Help needed in boosting cancer research funding
Cancer is the No. 1 killer of Americans under 85. In North Carolina, an estimated 17,450 people will die from the disease this year.
As a breast cancer survivor, I praise God and hope we all find these numbers unacceptable. It is time to recommit our nation to the war on cancer — and that challenge begins at home.
This summer and fall, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is bringing the cancer fight to our backyards through a nationwide bus tour. The Fight Back Express will be in Greensboro on June 13, at the Kmart Shopping Plaza (1302 Bridford Parkway) from 12:30-1:15 p.m. The bus will be on the road through Election Day, building a grass-roots movement united in its mission to defeat cancer and put cancer at the top of the nation’s agenda.
ACS CAN is committed to policy and legislation that boost cancer research funding at all levels; to broadening access to cancer prevention methods, early detection tools and treatment; and to strengthening tobacco-control measures.
Find out more at www.acscan.org and let your voice be one of the millions heard in support of making cancer a top national priority.
Viola A. Monroe
Greensboro
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An easy way to contribute is coming your way! Find one of the 2000+ summer swimmers participating in Swim for Cancer this summer. I believe it is year 35 or so and a couple million to date has been banked. Find a neighbor or co worker with a swimmin kid and GIVE.
What a great lesson for these kids.
thanks in advance!
Posted on June 4, 2008 2:25 PM