Wichita Office
330 South Main Street Suite 100
Wichita,
Kansas 67202
Phone:
(316)-265-3400
Hours: 8:30 - 5:00 (C)
For over 100 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has
worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer.
Together with millions of our supporters worldwide, we help people stay
well and get well, find cures, and fight back against cancer.
Together with our millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society
(ACS) saves lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding
cures, and by fighting back.
The American Cancer Society is a
nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to
eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, the ACS has regional and local offices throughout the country
that support 11 geographical Divisions and ensure we have a presence in
every community.
American Cancer Society mission statement
The
American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary
health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering
from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
International mission statement
The
American Cancer Society's international mission concentrates on
capacity building in developing cancer societies and on collaboration
with other cancer-related organizations throughout the world in carrying
out shared strategic directions.
Facts about ACS
About Your American Cancer Society
As
the largest voluntary health organization in the United States, the
American Cancer Society is committed to saving lives and finishing the
fight against cancer. We combine our relentless passion with the wisdom
of over a century of experience to make this vision a reality, and we
get results. Thanks in part to our contributions, more than 1.5 million
lives have been saved in the US in the past two decades.
How the American Cancer Society Is Organized
The
American Cancer Society, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation
governed by a single Board of Directors that sets policy, develops and
approves an enterprise-wide strategic plan and related resource
allocation, and is responsible for the performance of the organization
as a whole, with the advice and support of regionally based volunteer
boards.
The
Society’s structure includes a central corporate office in Atlanta,
Georgia, as well as regional and local offices supporting 11 geographic
Divisions. The corporate office is responsible for overall strategic
planning; corporate support services like human resources, financial
management, IT, etc.; development and implementation of global and
nationwide endeavors such as our groundbreaking research program, our
global health program, and our 24-hour call center; and provides
technical support and materials to regional and local offices for local
delivery.
Our
regional and local offices are organized to engage communities in the
cancer fight, delivering patient programs and services and raising money
at the local level. Offices are strategically placed around the country
in an effort to maximize the impact of our efforts, and to be as
efficient as possible with the money donated to the Society to help
finish the fight against cancer.
Volunteers
The
Society relies on the strength of approximately 2.5 million dedicated
volunteers. Supported by professional staff, Society volunteers drive
every part of our mission. They raise funds to support crucial research,
provide cancer patients rides to and from treatments, and give
one-on-one support to those facing a cancer diagnosis – and that’s just
the beginning.
How the American Cancer Society Is Saving Lives
Together
with our millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society saves
lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by
fighting back.
Stay well: We help people take steps to prevent cancer or find it at its earliest, most treatable stage.
- We
develop guidelines for recommended screening tests, so people know
what tests they need to help prevent cancer or find it at its
earliest, most treatable stage.
- We develop nutrition and physical activity guidelines to help people eat healthy and get active.
- On
cancer.org, individuals can create a personalized health action
plan to use to talk with their doctor about what cancer screening
tests and healthy lifestyle choices are right for them.
- Through the Quit For Life®
Program, brought to you by the American Cancer Society and Alere
Wellbeing, we help people to quit smoking by providing them with
the resources they need to make a quit attempt and stay tobacco-free.
Get well: We’re available around the clock to help people through every step of their cancer experience.
- Whether
people have questions about cancer, need practical solutions to
daily problems like finding a ride to treatment, or want support
from someone who has been there, they can reach us 24 hours a day, 7
days a week at 1-800-227-2345.
- Each
year, we provide information, help, and support to the nearly one
million individuals who contact us. Our website serves more than 32
million visitors each year, offering access to the latest
information and news on cancer and helping people find programs and
services in their area.
- Through
the American Cancer Society Clinical Trials Matching Service, we connect
patients with more than 6,000 ongoing studies.
- Through our American Cancer Society Hope Lodge®
network, we provide cancer patients and their families with free
overnight lodging when they have to travel away from home for
treatment. In 2013, we provided more than 265,000 nights of free
lodging to nearly 43,000 patients and caregivers, saving them
nearly $38 million in lodging expenses.
- With
121 sites at hospitals and treatment centers across the country,
the American Cancer Society Patient Navigator Program provides
one-on-one guidance to people facing cancer. In 2013, the program
served more than 77,000 people.
Find cures: We fund and conduct research that helps us better understand, prevent, and find cures for cancer.
- As
the largest private, not-for-profit funder of cancer research,
having spent more than $4 billion on cancer research since 1946,
we’ve played a role in nearly every cancer breakthrough in recent
history.
- Our own research and that of our funded researchers helped:
- Confirm the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
- Establish the link between obesity and multiple cancers.
- Develop drugs to treat leukemia and advanced breast cancer.
- Show that mammography is the most effective way to detect breast cancer.
- We
fund beginning researchers with cutting-edge ideas early in their
careers – 47 of whom have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, the
highest accolade in scientific achievement.
Fight back: We work with lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and rally communities worldwide to join the fight.
- Together with our nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network℠ (ACS CAN), we have helped:
- Enact policies that prevent cancer, such as smoke-free laws and others that prevent and curb cigarette smoking.
- Educate
lawmakers on policies that provide access to quality and affordable
health care, including cancer screening tests and treatments.
- Encourage increased federal investment in cancer research.
- As
the world’s largest movement to end cancer, 4 million people
across the globe participate in the more than 6,000 American Cancer
Society Relay For Life® events held each year.
- The American Cancer Society is the leader in the fight to end breast cancer. Our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer®
events unite nearly 300 communities across the nation to help
save lives from breast cancer – and together, to finish the fight
against the disease.
Join the Movement for More Birthdays
For
100 years, the American Cancer Society has been working to create a
world with less cancer and more birthdays. We believe every birthday you
celebrate is a victory. Another year that cancer has not prevailed.
Your birthday means everything to us. That’s why we’re fighting for
every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. This year
nearly 14 million cancer survivors will celebrate another birthday,
thanks in part to the progress we've already made. But we can't stop
there. With your help, we can create a world with even more
celebrations, more laughter, and more birthdays for all. Together we
will achieve a day when cancer never steals another year from anyone’s
life. Join us today!
