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Prevent Cancer awardee announces winners of sun safety contest

Students across the country win iPads by encouraging their peers to be sun safe. With a $10,000 community grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, The…

Community leaders work together to prevent cancer

Collaborations between organizations are a great way to leverage resources for breast cancer screening and education. Our breast cancer screening program ¡Celebremos la vida! (Let’s…

Prevent Cancer promotes men’s health for Movember

Yesterday mustaches were the “norm” at Virginia Theological Seminary. Prevent Cancer staff members spent the afternoon at Men’s Health Day in Scott Lounge, educating attendees…

Community-level breast cancer screening and education support

What do the song and dance number “We’re off to get a Mammogram”, a breast health education curriculum for Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities, and…

Community grantee spotlight: Cancer prevention on the Standing Rock Reservation

Prevent Cancer has been making a difference in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities since 2007 through grants that support powwows, traditional food guides…

Volunteer dentist provides free oral cancer screenings at Iowa State Fair

Chad Johnson, a dentist from Pleasant Hill, Iowa (near Des Moines) considers volunteering in his community an important part of being a dental professional and…

Cancer Prevention at the Kansas State Fair

Over 300,000 Kansas State Fair attendees crowd in to see who won first prize for the largest pumpkin every year. They wait excitedly to go…

Promoting health and cancer awareness on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation – 23 years and counting!

Over 470 people attended the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s 23rd annual Community Wellness Day this summer to increase health awareness and promote physical activity. The…

Announcing the 2013 Community Grant awardees

The Prevent Cancer Foundation is proud to award four $10,000 grants to Custer Health in North Dakota, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department in Kentucky,…

Cancer prevention at the 2013 Cattlemen’s Ball

Earlier in June I had the distinct privilege of visiting Sutherland, Nebraska to attend the 2013 Cattlemen’s Ball as part of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s…