Do you know someone with cancer? Does someone in your family have cancer? Many Americans can answer yes to both of these questions. Cancer is an awful disease that effects many families every year. The Stand Up To Cancer organization was created last year by the Entertainment Industry Foundation. It was a telethon that aired on September 5, 2008. It was a night where many Hollywood stars came out to show there support of people and families effected by cancer. It was a night to raise money to find a cure and after the special aired over $100 million was donated to the organization to go to research. Stand Up To Cancer was designed to bring awareness to all people that we are connected to cancer in some way and that we need to do our part in finding a CURE.
Here is Stand Up To Cancer's Manifesto:
This is where the end of cancer begins.
When together we become a force unmistakable.
A movement undeniable.
A light that cannot dim.
When we take our wild impossible dreams
And make them possible
Make them true
When together we rise as one
When we stand up
When we Stand Up To Cancer.
According to the American Cancer Society's website, over 562,340 American are expected to lose there battle to this horrible disease in 2009 alone. Cancer is a horrible disease that effects the lives of many American families each year. The goal is to find a cure, but that of course like everything else in life requires money. Stand Up To Cancer is a wonderful organization to find a cure. One day we will find a cure and part of it will be because of all the research that SU2C has been able to provide.
For more information visit their website: http://www.standup2cancer.org/
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