Children's Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Day
The Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy, a member of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, is pleased to announce that this year’s Childhood Cancer Action Day in Washington, DC is scheduled for June 4-5, 2012.
This year, members of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer have come together to host a two-day event that includes issues and advocacy training, and pre-arranged Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives and their staff. Our goal: to provide the childhood cancer community - parents, children, and others - with the opportunity to visit Capitol Hill and advocate for the important childhood cancer issues currently before Congress.
Save the Date! Childhood Cancer Action Day in Washington, DC June 4-5, 2012
- Event Participation: Online registration opens April 2, 2012.
- Hotel Reservations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hamilton Crown Plaza in Washington, DC, at a room rate of $259 per night. The hotel will begin accepting reservations on a first-come first-served basis on April 2, 2012.
- Transportation to/from Washington DC is the responsibility of those attending.
- Hotel information and event participation registration links will be sent to you on April 2, 2012.
Founded in 2001, the Alliance for Childhood Cancer is a forum of national patient advocacy groups, and medical and scientific organizations. These organizations meet regularly in Washington DC to share ideas and concerns and work collaboratively to advance policies leading to improved research, public education, and diagnosis, treatment, supportive care and survivorship for children and adolescents with cancer.
Members of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer include:
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Cancer Society
American Childhood Cancer Organization
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Psychological Association
American Society for Radiation Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Association of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Nurses
Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
Cancer Support Community
Chai Lifeline
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
Children’s Cause for Cancer Advocacy
Children’s Oncology Group
CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation/Hope Street Kids
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
National Children’s Cancer Society
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Patient Advocate Foundation
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Sarcoma Foundation of America
Society of Pediatric Psychology
St. Baldrick’s Foundation
On behalf of the Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy and the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, I look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC next June.
If you have any questions, please contact:
info@childrenscause.org
202.336.8375
About our annual lobby day:
The CCCA Survivors' Lobby Day, held every Spring since 2008, brings together childhood cancer survivors and family members on Capitol Hill for a day of mobilizing against childhood cancer. The program combines a training workshop to familiarize survivors with the federal legislative process, key issues, and effective messaging strategies with scheduled visits with Congressional Members and staff.