In Maine
More than 3,000 people were helped with American Cancer Society information and services, including one out of four newly diagnosed cancer patients.
Cancer patients have a Patient Navigator at Maine Medical Center and MaineGeneral’s Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, thanks to funding from the American Cancer Society.
More than 40 Maine residents receiving cancer treatment in Boston during the past year stayed for free at American Cancer Society Hope Lodges in Boston and Worcester.
Hundreds of people attend the American Cancer Society’s Living With Cancer Conferences in three Maine locations to share information about survivorship.
81¢ of ever dollar raised by the American Cancer Society is used to fund programs and services.
Helping patients, caregivers, and survivors with free services including:
Free Cancer Information and Clinical Trials Matching Service
All day, every day, through 1.800.227.2345 and cancer.org (value per call: $50)
Summer Camps
Free for pediatric cancer patients and their siblings (value of one week at camp: $1,300)
Hope Lodge
Free lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers traveling out of state to treatment (value of an average stay: $2,900)
Rides to treatment
Free rides to and from medical appointments provided by caring, trained volunteers (value to patient: $200)
Finding cures
Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has invested more than $3.4 billion in scientific research to help understand cancer’s causes, determine how best to prevent it, and find new cures.
The American Cancer Society currently invests $63 million in research at New England institutions.
$485 million in cancer research grants are in effect nationwide.
42 Nobel Prize winners begin their careers with an American Cancer Society grant.
Fighting back
American Cancer Society volunteers successfully advocated for legislation mandating insurance coverage for color cancer screening according to Society guidelines.
American Cancer Society efforts to help pass anti-tobacco legislation in Maine have resulted in one of the lowest youth smoking rates in New England.
Working with community partners, the Society has helped develop and support tobacco-free policies through the Maine Tobacco-Free College Network, the Tobacco-Free Hospital Network, and the Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine.
12,500 Maine residents participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Relay For Life, and Daffodil Days – raising awareness and funds for the Society.
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