Updates matching "South Carolina"

ACS CAN SC will host a Lights of Hope ceremony on the north steps of the South Carolina State House on Tuesday, March 25th. The event is designed to rally advocates and legislators around the need for funding for breast, cervica, and colorectal cancer screenings.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network will be hosting a Pink Tea Advocacy Event to honor and recognize breast cancer survivors across the state, and to recognize providers for the Best Chance Network. This event will be held at the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library in Florence in

2013 was an exciting year at the State House. ACS CAN appreciates the support of our advocates around the state and look forward to working with you again on state issues starting in January as the South Carolina General Assembly starts the second year of a two year session. Please

The South Carolina General Assembly approved $1.5 million dollars for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings last week. This was a huge success for the people of South Carolina. Nancy Cheney, Director of Government Relations for South Carolina has been working with South Carolina lawmakers since January to provide funding

The General Assembly completed it's regular session last week without finalizing the budget for 2014. Take a look at the Weekly Legislative Update to read more about what happened last week and how the budget is looking for Best Chance Network funding.

The budget debates continues in the Senate and Medicaid Expansion was shot down. Learn more by reading the Legislative Update. If you are interested in becoming an advocates please contact Beth Johnson at [email protected] .

View our Weekly Legislative Update ...if you would like to join one of our campaigns please contact Grassroots Manager Beth Johnson at [email protected] or 843-858-2310. As always, thank you for being an advocate!

The House was on furlough last week and the Senate did not pick up the budget debate as expected. We are still following several bills through the system so please view our Legislative Update for a report on where the bills are and updates on funding for Breast, Cervical, and

What an exciting week in South Carolina last week...Representative Crawford introduced a Medicaid Expansion Bill, Senator Alexandar introduced two provisos for funding for breast and cervical and colorectal cancer...read more in our weekly legislative update! Weekly Update Here