The Prevent Cancer Foundation is proud to support the following breast health and breast cancer screening and cervical cancer programs and initiatives:

The Mammovan has provided more than 32,000 mammograms to women in the Washington metropolitan area since its launch in 1996. Last year, nearly sixty percent of the 2,200 mammograms performed on the van were provided to uninsured women.

Over the last 17 years, ¡Celebremos La Vida! (Let’s Celebrate Life) program has provided services to over 7,000 women including over 6,800 mammograms and 6,700 Pap tests at sites in Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD and Woodstock, IL.

Confess, the award-winning microsite, teaches girls and women about the importance of cervical cancer screening and provides facts about the HPV vaccine.

Breast Health Education for Young Women materials are a valuable resource for schools and communities nationwide. These materials have been used in almost all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign countries.

Print and Digital Public Service Announcements and English and Spanish facts sheets about breast and cervical cancer are available free of charge.

These programs and educational initiatives are just a sampling of the Foundation’s efforts to prevent cancer or detect early when it can be most successfully treated. To learn more about preventable cancers and the Prevent Cancer Foundation visit our website, blog and subscribe to our health and wellness updates.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Recipe Description:

This colorful salsa comes together in a snap with avocado, frozen corn and ripe tomato.

Recipe Ingredients:

1. 1/2 avocado, diced
2. 1/2 cup thawed frozen corn kernels
3. 1 plum tomato, chopped
4. 2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
5. Lime juice to taste
6. Salt to taste

Recipe Steps:

Combine avocado, corn, tomato and cilantro in a small bowl. Add lime juice and salt to taste.

Recipe Nutrition:

Per serving: 99 calories; 6 g fat (1 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 2 g fiber; 75 mg sodium; 326 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (17% daily value).

1 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 fat

The goal of the Community Grants program is to support community programs across the United States that focus on helping people prevent cancer or find it earlier and that demonstrate the potential to make a positive impact in the field of cancer prevention. For the 2012 grants cycle, applications were submitted from groups across the country focusing on innovative and unique ways to increase cancer prevention, early detection and education.

2012 Community Grant snapshots:

• Powwow 4 Hope – The program goal is to increase cancer awareness and prevention knowledge and share information on available cancer prevention and screening resources to 3,000 American Indian event participants.
• L.E.A.P. Young Adult Cancer (Learning, Education, Awareness, Prevention) – This project aims to impact adolescent and young adult cancers by educating medical students early in their careers; impacting their interaction with patients and empowering the medical professionals to share the knowledge with college and high school students.
• Play it Safe Utah –This grant project will provide sun safety education and sunscreen to youth, parents and coaches through soccer leagues and with the help of professional soccer player Chris Wengert.
• Health Care Access Program – The Women’s Resource Center in Colorado will provide breast, cervical, ovarian and uterine education and screening for women facing barriers and disparities to care, especially Latinas, low income, uninsured and ethnic and cultural populations.

Read more about the 2012 grantees and previous grant awards.

The Foundation is proud to support the FY12 grantees and their work to provide cancer prevention education and screening at the community level.

Through tributes, the Prevent Cancer Foundation helps individuals fight back against a disease that has affected the lives of so many loved ones. The Prevent Cancer Foundation is saving lives through cancer prevention and early detection. Tribute gifts help us to fulfill our vision to “Stop Cancer Before It Starts!”

Every penny, every nickel, and every dollar counts! Tribute gifts, large and small, have helped raise more than $1 million dollars over the last ten years for cancer prevention and early detection research and programming. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, allowing your child to make a tribute gift in honor or memory of a loved one shows them that they can give back and make a difference!

To make a tribute gift in honor or memory of your loved one please visit our donation page.

Katherine Kennedy, Prevent Cancer Foundation Young Professionals Chair

On Monday January 30, over 100 young professionals in the DC area came together at the brand new Irish Whiskey Public House in DC to proactively join the Prevent Cancer community. After Chair Katherine Kennedy (@KatherineKenned) shared that she became involved with the Foundation because she has a disease, MEN-1, that is not preventable and didn’t want any of her friends to face endless hours of uncertainty in a doctor’s office, she then asked the young leaders to tweet why they are joining the group to “Stop Cancer Before It Starts!” and here are some of their live tweets:

@DCCultrBroker My mom had cervical cancer which is why I want to #preventcancer

@JummyABC7: I’m working to #preventcancer in honor of my bestfriends father who passed from the disease

@LifeTie Solving cancer one tie at a time, one conversation at a time with #preventcancer

@Mashtacular I’m working to #preventcancer for my BFF @PunkeyBrewster, my dad and Papa

@Zkidd #Preventcancer for my friends at the Ronald Mcdonald house

@AmyDee_13 If I can do anything in this life & contribute in any way that I can to help save at least one life…#preventcancer

@Cheeky_Geeky I’m at @Katherinekenned’s #preventcancer event because I lost my boss and mentor to lymphoma in 2009

@MissJulieL to support lost friends #preventcancer

@GrantAllen because I lost my dad to @OcularMelanoma, a disease that is not preventable.

Use the #preventcancer hashtag and let us know why you want to “Stop Cancer Before It Starts!” and join the Young Professionals Group today.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Recipe Description:

Roasting tomatoes brings out their inherent sweetness.

Recipe Ingredients:

1. 3 pints cherry tomatoes
2. 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3. 3 cloves minced garlic
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
5. 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
6. 1/4 cup sliced fresh basil
7. 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
8. 14 slices baguette (preferably whole-wheat), toasted
9. Anchovy fillets, Kalamata olives or sliced fresh basil for garnish

Recipe Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Toss tomatoes with oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and roast until broken down, 45 to 55 minutes.
3. Combine the roasted tomatoes with basil and vinegar.
4. Top baguette slices with the roasted tomato mixture. Garnish with anchovy fillets, Kalamata olives or sliced fresh basil.

