National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week®
10th Annual National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week
April 2-8, 2012
Meet Darby Anderson, K.C. Oakley and Maggie Eisenberg who lost their dear friend, Jill Costello to lung cancer when she was just 22 years old. Through this loss and the guidance of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Jill’s Legacy was born.
More Video Links From Vital Options and the National Cancer Institute:
Voices of the Young Adult Cancer Movement
Do You Know? A PSA For National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week
Check Yourself!: A PSA For National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week
Derailment: When a Young Adult Gets Cancer
Cancer Research Now: Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers
In Their Own Words: After a Diagnosis, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
Cancer Research Now: Fertility Issues for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
10th Annual National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week®, April 2-8, 2012
One would think it rare enough for a young adult to be diagnosed with cancer, but according to the NCI, cancer incidence in young adults has increased more than any other age group!
With growing frequency, young adults are also being diagnosed with cancers that are rare at this age. NYACAW 2012, shines a light on young adults facing lung cancer, with a Group Room special from the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam.
We encourage you to use them to help spread the word by distributing them through your own viral campaign, and to send the links to your local media for the week of April 2-8.
Contact us to find out more about young adults with cancer and how you can get involved with awareness efforts, learn more about other programs and initiatives of interest, find links to young adult resources, and view more video.
If you are planning an event or promotion for National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week 2012, please email Terry Wilcox at the email address below. We are creating a NYACAW 2012 calendar!
Have more questions? Email Terry Wilcox at twilcox {@} vitaloptions.org
Click here to download the National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week® logo.
Get the facts! Click here for the young adult cancer fact sheet.
Check out the NEW National Cancer Institute Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer Portal and a special issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin on Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.
Change your Facebook and Twitter profile pics for the week of April 2-8, 2012 to show your support of National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week!
About National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week
National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week (NYACAW) takes place annually the first week of April. NYACAW was launched in 2003 by Vital Options International in recognition of its 20th anniversary and because 20 years later, there was still far too much to be done for this unique age group of cancer patients. Vital Options was originally founded in 1983 as the first organization for young adults with cancer.
Today, there are many young adult focused organizations and it is a mobilized and organized movement. Vital Options is a member of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance and supports the efforts of its membership on behalf of advances in adolescent and young adult oncology.
What is the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance?
The LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance is a coalition of organizations with the goal to improve the survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer between the ages of 15 and 40. The Alliance is committed to promoting research and the investigation of the problem, serving as a voice for the issue and promoting effective solutions. The LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance was formed with the knowledge that unity is strength and by working together awareness can be raised to effect positive change for young adults with cancer.
The NYACAW Logo
The logo for National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week® is inspired by a Celtic symbol known as the as “The Three Rays” or “The Three Bars”, representative oflight, inspiration, and wisdom, and relates to truth, earth, sea and air, body, mind and spirit. The left ray symbolizes female forces, the right ray, male forces, and the center is the balance of nature.
Orange is considered to stimulate physical and mental activity, encouraging socialization and getting people thinking and talking.
Shades of golden yellow carry the promise of a positive future, stimulate mental processes, and encourage communication.
Deeper shades of blue symbolize wisdom and is the color of communication with others, increasing personal thought, insights, and understandings, to calm and aid intuition.
Power · Strength · Knowledge
For Young Adult Resources, click here.
If your organization is not listed or a link is broken, please email Terry Wilcox at the email address listed above.
National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week (NYACAW) is a registered trademark of Vital Options.