Event Activities
Research in Action-Cancer Prevention Study-3 Enrollment at Celebration on the Hill
The American Cancer Society is launching a new historic research study, the Cancer Prevention Study-3 to better understand the causes of cancer and how to prevent it. The Society is looking for 500,000 adults from across the country who are between the ages of 30 and 65 and have never been diagnosed with cancer to enroll. Enrollment involves completing a brief survey, getting your waist measured, and providing a small blood sample. Individuals will have the opportunity to enroll at Celebration on the Hill in Washington, DC. For more information or to find the most up-to-date enrollment times and locations at Celebration on the Hill, visit www.cancer.org/cps3.
Celebration on the Homefront
You've signed the Wall of Hope. Now support the Celebration Ambassadors representing YOU in our nation's capital. Join them on a virtual journey to Washington, D.C. by taking part in Celebration on the Homefront.
To better prepare you, we have included here information you will need to make your journey successful and enjoyable.
Thank you for your heart-felt dedication and commitment to the fight against cancer. TOGETHER – Our Voices WILL Be Heard
Event Goals & Objectives
- To unveil the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
Celebration on the Hill will be the ideal backdrop for the relaunch of ACS CAN, introducing this highly effective grassroots advocacy organization to Members of Congress and all of Capitol Hill.
- To advance the position of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Celebration on the Hill 2002 played a key role in helping Members of Congress and their staffs understand what the American Cancer Society is truly about.
It is not just about research and advocacy, it is about real people all over America being impacted by cancer. This year, we will make it very clear what Congress can and should do to help reduce the impact of cancer and ensure that all Americans have access to the cancer care they need.
- To advance our legislative agenda in 2005, 92 Senators and 280 Members of Congress signed a letter to the President in support of the Administration's goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.
The American Cancer Society's federal agenda for 2006 sets forth specific action items that can be taken now to put the country on track toward this goal.
- To demonstrate that the advocacy efforts of American Cancer Society and Relay For Life volunteers are making a difference in the fight against cancer in communities across America.
The advocacy efforts by Relay For Life and other American Cancer Society volunteers have already led to thousands of communities going smoke-free, increased access to cancer screenings and treatments and billions of dollars in cancer research funding.
The results of these and other efforts can be seen in the fact that the American Cancer Society announced that, for the first time in the 70 years of tracking cancer data, the actual number of cancer deaths is declining. However, with more than 560,000 people expected to die of cancer each year, there is still much work to be done.
