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Relay For Life benefits the American Cancer Society (ACS), a national nonprofit committed to fighting cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. It serves as a community-based volunteer health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem though prevention and early detection. ACS has with more than two million volunteers worldwide in more than 3,400 communities throughout the country.
One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. The ACS funds more than $100 million of cancer research a year. Since more than two-thirds of all cancer deaths are preventable, a major part of fighting the disease is through education. ACS strives to teach how to maintain healthy lifestyles and encourages people to get regular checkups to help detect the disease at early stages. Relay For Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated.
Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer one way or another. No donation is too small and we invite our listeners to join in the fight by donating. Funds donated via this link will count towards SmithtownRadio.com’s Alejandra Gomez’s Relay for Life campaign. Alejandra, of SmithtownRadio.com’s “Ten@Ten,” is participating in the Relay for Life at Stony Brook University later this month.
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Here is your money at work:
$60 1 case of latex gloves
$100 2 gift coupons for the ACS TLC catalog that provides women battling cancer with a complimentary wig, bra or other personal care item
$150 1 case of 500 test tubes
$200 1 package of 50 sheets of X-ray film
$350 1 Gel Box, which researchers use to isolate DNA and identify differences that may impact cancer diagnosis or treatment
$500 Reach to Recovery visits to 5 women
$800 Cost of Look Good…Feel Better consultations for 4 women
$1,000 A 1-year college scholarship awarded to eligible young cancer survivors to help relieve the burden on families facing costly medical bills
$2,000 1 new microscope
$3,000 Expenses for 1 patient in an American Cancer Society funded clinical trial
$5,000 Dividing DNA taken from 1,200 cases during the American Cancer Society’s Prevention Study II, which helps researchers understand the genetics of cancer
$10,000 Develop and produce 1 new web cast story for the Cancer Survivors Network
$24,000 Tell A Friend materials translated into 4 Asian Languages
$88,000 One issue and postage for CA: Cancer Journal For Clinicians, the most widely circulated oncology journal in the world, which provides cancer care professionals with the latest on cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention
$100,000 Behavioral Research Center – 1 study
