Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories and their employees have been longtime partners of the American Cancer Society’s efforts in the fight against cancer.

Abbott employees have showed their commitment through workplace giving and the American Cancer Society Relay For Life^®. They have raised nearly $2 million through contributions and matching gifts in their payroll deduction campaign benefitting the Society’s relentless efforts to save more lives. They are beginning their third year in the Relay For Life National Team Program.

For a second year, Abbott Nutrition has made a financial commitment to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge^® program and also provided Abbott nutritional products and refrigeration units in each of the 31 Hope Lodge facilities around the country. 

In addition to their financial support, Abbott employees provide their time and talent as leaders and participants in various American Cancer Society events and programs throughout the year.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP       

AstraZeneca and the American Cancer Society have had enjoyed a long relationship based on a spirit of collaboration and mutual respect. AstraZeneca embodies the meaning of a true partner  in the fight to save more lives and has been integral to the success of many initiatives with the Society. 

After years of individual gifts and employee involvement in the Daffodil Days^®, Relay For Life^® and Coaches Vs. Cancer^® programs – among others, in 2006 AstraZeneca pledged $10 million to accelerate the development of at least 50 new American Cancer Society Patient Navigator Program sites over five years in communities throughout the United States. This collaboration enabled the Society to extend its reach of programs and services to help even more people with cancer get well.  

AstraZeneca has also provided financial support to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge® facilities in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, so that cancer patients have a free place to stay when they need treatment away from home. Not only did the company provide the seed money for these two locations, but they have also given additional grants to allow the homes away from home to go green. In addition, AstraZeneca employees have spent countless hours at the facilities, volunteering for birthday parties, preparing meals, and creating unique events that help make them seem even more like home.   

AstraZeneca has also been an integral partner in helping to provide outreach to the underserved and Medicaid populations through diversity conferences and committees.

Bank of America

Bank of America is one of eight companies that are members of both the American Cancer Relay For Life® National Team Program and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® National Partners Program.

In 2010, bank employees raised more than $500,000 to support local Relay For Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events around the country. Bank of America also continues the Unite. Give. Cure. campaign, which gives customers an opportunity to support the Society’s lifesaving efforts with a unique affinity card. This campaign raises funds and awareness of the Society’s lifesaving mission.

In addition, Bank of America continues to support the Society through employee volunteerism at Hope Lodge® facilities around the country, as well as through Daffodil Days®, golf and gala sponsorships, and corporate donations to fund many of the Society’s patient programs to help people stay well and get well.

BCBG Max Azria Group, Inc.

Over the past five years, BCBG Max Azria Group, Inc., has supported the American Cancer Society Discovery Shops in the California Division through in-kind contributions of new merchandise.

In 2010, the California-based international apparel company donated more than 3,000 pairs of new shoes, as well as thousands of pieces of new clothing from earlier collections. Their donations over the past year helped make it the most successful revenue-generating year for the Society’s upscale resale shops in California.

Curves International

Curves International and its four million members around the world are teaming up with the American Cancer Society to help save more lives from cancer by helping people stay well and get well and by fighting back against the disease.

Through the company’s signature fitness and healthy weight loss programs, Curves leadership, franchisees, and club owners are helping people stay well and reduce their risk of cancer.  And the company is fighting back against the disease through their participation in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® National Partners Program and through the Relay For Life® National Team Program. In 2010 Curves and their club members nationwide raised more than $1.72 million to help save more lives, and approximately 10,000 cancer survivors were part of the company’s nationwide efforts.

HAIRuWEAR

HAIRuWEAR is the world leader in the “alternative hair” accessories, extensions, and systems category for women and men. They utilize the highest-quality human and synthetic hair, the most innovative designs, sophisticated manufacturing techniques, and the most advanced technology available.

The company has been a generous supporter of the American Cancer Society since 2003. In that time, HAIRuWEAR has donated more than 58,000 wigs valued at more than $8.2 million to the Society wig banks across the country.

