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 [...]
Kroger and American Cancer Society Join Forces to Raise Funds and Awareness to Fight Cancer
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American Cancer Society Presents 2011 Corporate Awards To Atlanta Top Companies for Outstanding Support
January 3, 2012 By
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 [...]
4th Annual Winter White Party at Georgian Terrace Set for December 19, Will Benefit American Cancer Society
December 12, 2011 By
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 [...]
American Cancer Society Awards $720,000 Grant to Georgia State University Researcher
November 21, 2011 By
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 [...]
15,000+ Walkers Pack Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park for American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Raise $1.2 Million
October 31, 2011 By
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. [...]
Meghan Wilson of Fayette Is Winner of American Cancer Society’s Outstanding Student Award in Georgia for Relay For Life Leadership
October 25, 2011 By
ATLANTA (October 25, 2011) – The American Cancer Society today announced that Meghan Wilson, a senior at Starrs Mill High School in Fayetteville, Georgia, is the winner of the Society’s Outstanding Student Leadership Award in Georgia. Meghan, a survivor of childhood leukemia, will be honored at the Fayette County Relay For Life kickoff at the [...]
Stakeholders Bring Real World Perspective to American Cancer Society Research Grant Process
October 20, 2011 By
ATLANTA –October 20, 2011—Twenty-two individuals with a strong personal interest in cancer have been chosen to participate in the American Cancer Society’s research grants peer review process for 2012. These “Stakeholders,” who have been part of the Society’s grant review process since 1999, bring input from lay people and other external audiences as the Society [...]
Primerica Is Presenting Sponsor of American Cancer Society’s 2012 Relay For Life in Gwinnett County
October 18, 2011 By
DULUTH, GA (October 18, 2011) – The American Cancer Society and Duluth-based Primerica (NYSE: PRI), the largest independent financial services marketing organization in North America, today announced that Primerica will be the presenting sponsor of the Society’s Relay For Life in Gwinnett County in 2012. The Gwinnett Relay event, held in May every year at [...]
Two Nobel Prize Winners Received American Cancer Society Funding
October 6, 2011 By
ATLANTA – October 3, 2011—Two of the three scientists receiving the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology are former American Cancer Society research grantees, bringing the number of Nobel Laureates among the Society’s funded researchers to 46. Dr. Bruce A Beutler, professor of genetics and immunology at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, [...]
American Cancer Society’s John Daniel Receives Top Staff Award For Work to Make Cancer A National Priority
October 5, 2011 By
ATLANTA, GA (October 5, 2011) – John Daniel, the American Cancer Society’s Vice President for Federal, Georgia and Emerging Issues in the South Atlantic Division, is the recipient of the prestigious national Alan Mills Award. Daniel was honored by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) inWashington,D.C. for his tireless work to help [...]
OKA b. Footwear Partners with The American Cancer Society In Campaign to Provide Comfortable Spa Shoes to Cancer Patients
October 5, 2011 By
ATLANTA – The American Cancer Society has announced that Gwinnett County-based OKA b., the premier U.S. manufacturer of eco-chic footwear, will partner with the Society in a campaign, Our Greatest Feat, to provide comfortable spa shoes for cancer patients. The goal of the campaign is to donate 50,000 pairs of shoes in 60 days. For [...]
Gwinnett Relay For Life Still No. 1, Celebrates A Decade at The Top
September 29, 2011 By
DULUTH, GA (September 29, 2011) – It’s official! The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Gwinnett County is still the largest Relay event in the world. Society officials have announced that after a friendly, down-to-the-wire competition with Bakersfield, California, the Gwinnett Relay is the top-grossing Relay in the world for the 10th year in [...]