September 25, 2013
Marg Helgenberger Teams Up Again with SU2C & Safeway Foundation
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and The Safeway Foundation have collaborated on a second public service campaign featuring actress and SU2C Ambassador Marg Helgenberger. The campaign, entitled “Together, We’re Creating a Brighter Tomorrow,” is designed to raise funds and increase awareness for the fight against breast cancer. The campaign launches October 1, the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2013
Call for Ideas: SU2C-Farrah Fawcett Foundation
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is now accepting applications for the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)-Farrah Fawcett Foundation Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Translational Research Team Grant that will offer up to $1 million in research funding over a three-year period. This grant opportunity is provided by SU2C and The Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2013
SU2C and Farrah Fawcett Foundation Announce New Collaboration
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Farrah Fawcett Foundation today announced plans to fund a collaborative translational research team grant focused on human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers. The SU2C-Farrah Fawcett Foundation Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Translational Research Team Grant will commit one million dollars over a three-year period to fund a research project that addresses critical problems in HPV-related cancers and can deliver near-term patient benefit via a multidisciplinary research Team.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2013
Cardholders Help Drive $4 Million Donation to SU2C with MasterCard
MasterCard announced today that the company has reached its goal of raising $4 million for Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) through the Dig In & Do Good campaign. MasterCard will present the fundraising contribution to SU2C on-field during the 2013 World Series. Through the program, which launched at the MLB All-Star Game in July, MasterCard made a one cent donation to SU2C when cardholders spent $10 or more for a meal using their MasterCard cards, up to $4 million (U.S.).
Read MoreJuly 12, 2013
MasterCard launches Dig In & Do Good to support SU2C
MasterCard Worldwide and Stand Up To Cancer are once again coming together to give dining out a purpose through “Dig In and Do Good.” Beginning today, every time cardholders spend $10 or more when dining out, or ordering in, and choose to pay with their MasterCard through September 28, 2013, MasterCard will make a donation to Stand Up To Cancer one precious cent at a time, up to a total of $4MM.
Read MoreJune 13, 2013
Mark Harmon Appears In SU2C And The Cancer Research Institute’s New PSA “I Am My Own Secret Weapon”
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) have teamed up to develop a new print public service announcement featuring NCIS star Mark Harmon. The PSA, entitled “I Am My Own Secret Weapon,” is designed to increase awareness about cancer immunotherapy, which mobilizes our immune systems to fight cancer.
Read MoreJune 4, 2013
Ken Burns, Siddhartha Mukherjee, SU2C, & WETA to Collaborate on Cancer Documentary
Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., award-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Simon & Schuster 2010), and acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns will collaborate on a new documentary inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, both parties announced today. The film CANCER: The Emperor of All Maladies will be directed by the award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman with Burns as executive producer, and will air on PBS in the spring of 2015.
Read MoreMay 30, 2013
SU2C and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Launch New PSA Featuring Quincy and Rashida Jones
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) will unveil a new print, broadcast and radio public service announcement that brings together music industry icon Quincy Jones and his daughter, actress Rashida Jones. The PSA will begin airing in Major League Baseball ballparks in June.
Read MoreMay 22, 2013
Marcia Cross Stars in New Prostate Cancer PSA with The Safeway Foundation & SU2C
The Safeway Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), have teamed up to develop a print, radio and digital public service announcement featuring actress and SU2C Ambassador Marcia Cross. The PSA is designed to increase awareness for the fight against prostate cancer.
Read MoreApril 25, 2013
Heidi Klum Strikes A Pose For Cancer Research In Second Stand Up To Cancer PSA
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is proud to unveil the second public service announcement (PSA) to feature Ambassador Heidi Klum, which will make its debut in PEOPLE magazine’s World’s Most Beautiful issue on newsstands now. In the print PSA photographed by Rankin, Klum lends her signature style to the fight against cancer, posing in a white SU2C tank top and black leather pants. The PSA will also be featured over a number of billboards in Times Square.
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