November Campaign

For the past few years, volunteers across the country have helped to get the word out during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in November. Please review the following options to find out if YOU want to help us raise awareness during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Please do not hesitate to contact the PanCAN headquarters at 877-272-6226 if you have any questions, or need the materials for any of these awareness activities.


1. Raise Funds for Research: Pennies for PanCAN
Pennies for PanCAN is a national awareness and fundraising campaign taking place in November to recognize National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in local schools and businesses. The money raised through this program will go directly toward funding a PanCAN Career Development Award or a Young Investigator Award for pancreatic cancer research. With Pennies for PanCAN, you can encourage your whole community to make an impact with just pennies. To request a Pennies for PanCAN packet, contact Leanne Yagiela at the PanCAN office or by email at lyagiela@pancan.org.

2. Participate in PanCAN’s Purple Ribbon Campaign
Help us raise awareness during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month by distributing purple die cut awareness ribbons to local grocery stores, drug stores, and community centers. These purple awareness ribbons will be sold for $1 each. All of the proceeds raised from this awareness campaign will do directly towards PanCAN’s programs. To request materials for the Purple Ribbon Campaign, contact Leanne Yagiela at the PanCAN office or by email at lyagiela@pancan.org.

3. Post a PALS Poster or Distribute PALS literature
Our goal is to outreach to as many places and people across the country as possible about our PALS program. We want to target oncologist’s offices, local institutions and hospitals, local American Cancer Society offices, service organizations, etc. To request PALS materials to distribute, contact Leanne Yagiela at the PanCAN office or by email at lyagiela@pancan.org.

4. Contact your local Media to get the Word out about PanCAN!
Contact Your Local Media and Share Your Story
Reaching out to media with press releases enables us to generate publicity and awareness of the disease. The best time to start: three months in advance for regional magazines; two-months in advance for television or radio interviews; and one month in advance for daily and weekly newspapers. For questions on media tips, contact Angela Johnson at 877-272-6226 or by email at ajohnson@pancan.org.

Contact your local Radio and TV stations with a Public Service Announcement (PSA)

This is a great way to get airtime with your local TV and radio. These media outlets frequently air PSA, and it’s a good way to reach a large audience.

A.
How to contact editors for Pancreatic Cancer Month: (download PDF file)

B.
Awareness Month Radio PSA:
(download Transcript PDF file)

(listen to Radio PSA)

“To save a copy of this PSA for distribution to radio stations as an attachment, please right click on the link and choose “Save Target As”. This will save the file as “November Radio PSA.mp3”
C.
Awareness Month Press Release - Fill in the Blanks (download WORD file)


5. Shopping Extravaganza!
Z Gallerie will be hosting a nationwide shopping extravaganza for PanCAN in all of their 59 stores. Prepare to shop Thursday, November 18, 2004 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Customers will receive a 15% discount (excluding furniture and lighting) and will also have a chance to enter to win a “Shirley Key ”$2500 shopping spree! Z Gallerie will generously donate a portion of your purchases to PanCAN. Visit the Z Gallerie website to see store locations near you at: http://zgallerie.com/shop...ations.asp

6. Participate in PanCAN’s Weekend of Hope: Attend our Patient Symposium and An Evening with the Stars Gala
PanCAN will host our annual patient symposium and gala on November 12th and 13th in Beverly Hills, California. The patient symposium will be held on Friday, November 12th –Saturday, November 13th and will include patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, industry representatives and PanCAN advocates. An Evening with the Stars is a black tie gala and will be held on the evening of Saturday, November 13th. This special evening recognizes and honors those in the Pancreatic Cancer Community, and promotes awareness, research and hope. If you are unable to attend you can purchase a tribute or corporate ad in the program book for the event. Tickets can be purchased on PanCAN’s website or contact Silvia Williamson at the PanCAN office or by email at swilliamson@pancan.org.

7. Participate in PanCAN’s Opportunity Drawing
It’s Your Chance to Win a New Car!
Purchase a ticket for PanCAN’s opportunity drawing for a new car. The winner will be announced at PanCAN’s An Evening with the Stars gala in November. You can purchase tickets online or contact Silvia Williamson at the PanCAN office or by email at swilliamson@pancan.org.

8. Proclaim November 2004 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Send a Letter to your U.S. Representative
PanCAN is once again working to proclaim November 2004 National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Send a letter, located on PanCAN’s website at: http://www.pancan.org/Public/take.html, to your U.S. Representative. For questions, contact Julie Pawelczyk at the PanCAN office or by email at jpawelczyk@pancan.org.

9. Wear Your PanCAN Store Items!
Wear your PanCAN store items is a great way to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer. PanCAN sells many items from pins and hats to sweatshirts and thermal mugs. Purchase your PanCAN Store items today! You can purchase items online at http://www.pancan.org/store/index.html or by calling the PanCAN office at 877-272-6226.

10. Make a Donation
The simple act of writing a check or placing a donation on your credit card will provide hope to the pancreatic cancer community and help create the awareness, education and funding necessary to ultimately find the cure for pancreatic cancer. You can also see if your company has a matching gift program. Your donation is greatly appreciated. You can donate by visiting us online at: https://pancan.securesite...tions.html or by calling 977-272-6226.

11. Tell Someone – Share
It’s as simple as that. The act of sharing, even to one person, can make a huge impact.

4 years today my step father passes away from pancreatic cancer. He was sick for a week and then suddenly passed away. It is a horrible disease that can strike before you know it.


http://www.pancan.com/






here is to the other families who are dealing with either a loss or the disease

4 years today my step father passes away from pancreatic cancer. He was sick for a week and then suddenly passed away. It is a horrible disease that can strike before you know it.


http://www.pancan.com/






here is to the other families who are dealing with either a loss or the disease

My uncle Don passed away last month from pancreatic cancer...

Thank you for creating this thread, ella..

This links us up nicely with the thread "Why do you come here?"



We come here because there are so many cool people like Ella who wanna make a difference


All the best Ella, I hope you succeed in bringing awareness/ money to this cause.


You may even save someone's life just through them reading this thread.