Legislation in Congress will help raise money for colorectal cancer research without increasing federal spending.

Representative Charlie Dent

Pennsylvania congressman Charlie Dent has introduced a bill that would direct the U.S. Postal Service to sell a semipostal stamp to raise money for federally funded colorectal cancer research and prevention programs. Semipostal stamps are regular postage stamps that are sold at a surcharge over their postage value. The additional charge is a voluntary contribution by the purchaser to a designated cause.

Under the “Fight Colorectal Cancer Stamp Act” (H.R. 893), funds raised from a semipostal colorectal cancer stamp would be used for colorectal cancer programs at the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

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Join Fight Colorectal Cancer March 5 – 7, 2012 in Washington, DC

Registration is now open!

Earlier this month, the House Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education Appropriations Subcommittee announced that it has postponed consideration of its fiscal year (FY) 2012 spending bill until September.

Delayed consideration of this bill, which funds the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gives colorectal cancer advocates more time to contact their House and Senate lawmakers when they return home in August.

The message: Funding for colorectal cancer research and prevention must be a priority.

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March is quickly approaching, and now is the time to register for the 2010 Call-on Congress!

We already have a number of great speakers confirmed -

• Public relations expert Caitlin Carroll will be leading a breakout session on media advocacy.
• Dr. Jeffrey Chou will be speaking about the innovative research he has been doing with stem cells using a grant he received last year from C3′s Lisa Fund.
• Author and CRC survivor Brenda Elsagher will be talking about her battle with cancer.
• Donna Kimbark, PhD, PRCRP Program Manager, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs IPA of Battelle Memorial Institute will update attendees regarding colorectal cancer research in the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program and the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
• Dr. Laura Seeff, Acting Chief, Comprehensive Cancer Control Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be talking about the program’s recent expansion and what is in store for 2010.

Register today, to hear from these and lots of other great speakers!

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Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Flickr, YouTube. It’s a new world of real-time communication online that goes way beyond email.

Social media is not a new concept to C3. We introduced our Research & Treatment news and Advocacy blogs over four years ago. Now we’re on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ColorectalCancer) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/FightCRC). What we lack are the resources to take our social media presence to the next level.

Our problem as colorectal cancer advocates is that there are so many wonderful causes competing for your time and attention. To get the attention for colorectal cancer that will help us make a difference against the disease, we know that we need to get our social media campaigns running on a much larger scale. We need thousands of followers and fans instead of hundreds. We need to get people talking about colorectal cancer with their friends and family. People who can talk about colorectal cancer can get others to take action against it.

Enter CommuniCause. It’s a month-long contest run by the MindComet interactive agency to award the winning nonprofit $25,000 worth of services. We want to win this grant and we need your help.

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