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Metro Atlanta is the No. 1 Cancer Prevention Study 3 enrollment city in the nation, enrolling 2,600 CPS-3 participants in a two-week campaign that ended on Friday, March 15. The American Cancer Society partnered with the YMCA of Metro Atlanta for the CPS-3 enrollment, offering 17 YMCA locations throughout nine counties to make it [...]
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA – March 18, 2013 – The American Cancer Society will host a rally for its Relay For Life of Lynchburg on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Alan B. Pearson Cancer Center (1701 Thompson Dr., Lynchburg). All area residents who are interested in or planning to participate [...]
Greenville, N. C. – March 14, 2013 — The American Cancer Society is excited to announce that Greenville, N.C., will hold its inaugural Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Saturday, October 26, at the Greenville Town Common. The noncompetitive event is designed to bring the entire community together to celebrate breast cancer survivors, educate [...]
ATLANTA (February 28, 2013) – The American Cancer Society recently launched the Georgia Chapter of CEOS Against Cancer, with top corporate leaders in attendance at a kickoff breakfast. Morgan Kendrick, founding chair of CEOs Against Cancer in Georgia and president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, welcomed members of the group to the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. —To celebrate the end of one of the biggest, most storied rivalries in NCAA Men’s Basketball history, students at Georgetown University and Syracuse University are tipping off against a common opponent—cancer. For three years, the Hoyas and Orangemen student bodies have competed to see who can raise the most money to fight cancer. [...]
Durham, N.C. – February 11,2013 – Every day many cancer patients need rides to medical facilities for treatment. To help solve this problem, the American Cancer Society is having a recruitment campaign for its Road to Recovery program in Durham and Person counties. Through this program, volunteers provide free transportation for local cancer patients in [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA – FEBRUARY 4, 2013 – Residents of Charlottesville and surrounding areas have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed [...]
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 [...]
ATLANTA (February 1, 2013) — The American Cancer Society today announced the presentation of awards to metro Atlanta corporations that provided outstanding support for the Society’s cancer-fighting programs and events in 2012. Companies honored at the Society’s Annual Atlanta Corporate Leadership Awards program at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Buckhead on January 24 represent a [...]
ATLANTA (January 29, 2013) – The American Cancer Society Auxiliary will host its 22nd Annual Hope Fashion Show at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Buckhead on Monday, March 4. The inspirational event kicks off the social season in Atlanta and welcomes over 600 guests every year who love fashion and are dedicated to finding a cure for [...]
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3) enrollment campaign got a rousing kickoff on Thursday, January 17 as about 300 people turned out for a launch breakfast at the Waverly Renaissance Hotel. Speakers, including two-time cancer survivor and CPS-3 “champion” Lisa Beerman, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, who recorded a video message for [...]
ATLANTA (December 19, 2012) – The American Cancer Society today announced that a kickoff breakfast to launch the historic Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3) campaign in metro Atlanta will be held on Thursday, January 17 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Convention Centre adjacent to Galleria Centre in Cobb County. The breakfast, with kickoff Presenting [...]