at Mostly Books Independent Bookstore in Tucson.

March 24th  from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Monterey Court Art Galleries 505 W. Miracle Mile, Tucson 85705  (near South side of Miracle Mile and one block west of  Oracle)  MAP

Several local authors will sign books and donate $1.00 from each book sold at the event to Serena’s Medical Fund. This event will be the book launch for SAVE THE CHILD, second edition by Margaret L. Turley. Healthcare providers will be present and give information on prevention, early detection and alternative treatments available for cancer.

FOOD, DRINK AND FACILITIES: We will be having the grills running, so there should be hamburgers, hot dogs, maybe sausages and side dishes for purchase. The patio bar will be open serving alcoholic beverages, soda, water, coffee, etc. There will be restroom facilities in one of the vacant stores, or maybe, if the crew works fast, in our new public facilities.

RAFFLE AND SILENT AUCTION: We will have raffle prizes donated by the stores and other authors have given signed books from the Festival of Books event to raffle off or put into the silent auction. There will be quite the collection of merchandise available, thus, please tell all your friends and family to come and spend an hour or two at the court enjoying food, drinks, music, etc.

Proceeds will benefit Serena,  a WUFC, to help her pay for her cancer treatments.

Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world’s first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer. AACR’s membership includes 34,000 laboratory, translational and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and cancer advocates residing in more than 90 countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, biology, diagnosis and treatment of cancer by convening more than 20 conferences and educational workshops, the largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 18,000 attendees. In addition, the AACR publishes seven peer-reviewed scientific journals and a magazine for cancer survivors, patients and their caregivers. The AACR funds meritorious research directly as well as in cooperation with numerous cancer organizations. As the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer, the AACR provides expert peer review and scientific oversight of individual and team science grants in cancer research that have the potential for patient benefit. The AACR actively communicates with legislators and policy makers about the value of cancer research and related biomedical science in saving lives from cancer.  

Writers Unite to Fight Cancer (WUFC) chose the American Association for Cancer Research to be our primary charity in 2010. Our first event to benefit the AACR was a silent auction held during the original 8 member’s book launch on 11/4/2010.

AACR Journal Cancer Discovery Receives Prestigious 2011 PROSE Award

February 7, 2012

PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research’s newest journal, Cancer Discovery, has received a 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award). Cancer Discovery received this award for “Best New Journal in Science, Technology and Medicine.”
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers presented more than 45 PROSE awards at a special awards luncheon, which was held recently during the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

“The American Association for Cancer Research is honored to receive this accolade for its newest addition, Cancer Discovery, to our robust publications program,” said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the AACR. “This award solidifies the journal’s reputation as an influential publication in the industry. Through the expert guidance of its outstanding editors-in-chief, Cancer Discovery brings top-rated research articles to the scientific and medical community, and we are very proud that it has received this early recognition for its contributions to the cancer literature.”

“All of us who are involved with the publishing of Cancer Discovery are extremely pleased to receive such an esteemed award,” said the journal’s publisher Diane Scott-Lichter. “Cancer Discovery captures the most significant work in cancer research and provides a unique forum to communicate and inspire new thinking in the field.”

Cancer Discovery launched at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 and is the seventh journal published by the AACR. The journal provides readers with high-impact, peer-reviewed articles describing major advances in basic, translational, clinical and epidemiological research. It features game-changing research, review articles, perspectives and commentaries, news, and “Research Watch” summaries of important journal articles.

In addition, Cancer Discovery combines the expertise and experience of founding Editors-in-Chief Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., director of the cancer center and chief of the division of signal transduction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School, and José Baselga, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the division of hematology/oncology and associate director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

The 2011 PROSE Awards received a record-breaking 512 entries — more than ever before in its 36-year history — from more than 60 professional and scholarly publishers across the country. Award recipients were determined by a distinguished panel of 14 PROSE judges. A full list of the award recipients and video highlights from this year’s awards luncheon can be found at www.proseawards.com.

For more information on Cancer Discovery, please visithttp://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org.

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Our titles include accelerated readers, popular series, award winners and other great books from leading children’s publishers, including Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Hachette and Scholastic.

Locations:

Arizona Centennial Cancer Research Fundraiser

Thursday, February 2, 2012

6:30 PM until 9:30 PM
Arizona Biltmore
2400 E. Missouri Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85016
$20.00 Donation Suggested     Event Registration      Event Invitation Video

Meet over thirty Authors at the Writers Unite to Fight Cancer Arizona Centennial Cancer Research Fundraiser.

Our keynote speaker, and Medical Director for this event will be naturopathic oncologist Daniel Rubin ND, FABNO, Founding President of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (OncANP). Our emcee for the first half of the program will be Jude LaCava, sportscaster from Fox News 10.  The emcee for the second half of the program will be Francis Battaglia, President of KFNX News Talk Radio 1100. Arizona Senator Jerry Lewis will participate as a guest speaker. The third guest speaker on the program is Shauna M. Birdsall, ND, FABNO – Director of Naturopathic Medicine at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Western Regional Hospital in Goodyear Arizona. Each guest will receive a complimentary gift bag that will include the book Five to Thrive. There will several items available for silent auction, and music will be provided by Jocelyn Obermeyer, certified therapeutic harp practitioner from  Hospice of the Valley.

Each author will donate $1.00 per book sold at this event toward the two Arizona-Based Cancer Research Programs we have designated as equal beneficiaries for this fundraiser.

1.) Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, collaboratively with Arizona State University under the direction of Robert Waters PhD.
2.) The University of Arizona Cancer Center natural product research program directed by Dr. Leslie Gunatilaka.

Radio Talk Show episode of  the Above and Beyond Show hosted by Rev. Cay Randall-May interviews Dr. Rubin and Lisa Finder and features the WUFC Arizona Centennial Cancer Research Fundraiser.

All Arizona authors, or Authors who have written about Arizona, or cancer book authors are invited to attend this event. Find out how you can get involved.

• We are a looking for sponsors to help us reduce our expenses so that we can give the maximum amount of money to cancer research. Find out what sponsorship includes.
• Download our Event Flyer to help us publicize our event.

No one will be turned away for inability to pay. Event is open to the public.  Please RSVP on the Event Registration Page, Facebook or via email: writersunitetofightcancer@gmail.com.

An important part of Changing Hands mission since opening in 1974 has been to help build community and to support education and the arts. So, when they get a request from a local school, service or charitable organization to assist them with an upcoming fundraiser, they’re grateful for the opportunity to fulfill their mission.

The Dorothy Foundation

Sandy LaCava is the Founder and Executive Director of The Dorothy Foundation which is named in honor of her mother.

The Dorothy Foundation supports an innovative three point approach in the fight against cancer.

• Chemoprevention: Focus efforts directly contributing to projects that explore the use of compounds to interfere with the disease process to inhibit, delay or reverse carcinogenesis(cancer).
• Research: Donations directly support promising cancer research as reviewed by our scientific advisory board.
• Information: Provide various educative venues to patients, families and professionals on cancer treatments and research.