Tag Archives: Cancer

This year, the Austin community will have the unique opportunity to participate first hand in a landmark new cancer research study, Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) sponsored by the American Cancer Society. This is an opportunity for those of us who have never been diagnosed with cancer to actively get involved in the very research our donations fund, to help prevent ...

My good friend and American Cancer Society volunteer Brent Brown kicked Prostate Cancer’s ass. So I am doing this for him. I am joining the fight for Movember. The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia.  The guys behind it joked about 80s fashion and decided it was time to bring the moustache ...

So this isn’t a new topic. But something near to my heart since I work at the American Cancer Society High Plains Division. Pinkwashing is the same as greenwashing or any other campaign where brands are taking advantage of publicity regarding breast cancer and breast cancer research.  I think this quote explains it very well: “But when she began researching ...