SurveyMonkey Fundraising

Did you know you can donate to the American Cancer Society without actually opening your wallet?  Check out http://bit.ly/SurveyMonkeyACS to find out how!

Concert and Radio-A-Thon

The American Cancer Society was the beneficiary of the 7th Annual We Can Survive concert held October 19th at the Hollywood Bowl (in Los Angeles, California).

The concert featured performances by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jonas Brothers, Lizzo, Marshmello, and Becky G, with a percentage of the ticket sales supporting the American Cancer Society's breast cancer work.

DJ, record producer, and internet personality Marshmello, sold exclusive merchandise at the concert and online, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. You can buy yours here.

In addition, the American Cancer Society was be the beneficiary of a national radio-a-thon in more than 20 markets (including the San Francisco Bay Area's ALICE @ 97.3 KLLC-FM. 

The concert and surrounding opportunities will extend the reach of the American Cancer Society and build relevance with a new demographic. 

*Re-posted from MySocietySource.

Social Media Training: Touring the Tools

A few of our Communications Leads will walk you through some of the important Relay Resource tools that we talk about so often. How do you use and where do you find things in resources like Brand Toolkit, Relay Connect, Cancer.org and more?!?!

Facebook Event
Zoom Meeting

We need your help to reach our Chevy #IDriveFor goal

​Tweet and Instagram today and ask friends and family to do the same!

There are just 6 days left in our Chevy #IDriveFor social media campaign in support of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. For every tweet and RT using #IDriveFor, @Chevrolet will contribute $5 to @AmericanCancer up to $340,000.

As of Monday, October 21, there have been 20,431 #IDriveFor mentions on Twitter and Instagram so far, so we still have a ways to go!

Tweet and retweet (or gram and regram) as often as you like and ask your friends and family to do the same! Thank you.

NFL and ACS hit two milestones: 1M people helped by Crucial Catch and $20M raised

This year marks the 11th season of the Crucial Catch program partnership between the NFL and the American Cancer Society. ACS and the NFL just hit two milestones by reaching more than 1 million individuals with cancer prevention information, screening education, and patient support, and raising more than $20 million since 2009 to save lives in the fight against cancer. Together we have provided breast cancer screenings to over 327,000 men and women in underserved communities. 

Crucial Catch is saving lives from cancer through prevention and early detection of multiple cancers, including breast cancer. Crucial Catch helps more people catch cancer early, when it may be easier to treat. Crucial Catch also addresses the unequal burden of cancer in underserved communities through the ACS CHANGE grant program currently being conducted in all 32 NFL team markets.

Learn more at MySocietySource.

Two ACS-funded researchers win Nobel Prize!

This brings to 49 the number of ACS-funded researchers who have won the Nobel Prize!

Two American Cancer Society-funded researchers - William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD, of Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University - are two of three scientists receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology this year. They are the 48th and 49th Society-funded researchers to earn this prestigious award.

Learn more at MySocietySource.

New Relay Facebook Frame

Change Your Facebook Profile Picture

Show your support for the 2020 Relay Season by adding the "There Is No Off-Season" filter to your profile picture.

Radio-A-Thon

The American Cancer Society will be the beneficiary of a national radio-a-thon in more than 20 markets today. Listen to San Francisco Bay Area's ALICE @ 97.3 KLLC-FM.

*Re-posted from MySocietySource.

Vegas World Game Players

Vegas World players, don't miss the latest limited edition breast cancer awareness charm that raises funds for the American Cancer Society. $1 from each charm purchased in game now through November 3rd will support American Cancer Society breast cancer efforts.

Don't forget about the Fall Fundraising Challenge!

The Fall Fundraising Challenge is in full swing with less than a month left, don't forget to remind your current and past participants. Here is the flyer!

Halloween Costume Fundraiser

It’s almost Halloween, do you have your costumes yet?! Now through October 30th, 20% of all purchases on Halloweencostumes.com/hope will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

*You can follow @HalloweenCostumesDotCom on Facebook and @FunCostumes on Instagram and share their promotional posts on your personal pages.

Pennies add up to big impact for Lyft riders

This week, the American Cancer Society will once again be a charity of choice in the Lyft ride share app, which allows the nearly 30 million Lyft riders the opportunity to round-up their change on each ride, ultimately improving access to care for patients in need.

The Lyft "Round Up & Donate" campaign is evolving into a year-long integrated partnership that goes beyond a round-up donation opportunity to allow more Lyft riders to make a difference in the lives of those who do not have transportation to the critical care they need.

Specifically, the expanded campaign is expected to generate approximately $1 million in support of our transportation program, which equates to 20,000 free rides to treatment over the next year.

In the last two years, the American Cancer Society has arranged for more than 150,000 Lyft rides in 11 markets (including Silicon Valley Central Coast and Greater Bay Redwoods) to supplement its existing Road To Recovery program. Additionally, in 2017, the American Cancer Society was the beneficiary of a month-long "Round Up & Donate" campaign that earned nearly $40,000.

Pennies add up to a big impact, and it's easy! Here's how it's done:

• Riders simply select American Cancer Society as their charity of choice via the Lyft app.
• They opt in to "Round Up & Donate" through the "Donate" button in the "Menu."
• Once the American Cancer Society is selected as the designated charity, Lyft automatically rounds up the change on each fare.

*Re-posted from MySocietySource.

Relay Rewards

Thank you so much Relay For Life fundraisers for all you do in the fight against cancer! Don't miss out on your Relay Rewards!

