American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to host Iowa Day at the Capitol, connecting volunteers and lawmakers

Des Moines, Iowa (Jan. 17, 2017)— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will host a Day at the Capitol for cancer advocates on Monday, Jan. 23, in Des Moines. Volunteers will learn how to communicate with their lawmakers about issues that are important to cancer patients and their support network.

More than 90 volunteers are registered to attend the event. They will spend the morning learning about ACS CAN priorities for this session, which include protecting funds for cancer screening and tobacco cessation and prevention, as well as establishing a palliative care advisory board for the state. They will then attend meetings with lawmakers from their district at the Capitol.

Date: Monday, Jan. 23, 2017

Times/locations:               

8 to 11 a.m. Training at Holiday Inn Downtown at Mercy Campus

 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Volunteers bused to Capitol for lawmaker meetigs

1 to 3 p.m. Debrief at Holiday Inn Downtown at Mercy Campus

Media are invited to cover the training and visits. Please contact Danielle Oswald-Thole 563-580-9340 to arrange an interview on the day of the event.

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.  ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.

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