Relay For Life of Gwinnett

Relay For Life of Gwinnett

May 9 - 10, 2014

Gwinnett County Fairgrounds

2405 Sugarloaf Parkway · Lawrenceville

4:30 p.m. Survivor Celebration 7:00 p.m. Survivor Victory Lap 10:15 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony

SHUTTLES

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.

Gwinnett County Board of Voter Registration and Elections 455 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville

Sunrise Baptist Church

LIVE MUSIC • FOOD • KID’S ACTIVITIES INTERACTIVE ATTRACTIONS • SHOPPING COMMUNITY WELCOME • FREE ADMISSION www.relayforlife.org/gwinnettGA | 770-814-0211

3000 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville

No parking on Sugarloaf Parkway No smoking • No pets No skates/bikes • No alcohol www.relayforlife.org/gwinnettGA

770-814-0211

Sponsorship

Light a candle in honor or memory

Gwinne� Relay For Life Luminaria Ceremony

can spark a

movement

As the sounds of bagpipes dri� and darkness falls, the night is brightened the glow of luminaria and torches honoring and remembering those who have ba�led cancer.

Luminaria $10 Torches $50

Community Involvement

As the sounds of bagpipes drift and Order your Luminaria or Torch today! darkness falls, the night Online

Visit www.gwinne�relayforlife.org is brightened the glow Click then oftheluminaria and torches (Includes an e‐card for honoree or family)

honoring and remembering In person Purchase from a Relay For Life par�cipant, contact info below: those who have (Par�cipant must turn in Luminaria envelope by 5/2/12)

battled cancer.

At the event Purchase on Friday, May 4 at 7:00pm at the Gwinne� County Fairgrounds

Torches $50 Luminaria $10

Par�cipant Name Team Name

Order yours online today at www.relayforlife.org/gwinnettGA or visit the Luminaria site near HOPE-sign at the event!

Luminaria and torches purchased at the event will not qualify for team or individual fundraising credit

Company

Awareness

This Year’s Gwinnett Relay Sponsors The sponsors of this year’s Relay For Life in Gwinnett County are helping the American Cancer Society and all of our volunteers make this year’s event bigger and better than ever. We are sincerely grateful for their support. A big “thank you” goes to: PRESENTING SPONSOR Primerica

Community GOLD SPONSOR

Involvement

Heatcraft Refrigeration Products ViaSat

SILVER SPONSORS Brand Bank National DCP, LLC Eastside Medical Clinic Peach State Federal Credit Union Gary Martin Hays RB Management Services, Inc. Gwinnett Medical Center Steel, LLC Nash Chevrolet

Company

Awareness

BRONZE SPONSORS Alcoa Sage Duke Realty Suburban Hematology E.R. Contractor, Inc. MEDIA SPONSORS Clear Channel Outdoor Gwinnett Magazine Gwinnett Daily Post WSB-TV $1,000 LEVEL SPONSORS Andrew Electric Co., Inc. HR Strategies Darr Manufacturing Lighting Associates Georgia Power Merial Grandview Strategic Partners Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia Gwinnett Heart Specialists $750.00 CLUB LEVEL SPONSOR Country Financial

Photo: American Cancer Society

COVER PHOTO: BRENDAN SULLIVAN

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$500.00 CLUB LEVEL SPONSOR Navy Federal Credit Union

$250.00 CLUB LEVEL SPONSORS AlphaGraphics Hogan Construction

Gwinnett Goes All Out for Largest Relay For Life in the World The Gwinnett Relay is big – really big! The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Gwinnett County is the largest Relay event in the world, with 250 teams and 6,500 participants expected to take part this year, including 1,350 cancer survivors. The 21st Annual Relay at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds begins with the survivors’ reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9.

Survivors will lead off the Relay with the traditional Survivors’ Lap around the track at 7 p.m., to cheers and applause from the crowd. When the event ends on Saturday morning, May 10, participants walking around the track all night will have raised nearly $2 million for the fight against cancer.

