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Marie Waitsman says she got involved with the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life 20 years ago “strictly by accident.” Her late husband, Leonard, who was on the Americus, Georgia City Council and a well-known, long-time retail leader in the area, decided both he and his wife would participate in the local Relay and set [...]
MARIETTA, GA (May 3, 2012) – University of Georgia and National Football League star quarterback Eric Zeier, who finished his college career at UGA with 67 school records and 18 Southeastern Conference records, will be the keynote speaker at the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Cobb County on Friday, May 11. Zeier, who [...]
ATLANTA (May 1, 2012) – In 2010, Red Oak Sanitation began donating 100 percent of the proceeds from its recycling program to support the American Cancer Society’s Patient Resource Navigation programs in Hall and Gwinnett counties. Now Red Oak, with corporate headquarters in Gainesville, has increased its support for the fight against cancer by sponsoring [...]
ATLANTA (April 10, 2012) – As a young cancer patient in the late 1990s, Ryan Hamner stayed at the American Cancer Society’s Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge in Atlanta while he was being treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He never forgot the warm, supportive environment Hope Lodge provided for him and other cancer patients as they battled cancer. [...]
More than 80 people turned out for the March 14 Georgia ACS CAN research breakfast at Morehouse College School of Medicine in Atlanta to hear the latest information on cancer research from leaders in the field. Speakers for the program, “Innovative Partnerships Working Together to Combat Cancer,” included Dr. Otis Brawley, the American Cancer Society’s [...]
Laura Stewart is just 19 years old, but she has already experienced more life-threatening illness in her few years than most people face in a lifetime. After being diagnosed with cancer four years ago when she was a sophomore in high school, she has been through numerous recurrences of the disease and the treatment and [...]
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 [...]