1. 2011 PIRATE RELAY FOR LIFE! Tooning Out Cancer

2. WELCOME! Relay for life Mission Statement: The American Cancer Society Relay For Life represent the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated. The new slogan of the American Cancer Society is to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays! http://morebirthdays.com/artist/kei th-urban

3. Mission –14 FREE patient programs including: –Reach to Recovery- Breast cancer support program –Man to Man- Prostate cancer support group –Road to Recovery- Treatment transportation –Hope Lodge –Camps for Kids –Look Good... Feel Better –Freshstart –“TLC” magazine –College Scholarships - 33 in NC for ’07; 4 at ECU –Cancer Survivors Network - www.cancer.orgwww.cancer.org –Patient Resource Navigation Centers

4. Advocacy Recently named one of the most influential groups on health policy by members of Congress Local, state and federal levels Research funding, access to quality care and more Staff grouping that focuses solely on our grass roots mission www.acscan.org

5. Cost Breakdown For one patient to have roundtrip transportation with our Road to Recovery drivers = $39 For one women to receive a Reach to Recovery kit = $100 For one patient to participate in a clinical trail, the average cost = $3,000 The cost for one night’s stay at our Hope Lodge is = $100 per patient For one women to attend a Look Good…Feel Better session = $200 The cost of one minute of our 1-800-ACS-2345 toll free service = $0.05

6. How your ECU Relay dollars are helping others 14 patients can participate in clinical trails at no cost to them= $45,000 Patients and their families can have 836 hours of toll-free access time to our 1-800 number = $2,520 42 women can be treated to a make-over at our Look Good…Feel Better sessions = $8,400 30 cases of test tubes can be used for cancer research = $4,568 91 women can receive visits by a breast cancer survivor who participates in our Reach to Recovery program = $9,100 11 patients can stay for 10 nights at our Hope Lodges = $11,000 179 patients can receive roundtrip transportation to their treatment = $6,902

7. Congratulations! $87,490

8. Did you know??? We save 90 more lives per day now than we did in 1985!! We’ve saved 1 million lives since 1993 (when RFL became the ACS’ signature activity We raise $1 million A DAY! ACS donors have given $400 million MORE than the next non- profit health care organization!

9. Why we have to keep working! Cancer kills more people in a year than Malaria, TB, and Aids COMBINED Today, cancer is the most curable disease facing Americans but it’s also the more rapidly growing disease. By 2018 caner WILL be the leading cause of death in the IF we do not provide adequate access to care! 60% of cancers are preventable with proper screening and testing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akxq_ aJy8Hchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akxq_ aJy8Hc

10. Thanks! GO PIRATE RELAY !