Vermonters Fighting Cancer With ACTION

Vermonters Fighting Cancer With ACTION A community of volunteer cancer advocates fighting for cancer patients, cancer research and prevention in Vermont.

This page is intended to gather cancer patients, caregivers, family members, doctors, nurses, and anyone who wants to actively join the fight against cancer. Please check often for updates on legislative issues that effect patients, research, and prevention programs at the state and national level. We will also post information about trainings and tips for communicating with your legislators. We h

ope to use this page to capture YOUR story of loss, pain, hope, and triumph, because we are all in this battle together! Please help us connect with you, your caregivers, other survivors, and the greater cancer community here in Vermont. Your story is all YOU need, as a Vermonet, to affect change!

01/21/2012

The cancer community is talking! About healthcare, prevention programs, survivorship, and many other issues that affect us all. Stand up and be counted at the statehouse!
Join us on Thursday February 16th 3:30 - 5:30pm for the American Cancer Society's legislative celebration. There will be light refreshments and everyone is welcome.
If you have been touched by, or care deeply, about cancer we need you there, come as you are. YOU are all you need to bring! Cancer is NON_PARTISAN, and so is this group. For more info our to RSVP call Justin at (802) 872-6315.

01/07/2012

Would you like to join the fight against cancer in Vermont? Condisder joining our monthly calls to find out what you can do to keep cancer a priority at the statehouse. No money, no long term committment required, and all are welcome! Our first call of the 2012 session will be tomorrow Sunday January 8th at 7pm. For call in information please email [email protected] or call (802)872-6315. Lets build this army of survivors and caregivers now!

12/20/2011

Congress voted yesterday to NOT cut federal research funding for FY 2012! This is a huge victory! We all know that new ways to fight cancer are being developed everyday. We can't afford NOT TO continue funding for these vital research programs, and thankfully our legislaotrs know this!! BUT this will not be the end of the fight to maintain research funding, so stay tuned.

12/06/2011

Please like this page and pass on the hugs!

12/06/2011

Hug a friend, loved one, or yourself today if cancer has touched your life! Hug in person, by email, facebook, snail mail, or by phone, and let them know you are not going to give up this fight!

11/29/2011

A few dedicated volunteers met at the ACS office in Williston last night to share our cancer stories and talk about how we can make the largest impact here in Vermont on the fight against cancer. We realized that the cancer community, thousands of us in VT, have more power than any of us imagined. That power doesn't come from getting a legislative tool kit or facts and statistics about cancer in Vermont... OUR POWER is in each of OUR experiences with cancer. The greatest power to fight cancer is right with in us all, and it is a story we know well becuase it is OUR story! Maybe you didn't think that your story was significant, but we think EVERY story is! Maybe you are not ready to share your experience in a paper, or to make a phone call to your legislator. Maybe you didn't think anyone cared what you had to say and what you have endured. We care! Other survivors, caregivers, and patients care! Would you consider sharing your story with us, right here on Facebook?

11/23/2011

This Thanksgiving, let us all be thankful for friends, family, and life saving cancer research that has made it possible for over 2000 of us in VT, and millions across America, to say we are SURVIVORS! Best wishes to you and yours.

11/22/2011

You are invited to attend an "Introduction to the 2012 Legislative Session" informal meeting/info sharing on Monday November 28th from 5:30 -7pm at the American Cancer Society office on 55 Day Lane in Williston. Please share this meeting with your Facebook friends, even if you may not want to attend. THANK YOU

11/22/2011

Welcome to the community of survivors, caregivers, medical professionals, and others who are passionate about fighting back against cancer!

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