Having the No. 1 Relay is a point of pride for Gwinnett, with the entire community getting involved. More

than 125 of the county’s schools participate in the Relay, along with many of the area’s churches, businesses, civic organizations and medical facilities. They fill up the fairgrounds with their colorful campsites for the annual overnight fundraiser.

“The Gwinnett Relay For Life is an incredible experience that brings every part of the community together for one cause – fighting cancer,” says Gwinnett Relay Co-Chairs Sheila Fowler and Kirsten Baker. “The Relay is a huge fundraiser that takes place in a festive atmosphere, with music, games, cooking, colorful campsites and celebration. But there’s a very serious side to Relay, too, as we honor survivors and remember those lost to cancer, and of course, raise money to find a cure.

Relay gives everyone an opportunity to take action to kick cancer and to help

American Cancer Society Relay For Life at A Glance Photo: American Cancer Society

create a world with less cancer and more birthdays for all of us. We want everyone in Gwinnett to come out on Friday, May 9, and Relay!”

Primerica is the presenting sponsor for the Gwinnett Relay for the fourth consecutive year.

From the entertainment onstage, to this year’s fun car lap, to the traditional purple glove dance and the reverent luminary ceremony after dark, Relay offers something for everyone.

It‘s not too late to participate in this year’s Relay. Go to www.relayforlife/ gwinnettga to sign up, form a team, donate or for more information.

• Relay For Life started 29 years ago with one man in Tacoma, Washington, Dr. Gordy Klatt, walking and running around a track all night to raise money to fight cancer • Relay events are now in 5,200 communities nationwide and 20 foreign countries • Relay For Life is the largest fundraising event to fight cancer • Every year, 4 million volunteers raise $400 million to fight cancer

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Alcoa Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Alcova Elementary - Dacula Cluster . . . . . . . . . 451-453 Alford Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 & 144 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - Upsilon Alpha Omega . . . .

152-154 & 171-173 Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Andrew Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Annistown Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 224, 236 Archer Relay For Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-30 Barco, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 Barrows Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Bay Creek Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 & 145 Benefield Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Berger Allied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338 Berkley Lake Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . 207 & 210 Berkmar High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-65 & 88-90 Brand Bank (Lighting Associates) . . . . . . . . . . . 448-449 Brookwood Elementary School - Brookwood Cluster . .391 BRRBC *Team Judy” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 & 214 Buford Masonic Lodge #292 . . . . . . . . . . . 411, 428-429 Burnette Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161-162

