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Our Mission
To educate, support and empower all whose lives have been impacted by Cancer. We accomplish this by organizing and streamlining the information gathering process. We know you have more important things to do so we take the frustration out of getting the basic cancer information you need. Click here to start. When someone is diagnosed with Cancer, they often do not hear anything after the doctor said the word 'Cancer'. We are here to fill the critical void and provide much needed information. Getting simple, reliable information can improve the outcome of this disease.
What We Do
While numerous organizations provide information on cancer, the American Cancer Fund's vital difference is our ability to provide you with reliable resources and streamline the process to quickly educate and empower you to cope with cancer, however it affects you. To start your education process, click on Cancer Info.
Help Us Now
As you read this page, someone you know is being diagnosed with cancer. It may be a friend, an employee, even a family member. Cancer is arguably one of the most frightening words in any language. It is one of the most devastating diagnosis a person can be given. Shock, disbelief, grief, and anger among other emotions take the place of rational thought when confronted with this diagnosis. Cancer education and information is among the most important facets of surviving cancer. Please help us help cancer patients. Support us by making a generous donation NOW. Thank you.
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Thank you to all who participated. The drawing was held and winners have been notified.
We are waiting for some winners to file the appropriate paper work and validate their eligibility. Those winners that we can identify and validate to date are:
46" Flat Panel LCD TV Ann O, Newburyport, Ma
Electronics valued at at least $100 to:
Bill S, Aurora, Co; Alberto A, Paramus, NJ; Karin S, Van Nuys, Ca; Diane B, Los Osos, Ca; Jim K, Westwood, NJ; Alan S, Pontiac Mich; Harold E, Jackson Wisc; Bonita F, Seminole, Fl; Joe R, San Clemente, Ca; Marion R, Ft Lauderdale, Fl; Walter B, Palatine, Il; Jenna M, Cambridge, Ma; Stephanie A, Folsom Ca; Jerry C Wauchula, Fl.
As more winners validate, we will post the additional names.
A Founders Story
I am a retired clergyman. During my years in ministry I counseled and consoled many people whose lives were touched by cancer. But suddenly, I was confronted with the disease in my own life.
My wife was diagnosed with a cancer so rare that it took more than ten days to finally discover its type. Now we were the ones that sought comfort and consolation and, above all, information.
Information was not readily available to us. This was before the days of the Internet, so information had to be pieced together slowly, painfully, and from a multitude of sources, not all of them accurate.
Thankfully we were led to a doctor and a hospital that has given my wife more than ten years of cancer free life.
Today, there is a surfeit of information available, not all of it accurate, not all of it understandable to the average person confronted with the terrifying diagnosis of cancer.
Sadly, one of our founding colleagues, whose vision inspired us to work together, succumbed to cancer as we were forming the organization.
It was for that reason that a number of us, all touched by cancer, all having experienced the stages of shock and fear and hopelessness that accompany this disease, formed American Cancer Educational Services (ACES) andour fund raising arm the American Cancer Fund (ACF) to provide up-to-date information in clear, concise and understandable language that will provide information and comfort to any who visit it.