More Than Just Rewards for You

Using your points is great, but the real reward is knowing how much you’re providing so that communities can attack cancer. From breakthrough research and a 24/7 helpline to free lodging near treatment, your help is making a huge difference in the fight. So get out there, keep earning, and we’ll keep saving lives together!

HOW TO REDEEM RELAY REWARDS

Log in to ShopRelayRewards.org (same login as your dashboard on the event website) to shop or browse available reward products. You can redeem your points anytime during the Relay season. And, yes, you can redeem for more than one item. You earned your points, now spend them however you like!

*Relay Reward points earned for your 2019 Relay For Life event are good through December 31, 2019. Unused points may be carried over to the next year if you register for a 2020 event before the end of 2019. **Fall event (Sept. 1 -Dec. 31, 2019) participants must register before April 1, 2020 to carryover unused points. 

Making Strides of Silicon Valley

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is a powerful and inspiring opportunity to unite as a community to honor breast cancer survivors, and raise awareness about steps we can take to reduce the risk of getting breast cancer.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Silicon Valley
Saturday, October 26  |  Check-In at 7:30am & Walk 9:00am
Discovery Meadow Guadalupe River Trail (180 Woz Way, San Jose)

HIIT fundraising class at Lift Exercise Studio

Participate in the 2^nd Annual #RealMenWearPink HIIT fundraising class at Lift Exercise Studio in San Jose this Sunday, October 20th at 12:00pm!  Contact ACS Staff Blaine for details on how to donate & register! 

ECOS Partnership

Earth Friendly Products and the American Cancer Society are committed to working together through Go Green for Pink, a co-branded cause marketing campaign to support breast cancer programs and services. From September 1, 2019, to October 31, 2019, and September 1, 2020, to October 31, 2020, Earth Friendly Products will contribute $1 to ACS for every bottle of ECOS Laundry Detergent (100 oz and higher) sold, up to $50,000 for 2019 and up to $100,000 for 2020.

Program Active:  Sept.  1, 2019 - Oct. 31, 2019 and Sept. 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Guaranteed Contribution:  $150,000

Learn more about partners who are creating shopping opportunities that the American Cancer society attack cancer from every angle.

Pinball Tournament Fundraiser

This Sunday, October 20th Lynn's Arcade in Seaside is host “The one where we fight Cancer” Pinball tournament! Come play some pinball for a good cause! All tournament entry goes to Relay For Life of Salinas and the American Cancer Society! The entrance fee is $10 and an additional $10 if you would like to participate in the tournament.

Doors open at 10:00am
Tournament start at 1:00pm (WPPR's and group knockout format.)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. Learn more and join in the cause today.

We are turning the Barry’s Bootcamp Santana Row Red Room PINK

We are turning the Barry’s Bootcamp Santana Row Red Room PINK and raising funds & awareness for Breast Cancer this Saturday, October 18 at 12:30 PM! Register and donate now!

Amazon donated $72,605.05 to ACS

In October 2019, the American Cancer Society recently received a quarterly donation of $72,605.05 thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com. To date, AmazonSmile has donated a total of $730,515.26 to American Cancer Society!

If you’re shopping on Amazon, select the American Cancer Society as your charity of choice through the AmazonSmile program. It's a simple and automatic way for you to support the American Cancer Society every time you shop.

Crucial Catch

Video from the NFL, this is what cancer looks like.

Ostomy Awareness Day

An ostomy (or stoma) is often misunderstood and National Ostomy Day raises awareness. An ostomy is a surgical opening made in the skin as a way for waste products to leave the body. An ostomy can allow wastes to leave from the intestines (ileostomy or colostomy) or from the bladder (urostomy).

Most people (especially in the past) have mid the fact they have an ostomy. Statics prove when people have bowel resections which result in ostomy they are often discriminated against and have higher than normal rate of divorce (as of 1990, of married couples where one partner received an ostomy, 87% separated because the spouse due to the ostomy). In 1990 President Bush added “people with ostomies” to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

People with ostomies are still often stopped at security by TSA and their body don’t conform to TSA’s standards; therefore, they are gropes, pokes, and have stranger’s hands on their stomach with chemical detecting pads. Public bathrooms often don’t provide the service needed, like water while in a stall changing the appliance.

Having an ostomy is a huge hidden secret for many people and often people are choosing death rather than living with an ostomy.

Relayer Lori BrownKuhiski explained that she is lucky and grateful that she and her husband are still together after her cancer surgery leaving her with an ostomy. She publicly announced at work and at church about her ostomy and was overwhelmed with support and others letting her know they also had one.

Ostomy Awareness Day is a first step to changing the stigma around ostomies through awareness and conversations. Everyone is encouraged to wear an ostomy sticker to help raise awareness and acceptance of ostomies.

The Chevy #IDriveFor campaign is back!

We need your help starting TODAY

Chevrolet’s #IDriveFor social media campaign returns, and each of us has an opportunity to “drive” fundraising for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer with a simple Twitter or Instagram post.

From October 1-31, Chevrolet will donate $5 to ACS – up to $340,000 – for every post on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #IDriveFor.

Here are some easy ways you can help:

·         Engage other volunteers by promoting the #IDriveFor campaign on Regional and event social media channels and through volunteer networks. 

·         Watch the ACS social channels in October and retweet and re-gram posts including #IDriveFor.

The Society’s partnership with Chevrolet has helped raise more than $12 million dollars over the last several years, specifically for breast cancer research, prevention, and care. 

If you’re not on Twitter or Instagram, create an account before October 1. Raising money for ACS has never been so easy!