Welcome to Mission Matters for May, 2008. Mission Matters is a blog and conference call learning opportunity. We share information about American Cancer Society programs and service, cancer research and ways you can Fight Back against cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
This month, we will share information about the Great American Health Challenge. We hope you can join us for the Mission Matters conference call at Noon Eastern and 8:30 PM Eastern to learn about this life-saving fight back opportunity. Please visit the Fight Back section here at http://www.relayforlife.org/ or www.cancer.org/greatamericans.
Call in information: 1-800-910-2399/passcode: 487160
Nealry 50% of cancer deaths could be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices like not smoking or using other tobacco products, maintaining a healthy body weight, getting regular physical activity, eating a healthy diet, limiting alcohol consumption and getting cancer screening tests. The Great American Health Challenge is an American Cancer Society program designed to educate people on how to reduce their risk of cancer by encouraging them to make a commitment to take the following actions
Just volunteered 3 months ago and was supposed to have the Relay in June. Well, guess what?! No participants! We had a total of 4 teams and one was the survivor sponsor. So disappointing, especially with my first time out. Just couldn't get anybody interested. Everyone is so apathetic. 
What is going on? Haven't even done an event and I am a big failure. We are still going to do the Luminaria ceremony for our precious survivors. We want to make it special for them. I hope we can do it. I have a great committee to work with and they have great ideas so we hope that next year will get better. We just need lots of prayers to boost us along.
