Cancer organizations

American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based health organization. It was founded as the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1913 by ten doctors and five people led by Dr. Clement Cleveland in efforts to take the steps to prevent cancer (Eyre). In 1936, Marjorie Illig, a field representative and leader of a women’s public-health committee, suggested the group “wage a war on cancer.” The Women’s Field Army at this time raised money for the group and

My non profit organization is the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS does lots of different things to help beat cancers butt. Such as funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients, and spreading the word about prevention. They attack cancer from every angle and promote healthy lifestyles to help prevent cancer. They provide emotional support and keep you updated for the latest information for those who have been touched by cancer. John D. Rockefeller started

HINTS is an organization that conducts surveys to random people around the United States. The surveys are mainly on topics relating to cancer and how those people are familiar to cancer-related information. This information is helpful to see the pattern of change in people’s knowledge and potential opportunities to inform the public of common or uprising health issues. The surveys want to know how adults, from the ages 18 and older, obtain information, mainly about cancer topics, either for their

Breast Cancer It is the second leading cause of death in the United States, killing thousands of people each year. Cancer has certainly become a growing epidemic in our society, and breast cancer is one of its most prevalent forms. One in nine women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common form of cancer in women, and for many of them, this will mark the end of their life. This plague clearly needs to be taken under control, and organizations like

Ethics and leadership have been thought as mutually reinforcing concepts. Leadership can be defined as actions, which influence and direct the performance of others towards the achievement of organizational and/or collective goals. Ethics, for its part, can be defined as “ a systematic attempt through the use of reason to make sense of our individual and social moral experience in such a way as determine the rules which ought to govern human conducts” (Denhardt, 2014). Thus, to be a ‘good ‘leader

engaging, motivated, and well experience in the subject of colorectal cancer screening; therefore, these abilities will help overcome the threats of failing to persuade the communities of the importance of such

This organization has helped more than 9,000 women with cancer and more than $1 Million in donated toward cleanings in the United States and Canada. The reason I have chosen this non-profit foundation is that it is very close to my heart as I know the struggles that a person undergoing cancer treatments may face. Any helping hand is a great contribution to their lives. Another organization I have been able to volunteer a large amount of my time is

foundation for the development of a ethical organization which will help with decision making. Ethical leaders need to respect others, service others, show justice, manifest honesty, and builds the community. In an organization I believe all leaders should be required to go through a training to teach the development of ethical leadership. I believe we must start with the leaders in order to get others to follow along with the right behavior. Mangers in an organization should also be required to attend a

Acting Against Cancer: Musical Philanthropists in Louisville Initially named Kids Acting Against Cancer, the non-profit organization currently known as Acting Against Cancer started in 1999. Jaclyn and Whitten Montgomery decided to combine their love of theater with their desire to assist those who have been impacted by cancer by performing musicals and donating proceeds to local cancer research centers. They started the organization just three years after their mother was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s

Lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (liver) and gastric cancer are three of the main causes of cancer deaths in the Asian community. Philanthropic organizations are nonprofit nongovernmental entities that use donations to aid the society in some way. The Asian Cancer Research Group is an independent, not-for-profit company that benefits the society and advocates Christianity. The goal of the Asian Cancer Research Group (ACRG) is to research and improve the treatments for the most common types