Annual Report 2010 & 2011 Highlights - Lung Cancer Alliance

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4 National Awareness Program Shawna Warner doing My Team Lung Love at Colorado triatholon. Team Lung Love debut in Providence, Rhode Island with LCA New England Chair and survivor Diane Legg and friends. Implementing a marketing and communications strategy that will change the face of lung cancer and help eliminate stigma. 2010 Team Lung Love www.teamlunglove.org Launched nationwide endurance sports training program focused exclusively on raising awareness and support for lung cancer. Marathoners, novice runners and walkers of all levels and ages – including survivors and their loved ones -- participated in official charity team debuts at the Cox Rhode Races in Providence, Rhode Island; Philadelphia Marathon and Half Marathon; and the 22nd Annual Freihofer's Community Walk in Albany, NewYork with more than 100 inaugural team members raising $124,000 for support, education and advocacy programs. My Team Lung Love – launched “run anywhere, run anytime” companion program with more than 70 participants joining established endurance events of their choosing across the country, raising more than $25,000. Out of the Shadows:Women & Lung Cancer – presented in partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital at a Capitol Hill briefing with lung cancer survivors, caregivers, public health leaders, legislators, their staff and members of the media.The report brings lung cancer out of the shadows by providing the most current and comprehensive overview of women’s biggest unmet public health challenge - lung cancer – with one out of five women diagnosed today as never-smokers. Team Lung Love debut in Albany with LCA-NewYork co-chairs Tiffany Festo- Tokarchuk, Holly Michaelson and Phyllis Goldstein (from left to right).
Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray issues a proclamation declaring November Lung Cancer Awareness Month at the DC vigil. Out of the Shadows: Lung Cancer & Screening – More than 2,600 participants joined the live nationwide webcast hosted at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, D.C. Panelists shared the impact of lung cancer on women & men, minority groups and our military & veterans community, as well as addressed challenges, gaps and opportunities in public health strategies to reduce lung cancer mortality. The forum culminated in a unanimous call for the development of lung cancer screening guidelines that will have the most profound impact in saving lives today.The forum was hosted in partnership with Legacy, the Society for Women’s Health Research, National Council of La Raza, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association, National Urban League andVeterans Health Council. Moderated by Susan Dentzer, Editor in Chief, Health Affairs and former Health Correspondent at the PBS NewsHour, other panelists included: Cheryl Healton, Dr. PH, President & CEO, Legacy James Mulshine, MD,Assoc. Provost Research &VP for Research Rush Univ. Yolonda Colson, MD, PhD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Barbara Campling, MD,Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, Harvard Medical School National Shine A Light on Lung Cancer Vigil www.shinealightonlungcancer.org Established November as lung cancer awareness month with 65 vigils taking place in 33 states. Alliance chapters in New England, NewYork,Washington, Georgia, and Kentucky/Southern Indiana served as cornerstone vigils with several hundred participants. Secured media for almost every vigil as well as several new lung cancer awareness month proclamations. Vigils were hosted primarily by survivors and took place at schools, churches, clubs and hospitals allowing medical professionals as well as local elected leaders the opportunity to directly contribute to the lung cancer movement.Vigils culminated with the lighting of glow sticks and call to action for increased research funding and early detection. 5
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