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DULUTH, GA (February 22, 2012) – Primerica recently presented a check for $30,000 to the American Cancer Society as the presenting sponsor of the 2012 Relay For Life in Gwinnett County, the world’s largest Relay event. Primerica will also raise funds through Relay team activities and more. Pictured at the check presentation are (left to [...]
ATLANTA (February 8, 2012) – Siuprem Inc., a full-service independently owned insurance premium finance company, has presented the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society with a check for $50,000 for breast cancer programs and research and the fight against breast cancer. Siuprem presented the check to the Society on January 31 during a ceremony at Siuprem’s Alpharetta [...]
Sean Blanton loves to run. In the past four years, he has traveled around the world to run in 70 ultra marathons, which are marathons longer than the traditional 26.2 miles. He works with the American Cancer Society to train others to run in half and full marathons. Now he’s using his love of running [...]
FAIRFAX, VA (January 26, 2012) – Last October during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department donned pink shirts to help the American Cancer Society increase awareness of breast cancer. They also sold the pink t-shirts to raise money to fight breast cancer. On Monday, January 30, members [...]
ATLANTA (January 24, 2012) – For the third consecutive year, Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia is the presenting sponsor of the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer gala, the Society announced today. “The BasketBALL: Celebrating a Season of Hope,” a black-tie gala, is scheduled Saturday, May 19 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Buckhead and will [...]
ATLANTA (January 23, 2012) – Kroger and the American Cancer Society will partner Sunday, February 5 through Saturday February 18 to fight cancer. During the two-week campaign, Kroger will urge its customers to donate to the Society and purchase $1 Relay For Life “footprint” icons at Kroger checkouts. “The American Cancer Society is thrilled for [...]
ATLANTA (December 2011) — The American Cancer Society has announced the presentation of awards to metro Atlanta corporations that provided strong support for the Society’s cancer-fighting programs and events throughout 2011. Companies honored at the Society’s Annual Atlanta Corporate Leadership Awards program at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Buckhead on December 6 represent a veritable “who’s [...]
ATLANTA (December 12, 2011) – The Georgian Terrace will host its 4th Annual Winter White Party on Monday, December 19 at 8 p.m., with proceeds from the glamorous event benefiting the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society. Last year’s Winter White Party attracted more than 500 people, including celebrity guests such as Atlanta Falcons running back Ovie Mughelli [...]
ATLANTA (November 21, 2011) – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, recently awarded a $347,000 research scholar grant to Michael T. Halpern, M.D., Ph.D. at the Department of Health Services and Social Policy Research, Research Triangle Institute, in Washington, D.C. The grant, which goes [...]
ATLANTA (November 21, 2011) – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, recently awarded a $720,000 research scholar grant to Ritu Aneja in the Department of Biology at Georgia State University in Atlanta. The grant, which goes into effect on January 1, 2012, is among [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 4, 2011) – Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of day could discourage dedicated walkers from participating in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Saturday, October 29. More than 1,500 people turned out for the walk on the National Mall, braving pouring rain, chilly temperatures and high winds to raise [...]
ATLANTA (October 31, 2011) – More than 15,000 people, dressed in their best pink finery, packed downtown Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, October 29 for the American Cancer Society’s 13th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. When the three-mile walk was finished, participants had raised $1.2 million for the fight against breast cancer. [...]