ANNAPOLIS, MD – January 26, 2012 – It’s not any new news that the State of Maryland could use some extra revenue these days. What if there was a funding source that could help fund valuable tobacco control programs and health care, save lives, and to top it off, has major public support. This is [...]
American Cancer Society Volunteers Raise Half Million Dollars to Make Strides Against Breast Cancer in Baltimore
October 16, 2011 By
BALTIMORE – October 16, 2011 – Today, 7,500 residents from across Maryland joined together at the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer four-mile walk in Baltimore, Md. to help create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays. The Society encourages women to choose to put their personal breast health first to [...]
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 to Host African American Men’s Health Conference in Baltimore on Saturday, October 8, 2011
October 4, 2011 By
BALTIMORE – October 4, 2011 – The American Cancer Society will host its African American Men’s Health Conference on Saturday, October 8th at the Baltimore Convention Center at 1 W. Pratt St. in Baltimore, Md. The free event will feature educational sessions on a variety of key health topics, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental [...]
American Cancer Society and Westfield Annapolis “Party In Pink”
September 15, 2011 By
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off in style at the American Cancer Society’s Party In Pink, hosted by Westfield Annapolis on Sunday, October 2 from 1 – 3pm in the Nordstrom Court. VIP Tickets are $20, and are available at www.StridesBaltimore.org. Tickets include swag bag, refreshments, entertainment, door prizes, and exclusive retailer [...]
Baltimore Event to Bring Together Hundreds of Volunteers and Cancer Survivors to Call for Sustained Federal Funding of Cancer Research
September 13, 2011 By
BALTIMORE – September 13, 2011 – On Tuesday, Sept. 20, local cancer survivors and volunteers will gather at the American Cancer Society Baltimore Hope Lodge to call on Congress to protect funding for cancer research. This event will be one of hundreds of events across all 50 states that week, as volunteers from across the [...]
American Cancer Society to Host African American Men’s Health Conference in Baltimore on Saturday, October 8, 2011
September 1, 2011 By
BALTIMORE – September 1, 2011 – The American Cancer Society will host its African American Men’s Health Conference on Saturday, October 8th at the Baltimore Convention Center at 1 W. Pratt St. in Baltimore, Md. The free event will feature educational sessions on a variety of key health topics and will serve as a clarion [...]
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Launched in Ocean City, Md.
August 30, 2011 By
OCEAN CITY, MD – August 30, 2011 – Beverly Furst had a good feeling about combining her already successful “Pink Ribbon Classic 5K Run” with the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” event – but the support and interest she’s received since the kickoff breakfast three weeks ago has been nothing short of [...]
American Cancer Society Grant for “One Voice” African-American & Latina Breast Cancer Outreach Project to Reduce Screening Barriers for Underserved Women in Baltimore County and Baltimore City
August 23, 2011 By
BALTIMORE, MD – AUGUST 23, 2011 – The Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center has been awarded a $50,000 matching grant from the American Cancer Society South Atlantic Division to support a focused, culturally-sensitive breast outreach program called “One Voice.” St. Joseph Medical Center will provide the matching funds, bringing the total amount for [...]
Heritage Auto Group donates a Fiat on behalf of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life
July 30, 2011 By
BALTIMORE, MD – July 30, 2011 – Heritage Auto Group, a MileOne division donated a new, 2012 Fiat on behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. MileOne Automotive has donated a vehicle as a Flag Ship Sponsor to the American Cancer Society for over 13 years. Vehicles are donated to help the Society [...]
Maryland Retiree Helping Cancer Patients by Driving Them to Treatment Through American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery Program
July 29, 2011 By
Delores Browder wanted to do something to help others when she retired from her federal government job. So when she heard a plea at her church, Matthews Memorial Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., for volunteer drivers for the American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery, she knew she wanted to get involved. “I learned about Road [...]
American Cancer Society Receives Grant to Support Patient Resource Navigator Program at St. Agnes Hospital
July 11, 2011 By
BALTIMORE, MD – July 11, 2011 – The American Cancer Society announced today that it has received a $30,000 grant from The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland to provide renewed support for the Society’s Patient Resource Navigator program at St. Agnes Hospital. The two-year award will enable the Society to continue [...]