By His Stripes We are Healed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382-384 Cancer Fighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Cancer Strikes Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Cedar Hill Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374 Central Gwinnett High School . . . . . . . . . . . . 443-447 Chesney Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Circle of Caring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397 Citizens of Georgia Power - Gwinnett . . . . . . . . 109-110 Collins Hill High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296-306 Cooper Elementary School - Archer Cluster . . . . . . 21-30 Cops for the Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Corley Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Couch Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-70 & 83-84 Country Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Courthouse Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117-118 Craig Elementary School - Brookwood Cluster . . . . . .377 Creekland Middle School . . . . . . . . . 289-290 & 312-313 Crews Middle School-Brookwood Cluster . . . . . . . . .378 Dacula Elementary School - Dacula Cluster . . . . . 451-453 Dacula High School - Dacula Cluster . . . . . . . . . 451-453 Dacula Middle School - Dacula Cluster . . . . . . . 451-453 Dazzling Dawgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125-126 Delmar Gardens 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Duke Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 & 95 Duluth High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Duncan Creek Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . 441-442 Dyer Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 & 361 Eastside Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454-457 Emerald Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Ferguson Elementary School Mustangs . . . . . . . . . .211 Five Forks Middle School - Brookwood Cluster . . . . . .379 Fort Daniel Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . 357 & 360 Freeman’s Mill Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Friends and Families Fighting for a Cure . . . . . . . . . . 82 Gary Martin Hays & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . 373 & 393 GC Relay All Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 GCAC Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 427 Georgia Gwinnett College Grizzlies . . . . . . . . 275 & 284 GIVE Center West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Glen Saddler Memorial Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450 Grace Snell Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Grandview Strategic Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 Grayson Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-417 Grayson High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 & 43-46 Grayson United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . 202 & 216 GTC #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55 & 99 Gwin Oaks Elementary School - Brookwood Cluster . . . 390 Gwinnett 4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401-402 Gwinnett Braves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Gwinnett County Public Library Bookers . . . . . . . . . .408 Gwinnett County Public School Transportation . . . 73-74 & 78-80 Gwinnett County Public Schools IMD CD’S . . . . . 72 & 81 Gwinnett County Sheriff Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 458-461 Gwinnett Daily Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368 Gwinnett Heart Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278 Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology 179-181 & 186-188 Gwinnett Tax Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Gwinnett Tech - Rad Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191-192 Harbins Elementary School - Archer Cluster . . . . . . 21-30 Harris Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 & 316 Heatcraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105 Hebron Christian Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 & 234 Henning Relay Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Herrings Heros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 & 237 Hope and Life Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 & 239 How I Was Healed of Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 HR Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439-440 Ivy Creek Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326-327 Ivy Creek Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 J. E. Richards Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 & 285 Jackson Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . 288 & 314-315 JAJWP-Judy Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Jones Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Kanoheda Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Lanier High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church . . . . . . . . . 400 & 403 Lawrenceville/Snellville Church of God . . . . . . . 163-164 Lee’s Bees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Level Creek Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 Lilburn Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Lovin Elementary School - Archer Cluster . . . . . . . 21-30 Magill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119-120 Mamas For More Survivors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351 Mason Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 McConnell Middle School - Archer Cluster . . . . . . 21-30 McKendree United Methodist Church 2013 . . . . . . . .183 Meadowcreek Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Merial Cares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Mill Creek High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-68 & 86-87 Minor Patriots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-124 Miss Dacula /Greater Gwinnett Relay for Life . . . . . . .135 Mitsubishi Electric HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Mixed Nuts Bowlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291 Monarch School 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . 133-134 & 147-148 Mount Vernon Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . Picnic Area Mountain View High School . . . . . . . 293-294 & 302-304 Mulberry Elementary School - Dacula Cluster . . . . 451-453 Nash Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366-367 National DCP (Financing for a Cure) . . . . . . . . . 463-465 NES Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-332 Nesbit Elementary School . . . . . . . . . 419-420 & 425-426

Network Communications, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 228-229 New Mercies Christian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Norcross High School . . . . . . . . . 10-12 & 13-14 & 37-41 North Gwinnett High School . . . . . . . . . .15-20 & 31-36 North Metro Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 & 101 Norton Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Osborne Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Parkview High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Parsons Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141-142 Peachtree Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375 Peachtree Ridge High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 & 4 Pete’s Patriots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Pharr Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334-336 Popa Allred’s Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407 Pride of the Ivy AKA- Phi Phi Omega Chapter . . . . . . 413 Primerica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-62 & 91-94 R.D. Head Elementary School - Brookwood Cluster . . . 392 Radloff Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184-185 Ricoh USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 & 286 Riverside Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 & 363 Rock Springs Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370 Rosebud Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Sage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341-342 & 435 Shiloh Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 Simonton ES Cancer Crusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432 Simpson Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-262 Smoke Rise Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 & 364 Snellville United Methodist Church . . . . . . 139-140 & 196 South Gwinnett High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240-241 Suburban Hematology Oncology . . . . . . . . . . 339-340 Sugar Hill Church (First Baptist Sugar Hill) . . . . . . 230-231 Suwanee Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307 Sweetwater Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 Sycamore Huskies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 & 149 Team Ebony’s Seeds of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Team Wolverton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Trickum Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Trip Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280-281 Twin Rivers Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 & 362 ViaSat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-77 W C Britt Elementary (sponsor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Walgreens East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Walnut Grove Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 & 394A We Got This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-116 Women In Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Zoar United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . 176-177 & 190

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Every day, cancer patients in Gwinnett County need help getting to their lifesaving treatment. If you are able to provide assistance, the American Cancer Society needs you.

The Society is recruiting volunteers to drive cancer patients to and from their treatment through the Road To Recovery® program.

