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December 2009
Dear Friend,
Because of your interest in the cancer prevention research, education, and outreach work we do at the Northern California Cancer Center (NCCC) I want to personally ask you to join the team. Of the many nonprofits that ask for your support during the holiday season, NCCC may be the one to hit closest to home.
As Californians, we share a one in two lifetime probability of developing cancer. That’s the size of the risk we face: every other person. Are you okay with a 50/50 chance of developing cancer, or do you think we should be doing more to find the causes of cancer and eradicate this disease that causes so much harm to loved ones and families? At the Northern California Cancer Center, we believe more must be done to stop cancer before it starts. Despite advances in detection and treatment, cancer will soon replace heart disease as the nation’s #1 killer. Devoting most of the nation’s research investment to searching for a cure is chasing the disease from behind. We’ll never stop cancer if ALL we do is try to treat it. When a problem is this big—a one in two probability—we need to get in front of it, too, with prevention research so we can stop people from getting sick. That’s what we do at NCCC; we are the people working everyday to get out in front of cancer and stop it.
We think never getting cancer is even better than being cured and we have yet to talk with a cancer patient who does not agree with that view. Cancer prevention is the heart of our mission at NCCC and you, as a donor, are one of the most important engines of that mission.
Donor dollars and NCCC cancer prevention research is a proven partnership. Together, we have identified dietary modifications that can reduce the risk of cancer, proven connections between lifestyle choices and breast cancer risk, discovered how people of color are disproportionately affected by cancer, found that early life factors can increase a child’s risk of developing cancer later in life, and we are the first to examine how the built environment (the structures and infrastructures of our neighborhoods) can contribute to cancer. And this is just a sampling of the thousands of studies we have conducted or partnered in. I am asking you today to be a part of this effort by donating to cancer prevention.
Your annual gift directly impacts the lives of your friends, family, neighbors, and community. To put your gift to work immediately, please make your donation today!
Be well,
Sally L. Glaser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
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