1. Where The Money Goes How it comes back BIGGER to your community as HOPE! Saving more lives, celebrating more birthdays, helping you get well, stay well, finding cures, and saving lives! How it comes back BIGGER to your community as HOPE! Saving more lives, celebrating more birthdays, helping you get well, stay well, finding cures, and saving lives! Alicia Bergeron Regional Health Initiatives Director, Lufkin, TX Sheila Blankenship Survivorship Workgroup Volunteer, Hooker, OK

2. The Hope in Funding the Mission Objectives: 1.To identify the value and purpose of every dollar raised for the American Cancer Society 2.To demonstrate how a dollar raised for the American Cancer Society “comes back” BIGGER to achieve the American Cancer Society Mission and save lives. 3.To help participants recognize American Cancer Society’s initiatives in the faces of people in every community and to help them to tell the story and promote these initiatives at local events

3. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by ___________, _____________, and __________________ from cancer, through ______________, ______________, _____________, and ______________. Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society Without funding and all the hope it supports, our mission misses vital elements....

4. STAY WELL Education 1-800-227-2345/ www.cancer.orgwww.cancer.org Prevention & Early Detection information Referrals to local /community screening resources Health Care System & Community Based Partnership Activities Awareness & Education Activities Nutrition & Physical Activity Education Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) Colon Cancer Awareness Month (March) Tobacco Prevention Education Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Stay Well

5. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, _____________, and __________________ from cancer, through ______________, education, _____________, and ______________. Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society Without funding and all the hope it supports, our mission misses vital elements....

6. GET WELL Services 1-800-227-2345 / www.cancer.orgwww.cancer.org Treatment Decision tool Health Insurance Team Clinical Trials Matching Service Cancer Resource Network Personal Health Manager Patient Navigation Division Patient Service Center Tangible services such as transportation & lodging Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Get Well

7. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, _____________, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through ______________, education, _____________, and services. Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society Without funding and all the hope it supports, our mission misses vital elements....

8. Research The American Cancer Society currently funds over $480 million dollars in research, and has funded 46 Nobel Prize Laureates Our work has led to many cancer breakthroughs Gleevec, Tamoxifen Bone Marrow Transplant Targeted Radiation Discovery of a genetic link to esophageal cancer Unlocking the mystery of postpartum breast cancer Southern states lag behind Northern states in making progress against colorectal cancer CPS-3 – what is CPS-3? Find Cures Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help Find Cures

9. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, _____________, and services. Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society Without funding and all the hope it supports, our mission misses vital elements....

10. Advocacy American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS-CAN) Relay For Life Lobby Days – Get lawmakers involved to protect the health and well- being of people Oral Chemotherapy Bill Michelle’s Law Fighting for cancer research funding CPRIT Fight Back Donations to the American Cancer Society work to help people Fight Back

11. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and services. Funding the mission of your American Cancer Society Without funding and all the hope it supports, our mission misses vital elements....

12. Tell The Story Each Donor, Volunteer, Survivor & Caregiver has a vital role in achieving the Mission Statement of the American Cancer Society. TABLE TOPIC Share how your HOPE fights cancer -- Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures, Fight Back -- and how your HOPE helps your event raise awareness and funds TABLE TOPIC Share how your HOPE fights cancer -- Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures, Fight Back -- and how your HOPE helps your event raise awareness and funds

13. Tell The Story Once you recognize HOPE in your own contribution, help others see how important they are to ending the threat of cancer. TABLE TOPIC Share the unique ways your Relay For Life integrates mission elements and Hope into the event to show participants how the American Cancer Society supports patients and saves lives where you live and work. TABLE TOPIC Share the unique ways your Relay For Life integrates mission elements and Hope into the event to show participants how the American Cancer Society supports patients and saves lives where you live and work.

14. Tell The Story When each person fulfills his or her individual HOPE, add them together to create an unbeatable combination in the fight against cancer TABLE TOPIC Look beyond the night of your Relay For Life and discuss ideas that will demonstrate how American Cancer Society funds come back to the community to help others to Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures and Fight Back. TABLE TOPIC Look beyond the night of your Relay For Life and discuss ideas that will demonstrate how American Cancer Society funds come back to the community to help others to Stay Well, Get Well, Find Cures and Fight Back.