Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program celebrates 30 years of bipartisan cancer prevention and early detection awareness
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WASHINGTON, December 14, 2021–The Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program® last week celebrated its 30th anniversary with a reception at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., featuring a toast from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to honor this unique initiative.
The event drew a bipartisan, bicameral audience of members of Congress and their spouses, as well as leaders in the cancer prevention community, to recognize the decades of bipartisan work to educate the public about early detection and cancer prevention. The Program was founded in 1991 as a partnership between the Congressional Club, led by then-congressional spouse, now Representative Doris Matsui, and the Prevent Cancer Foundation®.
“Thirty years ago, congressional spouses sought a unifying issue and service opportunity, and cancer is one issue that knows no political party,” said Carolyn “Bo” Aldigé, president and CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. who co-founded the Program. “Today, this remains a unique program in its bipartisanship and the work being done by both congressional members and spouses to educate the public about cancer prevention and early detection.”
Highlights of the event included remarks from Congressional Families Program Executive Director Lisa McGovern, Representative Matsui و Ms. Aldigé on the history and legacy of the Program. Congressional Club President Charles Capito and Congressional Families Program Congressional Club Liaison and the 2021 Congressional Club First Lady’s Luncheon Chair Patricia Garamendi announced that First Lady’s Luncheon selected the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program as a beneficiary of the Luncheon, which will help fund a 2022 research grant. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a toast to mark the 30-year milestone.
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درباره برنامه پیشگیری از سرطان خانواده های کنگره®
The Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program® began in 1991 as a partnership between the Prevent Cancer Foundation® and The Congressional Club, a bipartisan organization of spouses of Members of the House, Senate, Cabinet and Supreme Court. Spouses active in the Program share an interest in advancing cancer prevention and early detection programs and education. For more information, visit www.congressionalfamilies.org.
درباره بنیاد پیشگیری از سرطان®
بنیاد پیشگیری از سرطان® 35 سالگی را به عنوان تنها سازمان غیرانتفاعی ایالات متحده جشن می گیرد که صرفاً بر نجات جان همه جمعیت ها از طریق پیشگیری از سرطان و تشخیص زودهنگام متمرکز است. از طریق تحقیق، آموزش، اطلاع رسانی و حمایت، ما به افراد بی‌شماری کمک کرده‌ایم تا از تشخیص سرطان جلوگیری کنند یا سرطان خود را به‌قدر کافی زود تشخیص دهند تا با موفقیت درمان شوند.
این بنیاد در حال افزایش است تا با چالش کاهش مرگ و میر ناشی از سرطان تا 40% تا سال 2035 مقابله کند. برای دستیابی به این هدف، ما متعهد به سرمایه گذاری $20 میلیون برای فناوری های نوآورانه برای تشخیص زودهنگام سرطان و پیشبرد غربالگری چند سرطانی، $10 میلیون برای گسترش غربالگری سرطان و واکسیناسیون هستیم. دسترسی به جوامع محروم از نظر پزشکی و $10 میلیون برای آموزش مردم در مورد گزینه های غربالگری و واکسیناسیون. برای اطلاعات بیشتر لطفا مراجعه کنید به www.preventcancer.org.