Kitty,
The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to help as "Champions" for our CPS3 (Cancer Prevention Study 3) at The Villages Hospital System. A Champion would recruit 10 volunteers to participate in the study and participate themselves if they qualify.
The criteria for participating in the study is to be between the ages of 30-65
Never have had cancer, although basal and squamis cell skin cancers are okay
Be willing to commit to be followed for 20 years.
A Participant would schedule an appointment online to participate July 17 between 1-7 PM. These are appointment driven with appointments lasting no more than 15 minutes.
Each participant would complete a brief survey before their appointment
Give 1 vial of blood
Weigh
Waist measurement
Every two years, you will receive a follow up survey to complete and return.
Information is confidential, but very important in determining how our lifestyles, environment, habits, etc. affect someone from getting or not getting a diagnosis of cancer.
A Champion volunteer would attend a kick off tomorrow at the Sharon Morse building room 520 at 4PM until 5PM. Afterward, you would help recruit participants to schedule appointments for the July 17 CPS3 study. Pretty simple and extremely important work. If you are interested but unable to attend tomorrow, I can meet to review the material to get you started. LRMC & TVHS are host sites for the study and providing internal champions as well.
Hope you will consider it and share the information with others you may know. We are trying to recruit 400 people for this study locally and 300,000 in the state of Florida. I appreciate your help. Call or email me with questions. Dorothy Hardee - 352.326.9599 x 5706 or
dorothy.hardee@cancer.org