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Los Angeles! Help end lung cancer... for good!
ORGANIZATION: LUNGevity Foundation
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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2 people are interested
Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer. Nearly twice as many women die of lung cancer as breast cancer. Nearly three times as many men die of lung cancer as prostate cancer.
LUNGevity Foundation is changing this reality. LUNGevity is the leading private funder of lung cancer research, education, and support in the United States. Our Breathe Deep walks across the country have raised tens of millions of dollars for lung cancer. Learn all about us at www.LUNGevity.org.
LUNGevity is planning our first-ever Breathe Deep Los Angeles walk/run for Spring, 2017. We work with volunteers like YOU to plan and execute our Breathe Deep events. We provide the guidance, finances, marketing, and technical support. YOU provide your time, connections, and ideas to make the event enjoyable and successful. We'll meet by phone no more than once a week for no more than an hour.LUNGevity's mission is to increase the survivorship of lung cancer through research, eudcation, and support. And it's working! We've made enormous strides in our understanding, detection, and treatment of this disease... and all because people like YOU got involved! Come join our growing family of Breathe Deep volunteers!
Interested in learning more about joining our Breathe Deep Los Angeles family? Answer this ad or e-mail our VP of Volunteer and Community Engagement, Beth Ida Stern, at bstern@lungevity.org. Beth will answer any questions you have, provide information about our programs and resources, and discuss next steps. It's super-easy and painless... we promise!
We look forward to partnering with you for this critical cause and this amazing organization. Here's to creating a world in which no one dies of lung cancer... together, in Los Angeles!
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About LUNGevity Foundation
Location:
228 S WABASH AVE STE 700, CHICAGO, IL 60604, US
Mission Statement
LUNGevity Foundation is firmly committed to making an immediate impact on increasing quality of life and survivorship of people with lung cancer by accelerating research into early detection and more effective treatments, as well as providing community, support, and education for all those affected by the disease.
Description
We focus on research because the link between research spending and improved survival is clear. Survival rates have dramatically improved for colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers over the last several decades in step with the exponential growth in their research spending. Our goal is to accelerate progress for lung cancer in the same way, in order to dramatically improve on the current 17% five-year survival rate.
To date, LUNGevity has funded 115 research projects at 58 institutions in 23 states. LUNGevity research investments focus on early detection, because survival rates rise when lung cancer is detected while still localized. We also focus on more effective treatment approaches-getting the right treatment to the right patient at the right time to help people with lung cancer live longer and better.
LUNGevity also provides a community of empowerment, support, and hope for everyone affected by lung cancer through our extensive educational resources, online peer-to-peer support, and in-person survivorship programs, as well as more than 80 grassroots awareness and fundraising events held from coast to coast each year.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 1, 2016
SKILLS
- Organization
- Fundraising
- Event Planning / Management
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- One hour per week by phone.