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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 [...]
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. —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 [...]
Damaged lung tissue can repair itself; November 15—37th Annual Great American Smokeout WASHINGTON, D.C.—Lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver, and melanoma skin cancer combined. Lung cancer is most often diagnosed in stage IV, when the cancer has already spread and is hard to treat. And every year, 16,000 to 24,000 Americans [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As National Breast Cancer Awareness wraps up this October, American Cancer Society volunteers and participants have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight breast cancer. On October 20, 3,000 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walkers on the National Mall raised more than $330,000. And on October 28, the Prince William Hockey Club Panthers [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Caitlin Brogcinski runs 26.2 miles of D.C. streets on Sunday, October 28, past the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, she’ll be thinking about a walk; a special walk, down the aisle this December with the help of her brother who just returned home from his second tour in Afghanistan. Caitlin is [...]
On October 28th a group of young men from Prince William County will put on pink jerseys, and get into a fight. This is the 4th year for Hockey Fights Cancer. “Since I coach older kids—15 to 17 year olds—I thought it would be a great way for them to expand their minds beyond the [...]