Many cancer patients in Gwinnett County and surrounding areas do not own a vehicle, can’t afford the extra gasoline, or do not have access to public transportation.

Some patients may be elderly and unable to drive, too ill to drive, or have no family members or friends who are able to provide regular assistance with transportation.

Without access to reliable transportation, cancer patients are often unable to get treatment and their chances for survival are greatly diminished.

“This year more than 47,000

Georgia residents will be diagnosed with cancer, and many will not get to their lifesaving treatments because they don’t have a ride,” said Pam Ashman, mission delivery specialist for the American Cancer Society.

“Now is a crucial time to reach out and lend support to those who are struggling with this disease.”

The Road to Recovery program is offered to patients at no charge by the American Cancer Society.

The Society provides free training to volunteer drivers. Requirements include a good driving record, a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and a vehicle that is in good working condition. Drivers must be 18 years of age or older. The Society conducts criminal background and DMV checks on drivers who sign up for the Road To Recovery program.

Driver coordinators also are needed to help schedule the rides.

Coordinators can work when it’s

convenient for them, including evenings or weekends. It takes as little as four hours a week of your time, organization, and communication skills to make a major impact on the well-being of cancer patients in your community.

For more information about the Road To Recovery program or volunteering, please contact Pam Ashman at (404) 582-6120 or pam. ashman@cancer.org. For cancer information, contact your American Cancer Society anytime at 1-800227-2345 or visit cancer.org.

The Road to Recovery program is offered at no charge by the American Cancer Society. This program is one of the many ways that funds raised through events like Relay For Life help fulfill the American Cancer Society’s mission of saving lives from cancer and creating a world with more birthdays.

Photo: Brendan Sullivan

American Cancer Society Recruiting Drivers to Provide Gwinnett Cancer Patients with Transportation to Treatments

Road To Recovery

American Cancer Society is recruiting volunteer drivers to provide Gwinnett County cancer patients with free transportation to treatment! Drivers and Driver Coordinators are needed and they can work when it’s convenient for them. It takes as little as four hours a week of your time to make a major impact on cancer patients in our community!

For more information about the Road To Recovery program, contact Pam Ashman at 404-582-6120 orpam.ashman@cancer.org.

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Join Eastside Medical Center physicians and staff for a free educational walk in the park!

Discuss various health and wellness related topics catered to your needs.

Visit www.gwinnettparks.com for a full schedule and park listing!

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American Cancer Society Focused on Making This Cancer’s Last Century A little more than 100 years ago, the American Cancer Society began the fight of a lifetime: The fight to end cancer. When the Society started its work, cancer was a word spoken only in whispers.

The disease was almost certain death sentence. The lifesaving progress that’s been made in the past 10 years is remarkable. We’re on the road to making this cancer’s last century!

Since the 1990s, cancer death rates have declined by 20 percent, which translates into more than 400 lives saved each and every day that would have been lost to cancer. Today, there are nearly 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, and two out of three people diagnosed with cancer in this country survive at least five years. The Society has been in the forefront of every major cancer breakthrough, from mammography to colonoscopy to bone marrow transplant to drugs like Tamoxifen, Herceptin and Gleevec.

But the American Cancer Society won’t rest until three out of three people diagnosed with cancer

survive it. To ensure that new research is progressing in the fight against cancer, the Society currently funds more than 900 active grants at 235 institutions – with $10 million in grants at Georgia institutions.

And with landmark studies like our recent Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3), among others, no other organization conducts larger epidemiology studies.

And ACS is delivering programs and services at the community level that support cancer patients, survivors and their families.

These include Road To Recovery to provide free transportation to cancer patients to and from treatment; Reach To Recovery linking new patients with breast cancer survivors to provide support and guidance; Look Good and Feel Better helping women cancer patients cope with appearancerelated side effects; 24 x 7 resources such as our comprehensive cancer information site, cancer.org, and our toll-free number, 1-800-2272345; and much more.

