Source: American Cancer Society Copyright 2012 American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. To the nearly 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, each birthday is a special milestone. These days, more people are surviving cancer and living longer – and that’s something to celebrate, especially on National Cancer Survivors Day, held June 3 [...]
Marie Waitsman of Americus Is Still A Relay For Life Leader 20 Years after Getting Involved with the American Cancer Society Event
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Eric Zeier, Former UGA and NFL Star Quarterback, Is Keynote Speaker at Cobb Relay
May 4, 2012 By
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 [...]
Red Oak Sanitation Increases Support for American Cancer Society With Total Relay, Hope Fashion Show, Patient Navigation Sponsorship of $121,270
May 1, 2012 By
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 [...]
Choose Play This May to Help Prevent Cancer
April 16, 2012 By
Source: American Cancer Society Copyright 2012 American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. Remember the spontaneity and freedom of recess? The joy of taking a break to run around aimlessly, hang on monkey bars, or jump rope with friends? This May, the American Cancer Society is calling on women everywhere to relive that joy by [...]
Four-Time Cancer Survivor Writes Song about Stay at American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge and Donates Portion of Online Song Sales to Benefit Lodge
April 10, 2012 By
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. [...]
Georgia ACS CAN Research Breakfast Attracts 88 Attendees to Hear Latest Information on Cancer Research
March 23, 2012 By
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 [...]
College Student Struck By Cancer Chooses to ‘DO SOMETHING’ to Fight The Disease By Taking A Leadership Role in American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life
February 23, 2012 By
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 [...]
Primerica Is Presenting Sponsor for 2012 Gwinnett Relay For Life
February 22, 2012 By
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 [...]
Siuprem Donates $50,000 to American Cancer Society to Benefit Breast Cancer Programs And Research
February 8, 2012 By
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 [...]
Atlantan Takes Love of Running to A New Level by Running 100 Miles To Raise Funds to Fight Cancer in American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation™
February 1, 2012 By
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 [...]
Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia Is Presenting Sponsor of American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer Gala for Third Consecutive Year
January 24, 2012 By
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 [...]