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Volunteer with ACS CAN California

You have the passion to help end suffering and death from cancer. We have the tools and camaraderie to help make you wildly successful.

Volunteer

Help More Californians Get Screened for Breast and Cervical Cancer

The Every Woman Counts (EWC) and The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP) provide screening, diagnostic services and treatment for breast and cervical cancer for those who are underinsured or uninsured.

Add your voice by signing our petition!

Create a smoke-free community

Everyone should have the right to breathe clean smoke-free air, and to live in a safe home. We have an opportunity to help protect the residents, who live in multi-unit housing, from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

Sign our smoke-free multi-unit housing petition today!

Society of Emerging Leaders

You can help end cancer as we know it by joining the Society of Emerging Leaders as a California student or young professional Ambassadors. Are you willing and able to activate on behalf of the Emerging Leaders Council on timely ACS CAN policy campaigns? Join us!

To join as a volunteer, sign up here.

California Priorities

Research

Prevention

Access to Quality Health Care

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More Californians with Cancer, Other Chronic Diseases, Get Access to Game-Changing Testing

July 2, 2024

California

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state budget on June 29, allowing for Medi-Cal implementation of Senate Bill 496. Starting July 1st, Medi-Cal and other state-regulated health insurance plans will cover comprehensive biomarker testing when supported by medical and scientific evidence.

Tobacco Retail Licensing Program Aiming to Protect Youth from Illegal Tobacco Sales, Curb Tobacco Use Takes Effect Today

June 21, 2024

California

A tobacco retail licensing program takes effect to hold tobacco retailers in Clovis accountable for following state and local laws, by facing strong penalties, including fines, license suspension and revocation, if they fail to do so.

Pitman High School Students Learn the Unsavory Side of Flavored Tobacco Products

May 2, 2024

California

Pitman High School students learned an unsavory lesson about the dangers of flavored tobacco products during a presentation by the Stanislaus Tobacco Prevention Action Team, an ACS CAN project aimed at reducing tobacco use and its heavy toll on health.

Emeryville Makes Strides to Protect Public Health from Tobacco Use

April 17, 2024

California

Emeryville City Council heard the first reading and voted in favor of several measures intended to protect public health from tobacco use. The Council passed a tobacco retail licensing program that will help hold retailers accountable for following tobacco laws.

California Events

August 7, 2024

2024 California Legislative Policy Roundtable and Awards

2024 ACS CAN California Legislative Policy Roundtable and Awards Event The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading advocacy organization working every day to make issues facing cancer patients a national and state priority. This virtual event will...

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August 7, 2024