RECENT EVENTS:
Congratulations to Our Members of the Year 2011-2012!
Dean Huang and Emily Onodera have shown commitment and passion for the TAS Cancer Society club by going to many of the events and showing enthusiasm! Good job!
Congratulations New Officers of 2012-2013!
Serena Cheng (co-president)
Jeffrey Hu (co-president)
Morgan McNabb (Secretary)
Alysia Lo (Treasurer)
Rebecca Perrson (Activities Head)
Annie Chen (Publicity Head)
Claire Peng (Publicity Head)
Steps for Hope Biking Outing, March 28th 2012
Big thanks to Morgan's aunts for taking us to Ban Sui and biking with us! On Wednesday, members of TAS Cancer Society went on a biking and collected pledges for the number of kilometers they biked. In total, members did around 10 km. Good job bikers! (Go to News, Steps for Hope Biking to look at some pictures)
Livestrong Day, September 30th
This Friday, TAS Cancer Society will give out livestrong bands to those that donate, make sure to wear yellow!
Veteran's Hospital Outing! September 24th, 2011
TAS Cancer Society welcomes back many new and old members first outing of the '11 - '12 academic year
LIVESTRONG: UN Summit
This September, world leaders are meeting for a historic UN Summit on cancer and other non-communicable diseases. Please sign on to LIVESTRONG's open letter and help the fight against cancer:
http://www.LIVESTRONG.org/SignOnIf we can get 100,000 signatures before the summit, LIVESTRONG will hand-deliver the letter to the UN Secretary General and key Heads of State.
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Interesting Facts About Cancer:
> Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide: it accounted for 7.9 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2007.
> About 30% of cancer deaths can be prevented.
> Cancer arises from a change in one single cell.
10 More Facts from WHO