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As part of its Road To Recovery service program, the American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to drive cancer patients to and from their cancer treatments. Transportation for these life-saving treatments is at no cost to the patient, and is provided according to the needs and available resources in the community. Although a key [...]
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People affected by male cancers such as prostate and testicular cancer are being encouraged to help take part in a fun charity walk – in a thong. But patients, friends and family should know wearing underwear is not mandatory – entrants can also take part in fancy dress or remain fully clothed. The 10 kilometre [...]
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California State Fund Eureka District Office employees raised nearly $18,000 for the American Cancer Society Humboldt County’s 15th annual “Relay For Life.” The relay, held at the College of the Redwoods, raised $725,000 overall and additional countywide relay events brought the total to $775,000 for the nonprofit organization. State Fund Eureka District Office employees have [...]
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Kentucky kicked off part of a ten state education project to reduce cases of cervical cancer. The public awareness campaign is organized by the National Lieutenant Governors Association. It’s called “End Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime”. It’s designed to educate women about the need for regular pap smears. Here’s the message. Cervical cancer is a [...]
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Join Your Community in the Fight Against Cancer by Participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Team recruitment is now in progress! The event is scheduled for October 7-8, from 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at Woodland High School Stadium.Relay for Life is a fun and unique 24-hour event to increase Cancer awareness [...]
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LA JOLLA – About $300,000 was raised for the Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center at its 13th annual luau and longboard invitational, attended by about 1,000 people Sunday. Organizers were still counting receipts from raffles, auctions and merchandise sales, and were hoping to beat last year’s record of almost $300,000, said the event’s Jason [...]
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Vancouver: Blisters and sore muscles were the reward for courage and persistence for more than 2,100 walkers who spent the weekend trekking 60 kilometres around the city. United in a single cause, the walkers set a record by raising more than $5.5 million for The Weekend to End Breast Cancer. “This event is unlike anything [...]
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Vancouver, Canada: The 3rd Annual Walk to End Breast Cancer kicks off this weekend at the Plaza of Nations. Expect to see thousands of men and women decked out in pink as they walk all over Vancouver raising money for the BC Cancer Foundation. For Lisa Hansen who lost all 4 of her grandparents to [...]
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CRICKET legend Ian Botham is set to pound the streets of Edinburgh to raise £1 million for teenagers with cancer. The sports personality, whose nickname is Beefy, is renowned for his tireless fundraising and the event will be his 11th walk for charity. The Beefy Bowls Out Teenage Cancer event is part of a tour [...]
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IBM is working with researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey to launch a project that will unleash the power of supercomputer technology in the battle against cancer. Help Defeat Cancer is the third project to use [...]
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