Your Dollars at Work
With your help, we're Making Strides

The money raised through Making Strides Against Breast Cancer helps the American Cancer Society fight breast cancer by …

• Funding cutting-edge research leading to the discovery of lifesaving treatments like Tamoxifen and Herceptin. In fact, the Society has invested more in breast cancer research grants over time than any other voluntary public health organization – $352 million since 1972! And, it was the American Cancer Society that established mammography as the gold standard for the early detection of breast cancer.

• Offering the nation’s only 24-hour cancer hotline (1-800-ACS-2345), where people fighting cancer can turn anytime, day or night to talk to a Cancer Information Specialist (Information is available in many languages.)

• Providing free programs and services that improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families in more than 3,400 communities across the country

• Providing free email mammogram reminders, and a program called Reach to Recovery® that matches newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with survivors who can guide them through their journey with the disease

• Offering a state-of-the-art Web site (www.cancer.org) where patients can learn how to reduce their cancer risk, find hospitals, learn about treatment options and clinical trials, and more

• Advocating for public policies that provide all women access to mammograms and breast cancer treatment, regardless of income