Local Cancer Advocates Travel to Jefferson City to Urge Missouri Lawmakers to Support Cancer Legislation

Nearly 100 American Cancer Society volunteers from 30 counties across the state travelled to Jefferson City to share their stories with Missouri lawmakers, while asking them to support legislation surrounding cancer issues.      The American Cancer Society hosted its annual Missouri Lobby Day on Wednesday, April 4 to give local constituents the opportunity to meet [...]

Junior Cattle Baron’s Ball Accepting Nominations

The American Cancer Soicety’s Jr. Cattle Baron’s Ball is  FREE event to honor southwest Missouri’s youngest cancer patients and their families. These courageous children and their families will enjoy horseback riding, food, drinks, door prizes, gift bags and much more at Trigger Creek Ranch in Forsyth, MO in June 2012. Our mission is to provide [...]

Thanks A Million

The American Cancer Society recently awarded the ‘Thanks A Million’ Award to multiple Relay For Life events in the Kansas City/Western Missouri Region. This is a new award given for the first time this year to Relay For Life events in the High Plains Division (Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Hawaii) that have raised a [...]