Colorectal Cancer Coalition

C3 Advocate Verna Cox Wants You to Butt-In Today

Verna Cox is 60 year old two-time stage III colon cancer survivor from Philadelphia, PA.  This March, for the third year in a row, Verna celebrated Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month by attending C3′s Call-on Congress.

Verna traveled to DC to participate in the 2010 Call-on Congress because:

“I’m back attending because we still haven’t reached our goal of having a colorectal Cancer prevention, early detection and treatment act passed into law.

Read more about Verna’s story in the City Suburban News.

Take five minutes today and help Verna reach her goal of seeing a national colorectal cancer screening and treatment program enacted into law.  Call 1-866-615-3375 anytime from 9 AM to 5:30 PM EDT, and ask your Representative to cosponsor H.R. 1189.

Don’t know what to say when you call?  We have a detailed script that you can use.

This news article was originally posted on March 30th, 2010 and was accurate at the time of publication. Since then, information may have changed or links may now be outdated. Please call our Answer Line 1-877-427-2111 for the latest information, or talk to your doctor before making any medical decisions.

Posted by Catherine Knowles on March 30th, 2010
Tags: Butt-in, Call-on Congress, HR 1189

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