Through these generous donations, tens of thousands of women facing cancer have been provided with wigs that they otherwise might not have been able to afford and have been better able to cope with their cancer experience.

IBM

For more than a decade, IBM employees have generously supported the American Cancer Society. In 2010, 11,312 of the company’s US employees pledged more than $2.2 million to the Society as part of the company’s Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign. In addition, for the sixth consecutive year, the Society is supporting IBM’s World Community Grid Help Conquer Cancer project (worldcommunitygrid.org) by providing an enterprise-class computer server to help make technology available 24 hours per day, seven days a week to public and not-for-profit organizations to use in humanitarian research.

Kohl's Department Stores

Kohl's Department Stores and their employees are in the third year of a partnership with the American Cancer Society to fight back against breast cancer.

With a focus in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area, where their headquarters are located, Kohl's has committed to a multimillion dollar long-term program educating women about breast health care. It included the development and distribution of a breast health kit containing resources to reduce risk and manage treatment; funding for new health care positions and programs to educate and provide assistance throughout our communities; research funding; and event sponsorship.

The commitment on behalf of Kohl’s and their employees also includes their involvement in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® event, raising  hundreds of thousands of dollars through this event and matching gifts programs to benefit the Society’s breast health programs and services.

Live Positively and the Sprite Zero brand of The Coca-Cola Company

Live Positively and the Sprite Zero brands of The Coca-Cola Company are committed to helping people achieve active and healthy lifestyle. So it’s only natural they would support the American Cancer Society Choose You® program, which encourages women to put themselves first and make healthy lifestyle choices to prevent cancer.

As part of their commitment to raise awareness about the Choose You national movement, Sprite Zero and Live Positively have used digital and billboard ads and packaging, as well as in-store point-of-sale messaging with fellow Choose You presenting sponsor Walgreens, to encourage women to make their health a priority. 

Coca-Cola Company associates learned about the Choose You program through multiple forms of internal communications, and for those associates working at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, they had a chance to participate in Choose You Day in May. The events included a symbolic Choose You walk through the courtyard, where associates learned about behaviors that would help reduce their risk of cancer.

The Choose You national movement is one of the ways the company is helping people Live Positively by promoting active and healthy lifestyles and supporting programs that encourage healthy and balanced living.

maurices & dressbarn, divisions of the ascena retail group, inc.

For the past eight years, dressbarn and maurices have been part of a caring community supporting the American Cancer Society’s fight against cancer through their fundraising and awareness programs.

Together, customers and associates from both women’s apparel retail brands have contributed more than $8.5 million to the Society. With more than 300 Relay For Life® teams and more than 3,500 walkers, in-store fundraisers, corporate funding and donations, the company has raised more than $1 million in 2010 for the American Cancer Society’s relentless pursuit of a world with more birthdays.  

National Football League

Working in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, the National Football League has supported National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October the past three years with its A Crucial Catch – Annual Screening Saves Lives campaign. The initiative reminds women 40 and older about the importance of having an annual mammogram.

NFL players, coaches, and referees also help raise awareness about breast cancer by wearing pink game-day apparel throughout the month of October. The clothes, as well as special game balls and other paraphernalia, are auctioned at NFL Auction (nfl.com/auction), with all proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society. In 2010, the NFL and their players donated more than $1 million to the Society as a result of the Crucial Catch campaign, with the majority of the donations coming from the sale of pink game-day items.

The Pampered Chef, LTD

The Pampered Chef^® began their collaboration with the American Cancer Society in 2000 with the Help Whip Cancer^® campaign. Each May, independent Pampered Chef consultants raise funds from the sale of pink limited-edition products and through Help Whip Cancer Fundraiser Cooking Shows. Since the program began, Help Whip Cancer has raised more than $10 million to help the Society save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

In addition to their Help Whip Cancer efforts, Pampered Chef coworkers and independent consultants can be found each October in their communities supporting their local American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer^® walk. As one of the largest and most successful Making Strides National Partners Program members, the company has raised the bar on recruitment and fundraising. The Pampered Chef also supports the Making Strides event by offering select pink products online each October.

