Colleges Against Cancer

Midterm stress?  Simple solution.  Relax.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Join us in a 5K morning walk in downtown Modesto, California in the fight against breast cancer!  Your reason for participating in American Cancer Society's signature walk is as unique and special as the story that motivates you.  By joining our family of volunteers, you're helping the American Cancer Society continue to do the most for people facing breast cancer today to end the disease tomorrow.  It's a celebration of survivorship - an occasion to express hope and our shared determination to make this breast cancer's last century.

What's better than having a blast in the largest carnival event in UC Merced history?  Celebrating breast cancer awareness month along with it on your college campus!  Join us in our second annual campus-wide event year  partnering with over thirty organizations, fraternities, and departments representing Bobcats in the fight breast cancer!

Nationwide, the American Cancer Society marks the third Thursday of November each year by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.  By quitting, even for one day, smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life – one that can lead to reducing cancer risk.  As the University of California goes UC Smoke-Free, join us in this fight for a world with less cancer and more birthdays!

Interested in participating in, planning, collaborating with, or getting involved in any of our capstone events?  Please contact our Events Chair at [email protected].

Even the smallest amount of money can make a difference in one's life.  If you have any ideas on how we can raise funds and battle cancer, your limits are only the boundaries of your imagination!  Let us know, and we will work with you to make BIG happen!

Interested in participating in or organizing a fundraiser?  Please contact our Treasurer at [email protected].

Why do you fight cancer?  Maybe you choose to be part of the cause in honor or memory of a loved one, or maybe you're facing or have faced the disease yourself.  Fortunately, you're not alone, and we want to hear your story! Nothing is more inspiring to others than finding the courage to tell your cancer story, and how that experience changed your life.  Your story can inspire hope.

Interested in speaking at one of our Hope Nights?  Please contact our Hope Chair at [email protected].

The best ideas come from collaboration and teamwork.

Have ideas? Please contact our Programming Chair at [email protected].