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C3 President Carlea Bauman Testifies at Congressional Hearing

C3 President Carlea Bauman Today, the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a public witness hearing about funding needs for the fiscal year 2011 defense appropriations bill. C3′s President, Carlea Bauman, testified at the hearing about the urgent need for more funding for colorectal cancer research.

Ms. Bauman thanked the Subcommittee members for including $15 million for the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) in the fiscal year 2010 bill and urged them to increase the level of funding for the PRCRP to $50 million in fiscal year 2011. Continue reading…

Posted by Catherine Knowles on May 20th, 2010
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Tags: Appropriations, cancer research, DoD, FY 2011, House of Representatives, Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, PRCRP

President’s Day District Work Period Meetings with Members

C3 is working with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to organize meetings over the President’s Day District Work Period with Senators and Representatives to ask for their support for increased federal funding for cancer research and cancer control programs.

You may not be able to travel to DC in March to participate in the 2010 Call-on Congress, but this is your chance to meet with your representatives and talk with them about the importance of increasing federal funding for cancer research. Continue reading…

Posted by Catherine Knowles on February 10th, 2010
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Tags: american cancer society, cancer research, FY 2011 Budget, Majority Leader Reid, Representative Ryan

President’s Cancer Panel Recommends National Priority for Cancer

In a new report Maximizing Our Nation’s Investment in Cancer:Three Crucial Actions for America’s Health the President’s Cancer Panel makes three recommendations to the President that they feel are critical to the battle against cancer in the United States.

Make reducing the cancer burden a national priority.
Ensure that all Americans have timely access to needed health care and disease prevention measures.
End the scourge of tobacco in the United States. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on October 28th, 2008
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Tags: cancer research, colorectal cancer prevention, Kate's Thoughts

C3 Working with Stand Up to Cancer Initiative

C3 will represent people touched by colorectal cancer with the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) initiative by serving on the SU2C Advocacy Advisory Council. “Our role as advocates is to help shape the direction of the exciting research that will be funded by SU2C,” said Nancy Roach, C3 Board of Directors.

SU2C is a national effort to raise substantial monies for ground-breaking translational cancer research that will accelerate advances in patient care as well as in cancer prevention. A program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, SU2C was established by a group of media, entertainment, and philanthropic leaders whose lives have all been affected by cancer in significant ways. They have partnered with American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) to provide expert scientific oversight of this important initiative.

The centerpiece of this initiative will be a nationally televised fundraising event to air on September 5, 2008. The networks have joined together in an unprecedented collaboration to donate one hour of simultaneous, commercial-free prime time for this program.

Posted by Carlea Bauman on May 27th, 2008
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Tags: aacr, Advocacy, cancer research, entertainment industry foundation, fundraising event