The Society will continue to focus on “cure, care, prevent and advocate” until cancer is no longer a major health threat. We are committed to “Finish the Fight!”

2013 RESEARCH ROUNDUP: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

10 KEY BREAKTHROUGHS AND INSIGHTS 1. CANCER DEATH RATES DOWN: The rate of death from cancer in the United States continues to decline among both men and women, among all major racial and ethnic groups, and for the most common types of cancer, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

4. LUNG SCREENING IMPORTANCE: Researchers from the American Cancer Society have found that screening all former and current smokers who fall within guideline recommendations could prevent up to 12,000 lung cancer deaths a year in the US.

8. CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN: Joanne Wolfe, MD, a past grant recipient and 2013 winner of the Society’s Pathfinder in Palliative Care Award, has spent her career helping children with advanced cancer and is now working on a novel system for better managing their physical and emotional symptoms.

Funds Raised at Gwinnett Relay Help Support American Cancer Services in The Community The American Cancer Society is at work every day in Gwinnett County providing a wealth of programs and services to cancer patients, their caregivers and cancer survivors. The funds raised at the Relay For Life of Gwinnett are critical to support for these important community-based programs.

Last year alone, the Society served 902 Gwinnett County cancer patients, including: • 25 Gwinnett patients stayed at the

Society’s Atlanta Hope Lodge, free of charge, while receiving treatment at Atlantaarea medical facilities • 169 patients received free rides to and from life-saving cancer treatment through the Society’s Road To Recovery® • 102 women cancer patients participated in Look Good… Feel Better, which provides women cancer patients with free wigs, makeup tips and more to improve their appearance and help restore self confidence

2. WALK MORE: Researchers from the American Cancer Society have found that walking at least 7 hours per week is associated with a 14% lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause.

5. 300,000: This is the number of adults that the American Cancer Society recently finished enrolling in its new Cancer Prevention Study-3, with the goal of discovering more ways to stop cancer.

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3. COLON CANCER SCREENING SCIENCE: American Cancer Society grantee Bert Vogelstein, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center won the first-ever Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2013 – an award of $3 million – for his discovery of three genes related to the development of colon cancer, which led to advances in the prevention and early detection of colon cancer.

6. DEATHS FROM BREAST CANCER DOWN: The American Cancer Society finds that death rates from breast cancer in the United States have dropped 34% since 1990.

9. OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION CAUSES LUNG CANCER: After the International Agency for Research on Cancer announced this, longtime American Cancer Society grant reviewer Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, said “the next step is to see changes in policy and emissions standards.”

7. UP IN SMOKE: Africa is poised to become the “future epicenter of the tobacco epidemic,” according to an analysis by the American Cancer Society.

10. BE A STRONGER SURVIVOR: A review of scientific studies finds that physical therapy and other types of rehabilitation can improve cancer survivors’ quality of life by addressing the physical and emotional problems that most report experiencing.

Photo: Brendan Sullivan

American Cancer Society Focused on Making This Cancer’s Last Century

• 475 people were provided free information by the Society on cancer, treatment, detection and available services in their community In addition, the Society’s Patient Resource Navigator onsite at Gwinnett Medical Center served 324 patients with information and help coping with cancer in 2013 alone. A large percentage of the patients served are

uninsured or under-insured. Since its inception in 2008, the PRN at Gwinnett Medical Center has served a total of 1,519 patients.

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CENTER STAGE ENTERTAINMENT 5:00pm

Performance by The Garrett Roy Jones Band

5:30pm

Special music by Skylar Kitchen

5:35pm

Special appearance by Kawan Moore

6:15pm

National Anthem – Michael Larche with Hope and Life Fellowship Church

7:30pm

Line Dancing with Toni Warrington and Bud Rand

8:00pm

Performance by Judah

8:10pm

Purple Glove Dance led by Norcross High School

8:30pm

Performance by Joe Hall

9:15pm

Special Music by Erin Hill, Emily Vance, AJ Farley, and David Leon

9:45 pm

Performance by Georgia Red Clay

10:45 pm Special music by Rachel Wiggins

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