Cancer Treatment Centers of America® Supports American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Giving Day with $100,000 Matching Gift and Community Education Activities

Network of CTCA® hospitals raises awareness and additional $82,135 to fight lung cancer

Scott Jones, CTCA; Harold Wimmer, ALA; Dr. Christopher Stephenson, CTCA; Richard J Stephenson, CTCA; Annie Stephenson Hostetler, CTCA; Lew Bartfield, ALA. (Photo: Business Wire)

BOCA RATON, Fla.--()--Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), a national network of five hospitals that serves adult patients who are fighting cancer, collaborated with the American Lung Association to raise awareness of lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of men and women in the U.S., throughout November – Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

“We must act now to bring an end to this terrible disease,” said Harold P. Wimmer, National President and CEO of the American Lung Association. “Every donation we received on LUNG FORCE Giving Day, including the generous support from Cancer Treatment Centers of America, will bring us closer to defeating lung cancer.”

In addition to a matching gift of $100,000 to support the 2015 American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Giving Day, CTCA® hospitals and Stakeholders, or CTCA employees, across the country contributed another $82,135 to local American Lung Association charters. Yesterday, following LUNG FORCE Giving Day, CTCA leadership presented the matching gift plus locally-raised funds – a total of $182,135 – to Wimmer at CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Ill.

CTCA also ran a national radio and print advertising campaign that highlighted the story of Jane Elterman, a stage IV lung cancer survivor, LUNG FORCE Hero and CTCA patient. In addition, CTCA hospitals, corporate offices and Stakeholders partnered with local American Lung Association charters to show their support by hosting a variety of events – all aimed at increasing education and support.

“From wearing turquoise on Turquoise Tuesday and hosting patient storytelling booths to raising funds for life-saving research, every single one of us is committed to raising awareness of lung cancer,” said Steve Mackin, Chief Operating Officer at CTCA. “It is heroes like Jane – who show incredible strength, courage and dedication – that remind us every day of the importance of funding critical research. We are proud to support this initiative.”

Learn more about the initiative and #ShareYourVoice by telling your own lung cancer story at LUNGFORCE.org.

About Cancer Treatment Centers of America®

Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., is a national network of five hospitals that serves adult patients who are fighting cancer. CTCA® offers an integrative approach to care that combines advancements in genomic testing and precision cancer treatment, surgery, radiation, immunotherapy and chemotherapy, with evidence-based complementary therapies that support patients physically and emotionally, enhancing their quality of life while reducing side effects both during and after treatment. CTCA serves patients from around the world at its hospitals in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tulsa. Consistently rated among U.S. hospitals that deliver the highest quality of care and patient experience, CTCA provides patients and their families with comprehensive information about their treatment options and encourages their active participation in treatment decisions. For more information, visit cancercenter.com, Facebook.com/cancercenter and Twitter.com/cancercenter.

Contacts

CTCA
Ellen Crane, 561-923-3149
C: 954-895-3152
Ellen.crane@ctca-hope.com
or
Edelman
Kathryn Steele, 404-832-6775
C: 678-462-3777
kathryn.steele@edelman.com

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Cancer Treatment Centers of America® Supports American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Giving Day with $100,000 Matching Gift and Community Education Activities

Contacts

CTCA
Ellen Crane, 561-923-3149
C: 954-895-3152
Ellen.crane@ctca-hope.com
or
Edelman
Kathryn Steele, 404-832-6775
C: 678-462-3777
kathryn.steele@edelman.com