PHOENIX – This month, nearly 700 cancer patients, survivors, volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will gather in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Advocates will urge Congress to take steps to make cancer a national priority and help end a disease that still kills more than 1,670 people every day in this country.
Ten Arizonans from across the state will meet with their congressional delegation to ask for support in three key areas in the cancer fight.
Specifically, the Arizonan delegation will ask their members of Congress to:
Their time in D.C. will be capped off with an evening Lights of Hope ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial featuring more than 25,000 lights in honor of a cancer survivor or to memorialize a loved one lost to the disease. Arizona’s volunteers have sold more than $10,000 in bags, including an estimated 20 bearing the name of late Sen. John McCain.
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After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.