The Society is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and has more than 3,400 local offices nationwide. Your American Cancer Society is the only voluntary cancer control organization that fights cancer nationally, statewide and locally. Through its advocacy program, the Society educates policy makers about cancer and how it affects individuals and their families. Across the country, staff and volunteers work with legislators, business leaders, community organizations, pubic health officials and schools to find answers and address cancer problems specific to your area. The units are led by an unpaid volunteer board of directors comprised of community leaders, physicians, health professionals and concerned citizens.
New volunteers are always welcome.
These programs include information and guidance, patient transportation to medical appointments, homecare items, rehabilitation services, classes and support groups. Education programs provide information about cancer prevention, early detection and risk reduction to adults, young people and health professionals. The aim of the Society's research program is to determine the causes of cancer and to support efforts to prevent and cure cancer. Free cancer information materials are available in English and Spanish. When the doctor finished with his little presentation, one thing that I have to give him credit for, he got on the telephone and called another gentleman who had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as a survivor, had just gone through the treatment, and handed me the phone.