The support and encouragement shown by leadership has made the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer an important part of The Pampered Chef culture. Since 2008, the company has raised nearly $1 million and was last year’s third-largest Making Strides Against Breast Cancer National Partners Program fundraising team in the country.

As a testimony to executive support from The Pampered Chef, CEO Marla Gottschalk is a member of the Illinois chapter of the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer^®.

PartyLite Gifts, Inc.

PartyLite has demonstrated a commitment to fighting cancer through their involvement with the American Cancer Society for the past 12 years. To solidify this relationship, their US president, Michael Norris, has joined the New England Division chapter of the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer, which is in its inaugural year this year.

The company’s partnership includes having served as a corporate sponsor of the Society’s Celebration on the Hill® in 2006 in Washington, D.C., where they donated 25,000 tea lights for the luminaria ceremony at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network^SM (ACS CAN) event. In addition, the PartyLite Change the World program asks customers to round up their orders to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the  Society to help save more lives.

PartyLite recognizes all those who send donations to the American Cancer Society in monthly publications. The company’s Regional Ambassadors play a key role in inspiring members of their respective regions to join in Relay For Life^® fundraising efforts, where they are continually in the top 5 teams across the country. PartyLite has recently joined the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer National Partners Program, where they continue to grow and increase breast cancer awareness.

Highlights of relationship:

• $12.2 million in 12 years
• Began Relay For Life National Team Program relationship in 2008 
• Ranked among the top 3-5 National Team Program members each year
• Average of 400 teams per year
• Average of $500,000+ per year
• Tea light donation per year ($200,000 estimated in-kind donation of 250,000-500,000 candles)
• Joined the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer National Partners Program in 2010
• Raised close to $70,000 in first year
• Held a mini-Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Minneapolis at their National Sales Conference, with more than 400 people walking and raising in excess of $6,000
• Cause Marketing Campaign – Change the World raised approximately $225,000 per year
• Corporate Impact Award Recipient – 2006-2010
• Corporate Impact: Employee Engagement Award Recipient – 2010
• CEOs Against Cancer Commitment – March 2011

Cause Marketing relationship:

• Year-round fundraising activities have included:
  • Percentage of sales to the Society – Consultants choose to donate a percentage of the profits from their home parties to the American Cancer Society. 
  • Change the World – Customer rounds up purchase price to nearest dollar or up to $10, with funds donated to the American Cancer Society.
  • Fundraisers – Several PartyLite offices have hosted on-site fundraisers.
  • Co-branded pin created annually –  Consultants are recognized and presented with pins at PartyLite’s Annual Sales Conference.

Roche Pharmaceuticals

In an effort to increase the impact of breast cancer civil society in Brazil, Roche Pharmaceuticals has funded Brazil Breast Cancer Action. The comprehensive breast cancer program will raise awareness of the disease through patient-led and evidence-based state and national awareness campaigns. As a result, the cancer survivor profile will be heightened, and there will be more focus on the subject.

In addition, a Breast Cancer Survivor Network will be created, which will help de-stigmatize the disease and provide patient empowerment. Breast cancer information will also be disseminated through a model drawn from the experience of Mexico’s cancer patient navigation program.

To help educate the public about breast cancer, the program includes a media capacity building component so the media can properly address the issue in their reporting. The American Cancer Society will also leverage their contacts to bring together cancer leaders and policy makers with the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to engage in a multi-sectoral approach to breast cancer planning. Expert resource mobilization organizations/leaders will also be brought in to share best practices with NGOs and to strengthen the concerted efforts in setting the breast cancer agenda.

Brazil Breast Cancer Action will be closely evaluated and results published with a view to informing future civil society strengthening efforts in the region.

United Continental Holdings, Inc.

