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Where The Money Goes
How it comes back BIGGER to your community as HOPE!
Saving more lives, celebrating more birthdays, helping you get well, stay well, finding cures, and
saving lives!
Alicia BergeronRegional Health Initiatives Director, Lufkin, TX
Sheila BlankenshipSurvivorship Workgroup Volunteer, Hooker, OK
The Hope in Funding the Mission
Objectives:1.To identify the value and purpose of every dollar raised for
the American Cancer Society2.To demonstrate how a dollar raised for the American Cancer
Society “comes back” BIGGER to achieve the American Cancer Society Mission and save lives.
3.To help participants recognize American Cancer Society’s initiatives in the faces of people in every community and to help them to tell the story and promote these initiatives at local events
The American Cancer Society is thenationwide, community-based, voluntary
health organization dedicated toeliminating cancer as a major health
problem by ___________, _____________, and __________________ from cancer,
through ______________, ______________, _____________, and ______________.
Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society
Without funding and all the hope it supports,our mission misses vital elements....
STAY WELL
Education • 1-800-227-2345/ www.cancer.org
• Prevention & Early Detection information• Referrals to local /community screening resources
• Health Care System & Community Based Partnership Activities
• Awareness & Education Activities• Nutrition & Physical Activity Education• Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October)• Colon Cancer Awareness Month (March)• Tobacco Prevention Education
Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Stay Well
The American Cancer Society is thenationwide, community-based, voluntary
health organization dedicated toeliminating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer, _____________, and __________________
from cancer, through ______________, education, _____________, and
______________.
Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society
Without funding and all the hope it supports,our mission misses vital elements....
GET WELL
Services• 1-800-227-2345 / www.cancer.org• Treatment Decision tool• Health Insurance Team• Clinical Trials Matching Service• Cancer Resource Network
• Personal Health Manager• Patient Navigation
• Division Patient Service Center• Tangible services such as transportation & lodging
Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Get Well
The American Cancer Society is thenationwide, community-based, voluntary
health organization dedicated toeliminating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer, _____________, and diminishing suffering
from cancer, through ______________, education, _____________, and services.
Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society
Without funding and all the hope it supports,our mission misses vital elements....
Research• The American Cancer Society currently funds over $480 million dollars in
research, and has funded 46 Nobel Prize Laureates• Our work has led to many cancer breakthroughs
• Gleevec, • Tamoxifen • Bone Marrow Transplant• Targeted Radiation• Discovery of a genetic link to esophageal cancer• Unlocking the mystery of postpartum breast cancer• Southern states lag behind Northern states in making progress against
colorectal cancer • CPS-3 – what is CPS-3?
Find Cures
Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help Find Cures
The American Cancer Society is thenationwide, community-based,
voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education,
_____________, and services.
Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society
Without funding and all the hope it supports,our mission misses vital elements....
Advocacy• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
(ACS-CAN)• Relay For Life • Lobby Days –
• Get lawmakers involved to protect the health and well-being of people
• Oral Chemotherapy Bill• Michelle’s Law
• Fighting for cancer research funding• CPRIT
Fight Back
Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Fight Back
The American Cancer Society is thenationwide, community-based,
voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education,
advocacy, and services.
Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society
Without funding and all the hope it supports,our mission misses vital elements....
Tell The Story
Each Donor, Volunteer, Survivor & Caregiver has a vital role in achieving the Mission
Statement of the American Cancer Society.
TABLE TOPICShare how your HOPE fights cancer
-- Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures, Fight Back --and how your HOPE
helps your event raise awareness and funds
Tell The Story
Once you recognize HOPE in your owncontribution, help others see how important
they are to ending the threat of cancer.
TABLE TOPICShare the unique ways your Relay For Life integrates mission elements
and Hope into the event to show participants how the American Cancer Society supports patients and saves lives where you live and work.
Tell The Story
When each person fulfills his or herindividual HOPE, add them together to
create an unbeatable combinationin the fight against cancer
TABLE TOPICLook beyond the night of your Relay For Life and discuss ideas that will demonstrate how American Cancer Society funds come back
to the community to help others to Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures and Fight Back.
