The stylists of Darrell Barrett Salon will be offering 100 complimentary haircuts and styles to men and women of any age who are in active cancer treatment or who have completed treatment. The 100 honors the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society, founded in 1913. The haircut will be provided for either a wig [...]
Relay For Life of North Baltimore County and Darrell Barrett Salon Offer 100 Free Styling/Makeovers and Glamour Photos for Cancer Patients/Survivors to Celebrate 100th Birthday of the American Cancer Society
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Baltimore’s Hope Lodge Receives $10,000 Exelon Employee Volunteer Award Gift Thanks to BGE Employee Who is a Breast Cancer Survivor and ACS Volunteer
April 30, 2013 by
Thanks to American Cancer Society volunteer and breast cancer survivor Barbara Palmer, Baltimore’s Hope Lodge is receiving a $10,000 gift from Exelon as part of the company’s Employee Volunteer Awards program. Barbara is an employee of BGE, an Exelon company. Annually, Exelon selects 18 employees who perform outstanding volunteer work and honors their commitment with [...]
Relay For Life 2013 Kicks Off in the National Capital Region!
March 21, 2013 by
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 [...]
Alpa Patel, PhD, Principal Investigator of ACS Cancer Prevention Study-3 Comes to Mount Airy, Carroll County
March 8, 2013 by
Will enroll Mount Airy Mayor Rockinberg, March 12 at 3 p.m. “Cancer Prevention Day” declared in Mount Airy, www.CPS3CarrollCounty.org WHAT: CPS-3 takes center stage in Mount Airy on Tuesday, March 12, which Mayor Patrick Rockinberg has declared “Cancer Prevention Day.” At 3 p.m. that day, Mayor Rockinberg will be enrolled into the study by prestigious [...]
Veteran Journalist Cokie Roberts to Emcee American Cancer Society Mother of the Year DC May 8, 2013
February 19, 2013 by
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 [...]
At ACS Corporate Partner, Lockheed Martin, Cancer Diagnosis Becomes Reason to Sing Again
February 12, 2013 by
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 [...]
Commissioners Support CPS-3 with First Proclamation of 2013 Session
February 4, 2013 by
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 [...]
Un Buen Día Para Dejar de Fumar: 15 de Noviembre
November 13, 2012 by
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 [...]
Relay For Life University Brings Together Volunteers in Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2012 by
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 [...]
Lung Cancer is #1 Cancer Killer—Great American Smokeout Helps Smokers Quit
November 5, 2012 by
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 [...]
During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, DC Volunteers Raise More than $300,000 to Fight Breast Cancer
October 30, 2012 by
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 [...]
Local Marathoner Honors Family, Raises Funds for the American Cancer Society
October 26, 2012 by
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 [...]