With over 1.4M young adult cancer survivors in the United States alone, there is simply no reason that anyone should ever feel alone, let alone be disconnected from the national movement. Here are some of our favorite ways to plug in:
Vegas, baby! Registration is open for the 5th Annual OMG! Cancer Summit for Young Adults from 3/30 - 4/1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. This event will fill up very quickly, we promise! Visit http://omg2012.org and get pumped for hippest event in all of cancerland! Also check out the OMG Players Club, an exciting new fundraising challenge where you could earn free registration, up to $600 in travel reimbursement, an iPad2 or even a MacBook Air![Website]
Join Team Stupid Cancer: the nation's first running team organized to exclusively support the young adult cancer community and the mission of the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation. Guaranteed entry into the 2012 NYC Half-Marathon! Limited slots. Low fundraising requirements.[Website]
The Stupid Cancer Show won "Most Innovative Use Of Social Media" at the 2011 Stay Classy Awards in San Diego on Saturday, September 17th. This prestigious honor only further solidifies our broadcast as a paradigm shifting media platform in healthcare. Thank you to Stay Classy and the thousands of fans out there who voted for us and made this possible![Website]
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50[StupidCancerBlog]
Writer Edward Winstead of the prestigious NCI Bulletin (a publication of the National Cancer Institute) recently sat down with i[2]y CEO Matthew Zachary to get the low down on what he's got up his sleeve for the growing young adult cancer movement [NationalCancerInstitute]