With the support of Glenn Tilton, while he served as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of UAL Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer of United Airlines, and that of the United Airlines team, the company has helped the American Cancer Society save lives from cancer through numerous philanthropic efforts.

As an example, the airline launched a cause-marketing promotion with the Society in the fall of 2007. For a contribution of $50 or 7,500 Mileage Plus miles (or more, respectively) to the American Cancer Society, United Airlines’ Mileage Plus members could send Gund teddy bears to children fighting cancer in select hospitals across the country. The program was so successful that United has repeated the campaign in subsequent years. Over the past three years, this program has generated $488,000 in cash contributions to the Society and more than $4.3 million in airline miles and promotional support.

The company’s involvement with the Society also includes everything from executive volunteer engagement, workplace giving, event volunteer participation, and a deep commitment to breast cancer awareness.

Walgreen Company

Walgreens’ long-standing alliance with the American Cancer Society spans nearly two decades. Working hand in hand with the Society, the company has been involved in everything from the National Team Program to the launch of the Choose You^® national movement and is currently participating as a Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) enrollment site, all in an effort to help save more lives from cancer.

Walgreens has been an American Cancer Society Relay For Life^® National Team Program member for the past seven years. One of the largest Relay companies in the world, Walgreens signed up almost 1,000 teams and 9,000 walkers across the country this year. 

In addition to sponsoring workforce engagement in local communities, Walgreens partnered with the American Cancer Society to go smoke free in 2008. Utilizing the Society’s smoking cessation programs, nearly 3,000 employees have called for help in quitting tobacco.

When it comes to consumers, Walgreens encourages healthy lifestyles choices for their employees and their customers through their Women’s Health Awareness campaign. For the second year, the company has been one of the presenting sponsors of the American Cancer Society Choose You^® program, a national movement that offers women the opportunity to commit to healthier lifestyle choices for themselves and their family members. 

Throughout the month of May, Walgreens employees are given the opportunity to make healthy lifestyle choices. Thanks to awareness campaigns, promotions, and store celebrations, the company’s 230,000 employees can “choose” wellness for themselves and their family members.

This year, Walgreens is once again a leader in the fight against cancer by serving as a corporate enrollment site for the Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). This historic research study will help the Society better understand how to prevent the disease and save more lives, so those Walgreens employees who participate will help change the face of cancer for this and future generations.

Throughout their engagement with the Society, Walgreens has raised and donated more than $23 million to support our lifesaving mission. In recognition of their ongoing efforts, the company was awarded the prestigious Corporate Impact: Award of Excellence at the Society’s inaugural Corporate Impact Conference in June 2009.  In addition, the company received a 2010 Corporate Impact Award for Philanthropy.

Gregory Wasson, the company’s president and CEO, is a member of the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer^® and currently serves as chair of the Illinois CEOs Against Cancer chapter.

Walmart

You would be hard pressed to find two organizations that are more representative of nationally recognized brands built on community grass roots design than Walmart and the American Cancer Society.

Walmart states on their Web site that the company seeks to “improve the lives of individuals in our communities, including our customers and associates . . .” And it’s obvious the company is putting those words to work for the Society.

Walmart and Sam’s Club and their associates continue to support the Society’s mission to end cancer, with more than 1,500 teams in communities across the country raising more than $6 million through the Relay For Life^® National Team Program and the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer^® National Partners Program. In addition, Walmart’s own payroll deduction benefit – the Associate Giving Program – has generated an additional $2 million to help save more lives.  Including additional sponsorships nationwide, Walmart and Sam’s Club contributed more than $10 million to the American Cancer Society in 2010.

In July 2011, the company’s philosophy of improving the lives of individuals in our communities was put to work in new ways, thanks to a $2 million health disparities grant from the Walmart Foundation. The grant will enable the Society to set up community health advisors in select underserved communities where Walmart has a presence, which will help increase access to breast cancer screening and colon cancer screening.