We extend our sincere gratitude to the Communities Foundation of Texas for your generous $50K donation gift.
The gift in tribute to Gold Glove first baseman for the World Series Champion Texas Rangers Nathaniel Lowe as an ambassador for North Texas Giving Day and in honor of his mother's strength as she battles cancer.
We are asking you to join our team with a gift today to help us reach our $100K goal. Every gift counts towards a brighter, cancer-free future.
Your Support Will Help Reduce the Burden of Cancer in Your North Texas Community
Every Cancer. Every Life.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a leading cancer-fighting organization with a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. We are the only organization improving the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Our team of volunteers, staff, and donors work tirelessly to achieve our mission, and we are proud to have made significant progress across the Dallas-Fort Worth North Texas region area.
More than 80% of our revenue is invested in delivering our mission. Every year, we touch approximately 152 million lives through our discovery research, advocacy work, and patient support programs and services. In the state of Texas alone:
We currently invest more than $49.7 million in research breakthroughs in cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship.
We’re advocating for equitable access to breakthroughs in cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship.
We’re providing direct support for people facing cancer including free transportation assistance to and from treatment, housing assistance and access to cancer information and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week at cancer.org or toll free 1.800.227.2345.
The mission of the American Cancer Society is to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Equity Statement
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to achieving our mission, and reducing cancer disparities is an overarching goal of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. We need to make sure everyone has the ability to benefit from advancements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. All people deserve a fair and just opportunity to live longer, healthier lives; this is demonstrated through our Core Value of diversity and intentionally striving for equity through inclusion and respect.
We believe that we will not reach our mission if we are not inclusive of every community touched by cancer, actively working towards ending cancer disparities. We acknowledge that there is still much work to be done, in partnership with communities that have been disproportionately burdened by cancer and who experience greater obstacles to cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survival. This includes Black people and African Americans; Hispanic/Latino people; Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders; Indigenous people and Alaska Natives; LGBTQ+ people; and people with disabilities. This work must take an intersectional approach; that is, understanding that people have overlapping identities, which are varied, complex, and shaped by the systems they interact with. Health is not always “one size fits all,” and we must be intentional, thoughtful, and inclusive if we are to have long-lasting impact.