of the Relay For Life of Rockville, Maryland, did it because “I’m a two-time cancer survivor.” Mary Mapes of the Relay For Life of Laurel, Maryland, did it because “my dad passed away from cancer in 2004.” Gruskin and Mapes joined dozens of other Relay For Life committee leaders, members and volunteers [...]