We are Brooklyn's cancer service organization: helping patients and their families all over the borough find the support and referrals they need when facing cancer. We also work with companies and health care systems on prevention and early detection. We're small, fun and extremely dedicated to helping Brooklyn be a healthier, happier place to live.

Description and/or History:
The American Cancer Society, Brooklyn is the local chapter of the national organization, and like all local ACS chapters, we focus on i)service (helping patients and families, offering free mammograms)and ii)raising funds to pay for these programs and the national American Cancer Society research program - the largest private cancer research program in the world.

We're always looking for cancer survivors and family members to help us reach out to newly-diagnosed Brooklyn residents, many of whom are elderly and live alone. We're also looking for people who want to help us fund-raise (throw a party for us, help with our annual Gala, organize a Relay for Life in your neighborhood) - it's a great cause and really rewarding work! We really want to raise more funds so we can grow programs here in Brooklyn. As the only borough-wide cancer service organization, there is so much more we could be doing if we had help.

We're a staff of 16, personally very dedicated because it's a personal issue for us, and we're open to ideas, help, leadership - volunteers are the backbone of our success, and we welcome you.

The American Cancer Society was started by a group of volunteers in 1913 - in New York City. It has since grown into one of the largest nonprofit health organizations in the US. While most of our focus through the 20th century has been on raising research dollars, the American Cancer Society also became increasingly committed to having a significant public health impact on cancer. This led to quite a bit of re-structuring in the 90's to lower overhead, and the adoption of our challenging 2015 goals:

• Cut cancer mortality in half
• Lower cancer incidence by 25%
• Measurably improve the quality of life of cancer patients
• End cancer disparities.

Contact people:

Karin Rockwin, Volunteer Coordinator, (718) 622-2492 x5135, (email) Renee Regnier, Office Mgr, (718) 237-7851 , x9129, (email) Jen Silvester, Director, (718) 237-7851 , x9138, (email)

Address:

17 Eastern Parkway, 5th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11238 (See a map)

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 2,3 Grand Army Plaza,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5-15