Saturday, March 15, 2008

Help me battle Cancer!

I've put together a page to raise some money for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN).

http://action.acscan.org/goto/mattphelan

I'm motivated to do this in the memory of Alan Mills.

Alan recently died of pancreatic cancer leaving behind his wife, Angie, and 8 year-old son, Noah. Alan was the man who hired me at the American Cancer Society in 2005. He served as head of our department under the title Director of Government Relations. Alan was a great boss and more importantly a great person. Alan began his career with ACS in 1987 and was one of the "founding fathers" of our National Government Relations Department. When he began there were only 4 staff at NGRD. Please help me raise some money for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

My Goal for this page is $1,000. Many of my friends and family have been touched by cancer so I thought I would do some good and raise a little money. The minimum I'm asking for is a $10 gift. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates for cancel control programs and funding for prevention. I've had to ask for money in the past for political purposes but today it's nice to be able to ask people to help this non-partisan effort.

Please visit the site and give what you can. I'm asking for a simple contribution of $10 or $25.

Thank you.

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