AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
About Us
About the American Cancer Society
At the American Cancer Society, we have a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. We're improving the lives of cancer patients and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
What We Do
While most people know us for our research, we do so much more. We work to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. We advocate for lifesaving policy changes. We promote healthy lifestyles to help you prevent cancer. We research cancer and its causes to find more answers and better treatments. We provide information, answers, and support to people in every community who have been touched by cancer. And we do it all 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
ACS CARES™
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, deciding what's next can be overwhelming. ACS CARES™ (Community Access to Resources, Education and Support) equips those facing cancer with curated content, programs, and services to fid their specific cancer journey. Visit ACS CARES™ online or download the app.
Volunteer to Help People Facing Cancer
Road To Recovery
ACS is seeking volunteers to drive cancer patients to treatment appointments. Access to timely, high-quality treatment can often be a cancer patient’s largest roadblock to survival. Many patients must schedule daily or weekly appointments for several months, keeping friends and family from being able to provide all the support needed.
Our Road To Recovery program fills this gap by offering free rides to patients. Volunteer drivers are urgently needed in the Twin Cities metro, St. Louis and Olmsted Counties in Minnesota and in La Crosse County, WI.
Hope Lodge
The Society’s Hope Lodge program provides free, safe, comfortable and convenient lodging - plus so much more - for patients (and caregivers) who need to travel from home to get the cancer treatment they need.
To learn more about support groups, activities and / or volunteer opportunities, such as “Cooking Up Hope,” please email HopeLodgeMinneapolisMN@cancer.org or HopeLodgeRochesterMN@cancer.org (Rochester Hope Lodge).
Upcoming Events
ResearcHERS 5th Annual Luncheon and Awards
May 20, 2024
ResearcHERS: Women Fighting Cancer™ is a movement that shines a light on the incredible discoveries made by women and empowers women leaders to support the Society’s national research program, which funds some of the brightest female minds in cancer research. Simply put, it is fundraising by women and men to support and sustain women-led cancer research and careers.
Join us at the UMN’s McNamara Alumni Center on May 20th from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch is included. Sign up here and use the code HERSUMN20 to get 20% off tickets or contact Megan Kennedy (megan.kennedy@cancer.org) for more information.
Relay For Life of White Bear Lake
July 26, 2024
Fighting cancer takes many things like research, free rides to treatment and lodging near hospitals, and our 24/7 helpline. We can’t do any of that without you. Join Relay For Life, the largest, most inspiring and supportive cancer fundraising across the planet. Sign up here to be part of our event or contact Tami Siebert (tami.siebert@cancer.org) for more information.
Valleyfair Day
August 23rd, 2024
Give Kids More Hope Through Gold Together. As the ACS childhood cancer initiative, Gold Together empowers individuals to raise funds that directly support research, advocacy, and patient support dedicated to childhood cancer.
Bring family and friends to Valleyfair on August 23rd to have a day of well-deserved fun and join a community of survivors, volunteers, and supporters who believe that the future can be free from childhood cancer.
Check back here soon to purchase tickets or contact Sami Jo Nelson (samijo.helmersnelson@cancer.org) for more information.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of the Twin Cities (MSABC)
October 12, 2024
MSABC is a celebration of courage and hope, a movement uniting communities to end breast cancer as we know it, for everyone. For three decades, these non-competitive walks have collectively grown into the nation’s largest and most impactful breast cancer movement – providing a supportive community for courageous breast cancer survivors and metastatic breast cancer thrivers, caregivers, and families alike.
We invite you to form a team with family and friends and join forces with the ACS at the Mall of America from 7 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. to celebrate, get resources and more.
Sign up here to be a part of our event or contact Maryann Malec (maryann.malec@cancer.org) for more information.
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