American Cancer Society Relay Summit

Audience at the ACS Relay Summit

Speaking at the Relay Summit

ACS CAN Speech at the Relay Summit

Recruiting Members for ACS CAN

Deb Rairden, Senior Director Government Relations ACS CAN

Deb Rairden, Sr Director Government Relations and Robert Morris, VP of Health Initiatives ACS CAN…and hundreds of signed petitions!

33 Memberships after the presentation!! Cause for celebration!

Kent Johnson, one of Luke’s groomsmen and lifelong friends, was visiting from Australia and joined us. Sending the message across the world!

Relay for Life Volunteers from Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia came together for the 2010 American Cancer Society Relay Summit this weekend. It was a celebration of past success and a look into future efforts to battle cancer. I was invited to be a guest speaker representing the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. I shared my story and offered the audience ways that they too can make their voices stronger by adovcating for legislation for increased funding for cancer research. I was moved by the energy in the room and so honored to be a speaker for such an amazing group of 500+ volunteers and staff members. The most amazing part of the event for me was the 33 people who joined ACS after the speech and the hundreds more that shared their relay petition stories. We will bring all of that momentum and support to DC with us in September.

Thank you ACS and ACS CAN for inviting me to be a part of this event. I look forward to many more opportunities to support the work we are all doing in the fight against cancer.

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