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... 18, 2018 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recently honored Woodridge resident Judy Rospenda with its Capitol Dome Volunteer of the Year award at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.   The award is presented to a volunteer who has effectively strengthened ACS CAN’s mission by leading legislative and community action, assisting with media outreach, fundraising and training and motivating others.   “Judy is one of our top volunteers and works tirelessly to achieve our goal of decreasing death and suffering caused by cancer,” said Maggie Osborne, Illinois ...

... fiscal year, a move that if enacted would begin to restore necessary funding that for five years running has failed to keep up with the growing cost of medical research. “Just weeks after the president signed into law $150 million in supplemental funding for the National Institutes of Health ... to better fund cancer will not only be realized in research, but will also be applied to prevention and early detection services.” ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy partner of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed ...

Further Investment is Critical to Sustain Past Progress and Spur Future Innovation Washington, D.C. – July 29, 2010 – Members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations showed their support for increased funding for cancer research despite a tough economic environment with ... making cancer research funding a priority,” said Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “However, if we want to fully realize our potential for progress in the fight to eliminate death and suffering related to cancer, our elected officials need to consistently fund cancer research to keep up with the growing cost of doing business.” An estimated 1.5 million people in America will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 569,000 will die from the ...

... cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones from all 50 states and almost every congressional district united in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day (LSLD). ACS CAN volunteers were some of the first people back in the Capitol to meet with lawmakers since the pandemic, urging Congress to take specific steps to make cancer a national ...