2011 PIRATE RELAY FOR LIFE!

Tooning Out Cancer

WELCOME!Relay for life Mission Statement: The American Cancer Society Relay For Life represent 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.

The new slogan of the American Cancer Society is to create a world with less

cancer and more birthdays!

http://morebirthdays.com/artist/keith-urban

Mission– 14 FREE patient programs including:– Reach to Recovery- Breast cancer support

program– Man to Man- Prostate cancer support group– Road to Recovery- Treatment transportation– Hope Lodge– Camps for Kids– Look Good . . . Feel Better– Freshstart– “TLC” magazine – College Scholarships - 33 in NC for ’07; 4 at

ECU– Cancer Survivors Network - www.cancer.org– Patient Resource Navigation Centers

Advocacy

• Recently named one of the most influential groups on health policy by members of Congress

• Local, state and federal levels• Research funding, access to

quality care and more• Staff grouping that focuses

solely on our grass roots mission• www.acscan.org

Cost Breakdown• For one patient to have roundtrip transportation

with our Road to Recovery drivers = $39

• For one women to receive a Reach to Recovery kit = $100

• For one patient to participate in a clinical trail, the average cost = $3,000

• The cost for one night’s stay at our Hope Lodge is = $100 per patient

• For one women to attend a Look Good…Feel Better session = $200

• The cost of one minute of our 1-800-ACS-2345

toll free service = $0.05

How your ECU Relay dollars are helping

others• 14 patients can participate in clinical trails at no cost to them= $45,000

• Patients and their families can have 836 hours of toll-free access time to our 1-800 number = $2,520

• 42 women can be treated to a make-over at our Look Good…Feel Better sessions = $8,400

• 30 cases of test tubes can be used for cancer research = $4,568

• 91 women can receive visits by a breast cancer survivor who participates in our Reach to Recovery program = $9,100

• 11 patients can stay for 10 nights at our Hope Lodges = $11,000

• 179 patients can receive roundtrip transportation to their treatment = $6,902

Congratulations!

$87,490

Did you know???

• We save 90 more lives per day now than we did in 1985!!

• We’ve saved 1 million lives since 1993 (when RFL became the ACS’ signature activity

• We raise $1 million A DAY!• ACS donors have given $400

million MORE than the next non-profit health care organization!

Why we have to keep working!

• Cancer kills more people in a year than Malaria, TB, and Aids COMBINED

• Today, cancer is the most curable disease facing Americans but it’s also the more rapidly growing disease. By 2018 caner WILL be the leading cause of death in the IF we do not provide adequate access to care!

• 60% of cancers are preventable with proper screening and testing

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akxq_aJy8Hc

Thanks!

GO PIRATE RELAY!