Monday, December 12, 2011

How or Can I Create a "national day" for lung cancer deaths

How or Can I Create a "national day" for lung cancer deaths?
My mom passed on June 26, 1999. I would like to create a "national" "Loved Ones Lost To Lung Cancer" awareness day. Can I do this and if so how? Thanks for your help! Lori
Law & Ethics - 4 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
You've just started it, well done and my condolences on your loss. Generally, the first thing you need to do is to gather support. Begin by contacting local cancer hospices, hospitals, telling them of your intention. Ask them for a letter of support. Then use these letters of support to snowball a national campaign. I think you will have little trouble in gaining support. After this you should be able to also get support from cancer charities, pharmaceutical companies and the like. Good luck. And remember, it's basically about PR and getting your message out there. You've already started, so don't stop. It might also be an idea to register yourself as a charity (or the name / idea as a charity) so that you have some official background). Let us know how it goes, and again, good luck
2 :
It already exists as an entire month (November). If you wanted to do something special for your mother in that day you could ask your company to allow you to do some sort of fundraiser. For example, if people contribute $10 to the American Cancer Society they get to wear jeans or shorts or something on that day. EDIT: Sorry for some of the jerks on here. I think school is out for the summer for many of them and they have nothing better to do.
3 :
Oh, please. We don't need yet another National Day of Whatever Awareness!
4 :
There are a gazillion "days" for cancer awareness already: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_1_Cancer_Calendar.asp Rather than create a new one (which nobody will notice with all the other ones there are), why not organize your friends to help raise money for one of the many worthwhile cancer charities? The American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society are two good ones. I'm sorry for your loss--lost my own mom to breast cancer over 20 years ago, and I still miss her a lot.

Read more discussions :