We are in Cambridge MA at Microsoft Geek Center over looking the Charles River. This is an all day conference on what is new, what is coming and how to use what is for nonprofits using the internet to serve their communities. Training like this helps us decide the directions available for us to...

Cynthia just received this update from a representative of Sanofi Pasteur regarding the shortage of ImmuCyst/TheraCys®, BCG: Dear Cynthia, Several weeks ago you contacted me requesting information about the status of our BCG-IT product for treating bladder cancer. You may recall we had suspended...

Shortage of BCG -- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin As many of you already know there is indeed a shortage of BCG -- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. Because of this more and more people are having treatments put on hold due to this shortage. Today we talked to a representative of Sanofi-Pasteu one of the two...

I just saw that our number of forum users is at 4000! That\'s a new milestone and I want to acknowledge everyone who uses this forum to navigate your bladder cancer journey. Cynthia and your team... thank you!

The ABLCS Board is pleased to announce that Sara Anne Gardner has been elected to fill the vacancy on our board left form the expiration of Dr. Karen Greene’s term. Sara Anne is invaluable to this forum and is staring work as our volunteer coordinator we know her input and the sharing of her...

As we watch the whether forecasts it is going to be hard to know what to believe until it arrives. We ourselves are well inland but could have a category 1 pass over our roof; if it did it would be the first time in anyone’s memory. For that fact alone no one can tell us what to expect if this...

4th Annual American Bladder Cancer Society Annual Meeting and 1st Annual Planning Session Our State of the Union is sound we are not wealthy but we are meeting our bills and growing. For a nonprofit to be founded in this economy to be able to say that is very good news, we have came a long way and...

Our Vice President Sylvia Ramsey has now published her third book. This one is a children’s book called Merchild Land. Her first book was a collection of poetry and her second is a very good mystery. She has kindly set it up so that all proceeds from her books go to the American Bladder Cancer...

Christian our Gracie\'s grandson recently had a lemonade stand to raise money for the ABLCS. This was his idea and his own work and we will be sending him out a certificate for his efforts he raised 101.00! [image]...[image] [image]...

We are working on an online store to offer bladder cancer awareness merchandise. We already have in stock silicone bladder cancer awareness bracelets. The color for bladder cancer is orange but we did a mixture of our logo colors and they are a distinctive swirl of orange, blue and purple with...

Tomorrow\'s CBS Evening News will feature Bladder Cancer A story on bladder cancer is scheduled to air Thursday, August 5th, at 6:30 PM Eastern on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Check your local listings for local broadcast times.

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I think it\'s great that bladder cancer has received enough press to finally have a day specified for it. Long way to go, but a good start. I know there are things happening all over and wondered what kinds of events have you heard of? I haven\'t heard of anything special in Colorado. Vi

Advocacy Idea # 1 Call your local news paper and ask the health reporter to do an article on bladder cancer. You may give them the contact information or web address for the ABLCS and we will be happy to help them.

Cynthia, I got in touch with the Seattle Times neewspaper which is has a rather large distribution...asking them to consider a story in regard to Bladder Cancer Awareness month - July. Two concerns: 1. I did send them to this website; we have something on the forum section which talks about...

I\'m trying this with a different title hoping that more people will see this and lend a hand. If you have gotten ANYTHING out of this website and/or forum, ABLCS can really use your help. Please go to the web site at this link: ABLCS Review and say some nice words about ABLCS. The more reviews...

I just followed Cynthia\'s request (at the top of the Forum page) and filled out the questionnaire for qualifying for the grant of $5000 for the American Bladder Cancer Society. After, when I clicked to read other reviews, I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE!!!! Let\'s get busy and move forward on this....it...

In order to help others find us when they are in need, please help us by doing the following:Try to use the full term and not an abbreviation as someone doing a search will not type in RC but they will type in Radical Cystectomy. Another thing that will help us out is to join us on Facebook....

** This thread discusses the content article: Our Board ** Cynthia Kinsella – President and CEO When diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer at 47 I was terrified, I had a disease that I knew so little about that I had to look up the symptoms. I felt totally alone and did not know what...

Is there any way of knowing if someone donates in my father\'s name? We want to be able to properly thank them. Melissa