General Membership Quarterly Meeting Richmond, VA June 11, 2015

Welcome & Introductions

2015 Board Members Christi Sheffield, Chair Riguey King, Vice-Chair Katie Donnini, Secretary Bunny Caro-Justin, Treasurer Renee Malone, Parliamentarian Debbie Cadet Cynthia Karlsson Vernal Branch Christina Benton Nominating Committee: Need to start recruitment for new 2016 Board Members!

A Year in Review  Kick off new state cancer plan  January 2014  Infrastructure development  Focus on sustainability & growth  New committees & opportunity for engagement  Cancer Caucus  Statewide Conference  Social Media  New VDH-CCC Staff

Ways to Engage  Action teams  80% by 2018 Task Force*  Program Planning Committee  Membership & Evaluation Committee*  Development Committee*  Nominating Committee  By-laws Review  Cancer Caucus

Development & Fundraising  Commonwealth Virginia Campaign  Car Donation  The Amazing Raise  Statewide Conference

Social Media  Facebook  Twitter  Pinterest

Increasing Awareness… Palliative Care: Building Multi-disciplinary Programs to Increase Awareness and Utilization of Resources in Cancer Care oriented to the Survivorship and Palliative Care Action Team at the March general membership meeting; 59 people attended. Colorectal Cancer: Taking Action Through Community-Based Initiatives That Increase Cancer Screening Rates Among Virginians oriented to the Early Detection Action Team at the June meeting. Thirty-five people attended. Accelerating HPV Vaccine Uptake in the Commonwealth for the Prevention Action Team at the September Meeting. Fifty-nine attendees at five broadcast sites across the state attended. Joining Forces on Tobacco Issues in the Commonwealth, a joint meeting of CACV and the Tobacco Free Alliance of Virginia. Panelists from the Virginia Cancer Registry, the Virginia Department of Health Tobacco Use Control Project, the American Cancer Society, and community groups implementing tobacco use prevention projects made presentations. Fifty-three members from both coalitions attended this December meeting.

…And Driving Action Radon Awareness. A panel discussion, Radon— Testing, Treatment and Resources, informed radon outreach efforts established in the Virginia Cancer Plan The 2014 General Assembly passed legislation to test daycare centers for radon. The team carried out this activity in service of the prevention objective to reduce exposure to environmental carcinogens such as radon.

Treatment Team Rocks! Personalized cancer care: The Virginia Public Radio show Virginia Conversations, with host May-Lily Lee, devoted an entire one-hour broadcast to personalized cancer care in April Primary topics were how providers can tailor treatments to fit patients, and to hear from cancer survivors who benefitted from it. This activity educated Virginians about innovative, evidence-based cancer treatments and provided personal, patient-centric accounts of experiences. The program reached most of the state and is available on line at the Virginia Public Radio web site.

Cancer Caucus  2015 General Assembly Session  Partnership with ACS CAN  Great attendance  Renewed interest by legislators  2016 General Assembly Session  Join us!

Conference

Wait! I bet that’s NOT all

Remember….  CACV is only as strong as our members!  And we have GREAT members  What is YOUR organization doing to address Virginia’s cancer burden?  Tell us!