American Cancer Society, South Atlantic Division Newsroom
American Cancer Society, South Atlantic Division offers a newsroom to provide resources and tools for news media and volunteers.
ATLANTA (May 21, 2013) — Georgia Governor Nathan Deal today proclaimed May 22 as the official day of celebration for the American Cancer Society’s 100th birthday. The governor signed the proclamation in his office at the State Capitol in Atlanta. The proclamation read in part, “May 22, 2013 will mark this illustrous organization’s 100th year of [...]
The American Cancer Society presented the DeKalb County Board of Education, including DeKalb Interim School Superintendent Michael Thurmond, with an award at the board’s meeting on Monday, May 6 in recognition of DeKalb schools’ support for the Society’s Relay For Life. Randy Redner, the Society’s Vice President for Georgia, told the board that there are [...]
ATLANTA, May 1, 2013 – Delta Air Lines’ (NYSE: DAL) fourth annual Delta Day of Hope will take place at more than 70 airports around the world on May 2 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society and raise more than $1 million toward the effort to end cancer. Delta Day of [...]
Justin Jones decided at the age of 12 when his grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer that he wanted to do something to help people. Through high school and into his early college years, he focused on becoming a physician. Then his college chemistry professors talked to him about other ways to make a difference, [...]
ATLANTA (April 25, 2013) – Dr. Gordy Klatt, the “father” of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, who founded Relay 28 years ago in Tacoma, Washington, by running around a track all night to raise funds to fight cancer, will participate in the Relay event in Vinings-Smyrna on Friday, May 31. The Vinings Relay, [...]
ATLANTA – April 2013 – Tickets are now on sale for “An evening with Quincy Jones & Friends,” a concert benefitting the American Cancer Society’s 100th Birthday, on Thursday May 23 at 8 p.m. at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre. The legendary music producer will be joined by special guests including James Ingram, Patti Austin, Siedah [...]
DUBLIN, GA (April 8, 2013) – Allgood Pest Solutions has launched its Crush Cancer campaign in support of Relay For Life, using a “Pestimonial Booth’ as a vehicle for telling cancer survivors’ stories and raising funds for Relay. The booth will be a vehicle of victory and hope for cancer survivors and those currently fighting [...]
ATLANTA (April 1, 2013) – The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life 2013 season is officially under way in Georgia, with a total of 157 Relay events scheduled to take place across the state over the next few months. The “father” of Relay, Dr. Gordy Klatt, will add excitement to Relay in Georgia, participating in Relay For [...]
ATLANTA (March 29, 2013) – More than 400 people turned out at Georgia Power’s Atlanta headquarters on March 25 to kick off the company’s 16th Annual Run For The Reason, a 405-mile sprint across the State of Georgia to raise funds benefiting the American Cancer Society. The 2013 run will take an 18-member Georgia Power [...]
Delta Air Lines’ plans for raising $1 million for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life took flight on March 20 with an employee rally at Delta’s Hangar Museum on the Atlanta campus, with more than 125 Delta and Society staff in attendance. Attendees included Gil West, Delta’s Senior Vice President of Airport Customer Service;Relay [...]