Recipe Nutrition:

Per serving: 69 calories; 1 g fat (0 g sat, 1 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 13 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 3 g fiber; 178 mg sodium; 156 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamins A & C, potassium, magnesium.

1 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 1 starch

Freda Manzullo, Rep. Lois Capps, and Steve Andrews with daughter, broadcaster Erin Andrews at the 2011 Congressional Families Cancer Prevention awards luncheon

This seating arrangement at the State of the Union (SOTU) – Rep. Capps (Democrat- California) sitting next to Rep. Don Manzullo, (Republican- Illinois) — was sparked by a Congressional Families Cancer Prevention awards lunch last September. Both the Manzullo and Capps families have been touched by cancer and both are passionate about doing all they can to prevent other families from experiencing this pain.  We honored Representative Capps for her work as a cancer advocate in Congress.  At that time we also recognized Mrs. Don (Freda) Manzullo, a courageous cancer survivor who has used her experience and talents to raise awareness and funds.

In the midst of all the partisan talk this political season, it is comforting to know that there is common ground to be found.  The fight against cancer must be bipartisan. We need to unify against this common enemy. Thank you to Representatives Capps and Manzullo.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Recipe Description:

Our oven-baked zucchini sticks taste every bit as good as their deep-fried brethren with only a fraction of the fat and calories. Serve with a side of your favorite marinara sauce for dipping.

Recipe Ingredients:

1. Canola or olive oil cooking spray
2. 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
3. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4. 2 tablespoons cornmeal
5. 1 teaspoon salt
6. 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
7. 1 1/2 pounds zucchini (about 3 medium), cut into 1/2-by-3-inch sticks
8. 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten

Recipe Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 475°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Combine flours, cornmeal, salt and pepper in a large sealable plastic bag. Dip zucchini in egg white, shake in the bag to coat, and arrange, not touching, on the baking sheet. Coat all exposed sides with cooking spray.
3. Bake on the center rack for 10 minutes. Turn the zucchini and coat any floury spots with cooking spray. Continue to bake until golden and just tender, about 8 to 10 minutes more. Serve hot.

Recipe Nutrition:

Per serving: 127 calories; 2 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 7 g protein; 4 g fiber; 426 mg sodium; 524 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium (15% daily value).

1 1/2 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 1/2 vegetable

Since 2001, Prevent Cancer Foundation has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR). This coalition consists of over 100 universities, hospitals, provider organizations, professional societies, and nationally-recognized patient groups with an interest in advancing the field of regenerative medicine. For the past two years, I had the honor of working with the members and Board of Directors of CAMR in the office of President.

In recent years, the field has seen both advancement and setbacks related to policy. Significant progress has been made in implementing the guidelines governing funding of embryonic stem cell research as directed by President Barack Obama’s 2009 Executive Order that the CAMR community so diligently advocated for. In the last fiscal year the National Institutes of Health designated over $164 million in funding for embryonic stem cell research. The first three human clinical trials involving therapies derived from embryonic stem cells were approved by the FDA and men and women suffering from both paralysis and eye disease received these new therapies to test them for safety. The field has moved rapidly since the discovery of a method to derive pluripotent cells from human embryos and grow them in a lab at the University of Wisconsin in 1998.

We’ve continued to work with Congress to educate new elected officials about the promise of the field for developing therapies or understanding diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, paralysis, diabetes, macular degeneration or multiple sclerosis. Legislation has been introduced to codify the President’s Executive Order, and at the state level we’ve successfully defended efforts to advance regenerative medicine through state law, ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments.

Most significantly in this two year period is the ongoing court challenge to the NIH guidelines. In August 2010 a judge in the DC Circuit Court issued an injunction stopping all Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The Department of Justice successfully appealed and funding is still flowing. With the assistance of pro bono legal support from the firm of Arnold and Porter, CAMR impacted this decision through an amicus brief. We have since prevailed in additional decisions in support of the NIH guidelines but face another round of appeals.

Prevent Cancer looks forward to continuing our efforts to ensure that regenerative medicine moves forward as a member of the CAMR Board of Directors. The field of regenerative medicine holds enormous potential in cancer prevention, research and therapies. It is essential that we play a role in advancing this field through policy and alongside our CAMR partners.

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Chris joins hundreds of professional and amateur players, across the country and around the world, which help fund the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s work to — Stop Cancer Before It Starts – by playing poker. Since its launch at the 2003 World Series of Poker, Bad Beat has raised nearly $3.8 million and has grown to include major tournaments and home and community leagues, and become recognized as the premiere charity of the poker community with players proudly wearing the green 1% patch.

Phil Gordon, Founder of Bad Beat on Cancer remarked, “Chris is one of the best in the world, and we are thrilled to have him set an example for others.”

Matthew Spurr, CEO of Poker Face PR who works closely with Chris in a combined effort with leading poker agency Poker Players International stated: “Chris is a fine example to the poker community and is delighted about the prospect of potentially winning thousands for such an outstanding organization” and that “I urge anyone in a position to do so, to follow in Chris’ footsteps.”

From the United Kingdom, Chris has built his substantial bankroll up from nothing. Today he can boast over $7.5 million dollars in online winnings alone, has an astonishing 11 Pocket Fives Triple Crown titles, and recently been signed by Lock Poker. He has proven himself as a force to be reckoned with at the table, as well as at the computer screen.  His talents don’t stop there, as a keen billiards player he has led his University team to the UK National Championships in his senior year and still plays competitively.

Hmm, do we see a new Bad Beat on Cancer opportunity?