Charleston, S.C. – February 9, 2012 – The community is invited to a free health forum designed to help raise cancer awareness and encourage action in Charleston’s African American community. The Health Forum is scheduled Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Arthur Christopher Community Center, 265 Fishburne Street, Charleston, S.C. Presented [...]
Campaign Raises Cancer Awareness, Encourages Action in African American Community
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Charleston, S.C. – February 9, 2012 – The American Cancer Society, in partnership with NEWorks Productions and Royal Baptist Church recently hosted “Call to Action” a gospel concert to increase cancer awareness and action within Charleston’s African American community. The event, the first of its kind in Charleston, was a combination of music and ministry [...]
Upcoming Gospel Concert Kicks Off Campaign to Raise Cancer Awareness and Encourage Action in African American Community
January 12, 2012 By
In an effort to change alarming health disparity statistics in South Carolina, American Cancer Society brings Partnering for Life Health and Wellness Tour to Charleston. Charleston, S.C. – January 12, 2012 – The American Cancer Society, in partnership with NEWorks Productions and Royal Baptist Church will host “Call to Action” a gospel concert to increase cancer [...]
Michelin Development President John Tully Joins Board of Directors for American Cancer Society South Atlantic Division
November 1, 2011 By
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society recently selected John D. Tully, Development President of Michelin Development Company and Director of Michelin Development North American, to join its volunteer Board of Directors. Tully began his three-year term on Sept. 1, 2011. The South Atlantic Division, the largest Division of the [...]
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, [...]
Cancer Patients, Caregivers Offered Free Telephone Workshops to Help Manage Experience with Disease
May 11, 2011 By
ATLANTA – May 11, 2011 – Finding out a loved one has cancer can be one of the most difficult things a person will ever have to experience, but caregivers who offer friendship, love and support to the family member or friend diagnosed with the disease do not have to go through the experience alone. [...]
American Cancer Society Announces Partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
April 19, 2011 By
ATLANTA — April 19, 2011 — The American Cancer Society’s Florida and South Atlantic Divisions are proud to announce a new community partnership agreement with the South Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The partnership will help the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority enhance the health, morale and well-being of its more than 10,000 members, [...]
American Cancer Society Awards $720,000 Research and Training Grant to University of South Carolina Researcher
April 15, 2011 By
COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA – April 15, 2011— The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded a research and training grant to a University of South Carolina researcher. The grant, which goes into effect July 1, is among 132 national research and training grants totaling [...]
American Cancer Society Offers Young Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program
February 23, 2011 By
ATLANTA – February 23, 2011 – Since 1999, the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society has provided thousands of college scholarships to childhood cancer survivors and invested more than $2 million back into the local communities. The Society has established the 2011 Young Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program to assist childhood cancer survivors in [...]
‘26.2 Miles of Love For Dad’: DetermiNation Participant Dedicates National Marathon Run to Her Father
January 19, 2011 By
Jessica Clohessy always knew the first message on her cell phone after she competed in a race would be her father’s. Kevin Clohessy was his daughter’s biggest fan and couldn’t wait to congratulate her after a run. But when Jessica crosses the finish line in the 2011 Sun Trust National Marathon in Washington, D.C. on [...]
S.C. African American Men’s Health Forum Focuses on Healthy Lifestyles
December 29, 2010 By
Columbia, SC – The American Cancer Society has opened registration for the 2011 South Carolina African American Men’s Health Forum. The event, themed “Taking Care of the Man in the Mirror,” will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Brookland Banquet and Conference Center in West Columbia from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Continental [...]
American Cancer Society Names First Horry County Collaborative Health Care Provider Partner
November 2, 2010 By
Myrtle Beach, SC - Nov. 2, 2010– The American Cancer Society is recognizing its first health care provider in Horry County. Carolina Regional Cancer Center will receive the Society Collaborative Health Care Partner award in a press conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16. The press conference will be held at the cancer center, 4712 Oleander [...]