5 Ways to Fight Cancer Now

Show your DetermiNation.^® If you’ve always wanted to run or walk in an endurance event, make 2011 the year you go for it. Find friends, free training and support through the Society’s DetermiNation program. Learn more at ACSDetermiNation.org or text DNATION to 70000.

Walk & Roll^® Turns 40. Bike, skate or walk with us this May as our longest-running fundraiser celebrates its 40th year. Every dollar raised at this family-friendly event helps fund research, free patient services and more. Get details at walkroll.org or text WALKROLL to 70000.

Relay For Life^® brings friends and families together for an overnight walk that honors survivors, remembers loved ones lost to cancer and fights back for more birthdays. Find out more at RelayForLifeIllinois.com or text RELAY to 70000.

Be a Lifesaver. Licensed drivers with cars are needed in many areas of Illinois to help transport cancer patients to treatment. We’re also looking for caring people to plan local events and share cancer-fighting information at health fairs and lunch-learn sessions. Call 800.227.2345 to learn more.

Have a minute? That’s all it takes to express your support for cancer-fighting laws and policies. Go to acscan.org/IL to sign up for automatic alerts on breaking legislation, giving you the chance to send timely, powerful messages to your elected leaders.