Nearly two-dozen Alaskans are spending hours in the dark and in the cold this winter for a lifesaving cause. It's all for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's (LLS) sports training program: Team In Training.
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Dennis Mattingly learned a con artist had taken advantage of his lifesaving cause. Anchorage Bucs founder and GM, Dennis Mattingly, is in the middle of trying to raise enough money to help him receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant.
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Thursday night, American Cancer Society officials and volunteers kicked off this year's Relay for Life. It is a monumental year for the organization. Their biggest fund raiser is celebrating its' 25th anniversary.
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Every year cancer kills more Alaska Natives than any other group in the state. Thursday afternoon, American Cancer Society officials recognized this horrible fact with a huge financial commitment to fight the statistics.
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September gives us time to reflect about cancer's wide reaching effects. It is childhood cancer awareness month. Out of the 12,400 children and teens across the country that are told they have cancer every year, American Cancer Society officials say 40 to 50 of them are right here in Alaska.
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Research funding is so important because that money is key to finding a cancer cure. The federal government's National Cancer Institute is the nation's number one cancer research funding provider. But, often times, the bureaucratic process stands in the way. That's why the national Stand Up To Cancer's telethon proceeds go directly to these researchers. It turns out, the second biggest cancer research-funding provider is your American Cancer Society.
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Let the statistic, cancer is Alaska's number one killer, really sink in. Just think about what that means to so many of our neighbors faced with a diagnosis. When they, or their loved ones, first learn the devastating news the first thing they want is information. Alaska's American Cancer Society is actually the number one information source.
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The American Cancer Society is full of advocates, folks who fight the political fight on a local, state and national level. While Alaskans are used to hearing Assembly Member Mike Gutierrez speak about those sorts of public policy issues, it might surprise you to hear cancer took his mom's life.
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