American Cancer Society Receives Help from Coaches; Coaches vs. Cancer Program has Raised Over $10.6 Million in the Fight Against Cancer.ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 4, 1999-- For a basketball coach, winning games takes practice, preparation, and planning. Coaches spend hours devising a plan to defeat an opponent. But off the court, coaches are joining together and gathering their resources to develop a plan against an opponent everyone would like to see lose -- cancer. Coaches vs. Cancer was founded in 1993 by the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches NABC National Agricultural Biotechnology Council NABC National Auto Body Council NABC North American Bridge Championships (American Contract Bridge League tournament) ). The partnership is dedicated to defeating cancer by using contributions to fund cancer research, education, advocacy and services of the American Cancer Society. Since it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have inception, Coaches vs. Cancer has united over 500 NABC member coaches who have helped raise over $10.6 million nationwide for the American Cancer Society. Through the partnership, NABC coaches work to offer hope, progress and answers to overcome this deadly disease. A few examples of how coaches are making an impact in the fight against cancer include: -- presenting healthy lifestyle education programs during their summer basketball camps and appearances at elementary schools elementary school: see school. ; -- serving as advocates for tobacco legislation; -- visiting cancer patients to offer hopeful and compassionate com·pas·sion·ate adj. 1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. See Synonyms at humane. 2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: messages during their fight against cancer. -- seeking pledges from individuals and businesses to benefit the American Cancer Society. "We have an opportunity to have an impact on a lot of people," said Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). Coach Jim Calhoun James A. Calhoun (born May 10, 1942 in Braintree, Massachusetts) is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team. He has won two national championships, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA titles, as well as the 1988 NIT championship. . "The Coaches vs. Cancer program increases the awareness of the dangers of tobacco and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. This is too important to ignore. This program is largely concerned with educating people on the significance of cancer." Coaches vs. Cancer assists the American Cancer Society in offering hope to communities by funding programs that help individuals and families facing a cancer diagnosis. It supports the research to discover better treatment options and lower incidence and mortality rates through prevention and early detection. "Coaches vs. Cancer is an instrumental part of the American Cancer Society's effort of supplying lifesaving information to help reach our goal of finding the ultimate answer -- a cure for all cancers," said Charles J. McDonald, M.D., president of the American Cancer Society. For more information, or to make a pledge to Coaches vs. Cancer, fans can call 1-800-ACS-2345. |
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