Welcome to the 2024 West Virginia Cancer Action Day Website!
This site is your one-stop shop for all the necessary resources to prepare for your participation in successful lawmaker conversations on February 12th. We know that part of the magic that goes into an impactful Cancer Action Day is preparation, coordination, and resources - coupled with our pre-event training opportunity for learning and practice and your dedication and passion – will ensure you’re ready for it all.
2024 Cancer Action Day
Monday February 12th, 2024
8:00 am- 1:00 pm
West Virginia State Capitol,
1900 Kanawha Blvd E,
Charleston, WV 25305
We will start at 8:00 a.m. in room 252M with Breakfast.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact our West Virginia Grassroots Manager, Katie Rose Garden, at [email protected].
Pre-Event Material Recording and Slides Below:
Biomarker Fact Sheets Mentioned in the Pre-Training:
biomarker_testing_costs_and_cost_savings.pdf- acs_can_biomarker_testing_patient_profiles_final_0.pdf
- health_equity_in_biomarker_testing_and_targeted_therapy_.pdf
- biomarker_testing_faq_.pdf
- recommendations_to_improve_access_to_biomarker_testing.pdf
- precision_medicine_and_biomarker_testing_fact_sheet_january2024.pdf
Tobacco Prevention Factsheets mentioned in the Pre-Training
Videos and Additional resources:
- Expand Access to West Virginia Biomarkers
- Access to Biomarker Testing
- Gio’s story
- Short explainer video
Event Materials:
Parking and Driving:
capitol_parking_driving_instructions_and_map.pdf
Below are the Materials in the current packet, but this section may have updates, so be on the lookout!
wv_cad_24_volunteer_packet.pdf
The health and safety of all our guests and participants is our number one goal. Please see below for important details, which will continue to be updated based on our unique needs and review of the COVID-19 Waiver.
If you are feeling sick or have been recently exposed to someone who recently tested positive for COVID-19, you should stay home. People who have underlying health conditions or are taking medications that weaken the immune system should talk to their healthcare provider before attending large gatherings.
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RECOGNIZE COVID-19 SYMPTOMS: The CDC has identified the symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. If you have one or more of these symptoms on the day of the event, please stay home. If you are waiting for COVID-19 test results or have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for or who has COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home unless you get a negative test result before the event.
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YOUR SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY: The COVID-19 virus and its variants are highly contagious. Some people infected with these viruses get severely ill, become hospitalized, or die. Event attendees acknowledge the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus, assume all such risks, and the American Cancer Society, Inc., and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network shall not be held liable.
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PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY: Help protect our community. Individual attendees are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated. All attendees are asked to have a negative COVID test within 48 hours of travel to the event. The wearing of face masks at the event may be required. After the event, please report to katie.garden@cancer.org. If you later contract COVID-19 and believe you could have received or spread the virus at the event.