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In this issue
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VOICES photo and video contest!
Enter and win great prizes with your memorable Relay For Life photos and videos
Having cancer in college
Cancer survivor: Lindsay Ehrlich
Coaches vs. Cancer
Tom Izzo goes to Broadway while Indiana high school coaches try to beat fundraising records
Cancer research shows hope for the future
A recent study has shown a decrease in cancer incidence and mortality rates
Volunteer Q. & A.
Advocacy volunteer: Stacy Roznowski
Indiana Lobby Day
Volunteers talk with legislators to help laws get passed
Healthy weight: How important is it?
Take our quiz to find out
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Our very own GLD YouTube channel!
Showcase the best of your GLD Relay events on YouTube!
VOICES in the kitchen
On the menu: Made in Heaven Strawberry Mousse
25th hour video
What would you do with an extra hour in your day?
GLO Grads
Kim Williams
Community Representative
Central Indiana Staff
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Volunteer Q. & A.
Stacy Roznowski
Stacy Roznowski of Alpena Michigan is proud to be an American Cancer Society (ACS) volunteer. Starting off with Relay For Life, Stacy now fights hard as a legislative ambassador for the ACS Cancer Action Network. Read about why she chose to get involved.
When did you get involved with ACS/How did you hear about ACS?
I got involved about 10 years ago when my father's Lions Club was providing food at a food booth [at Relay For Life] and needed people to help out. I helped that way for two
years before my family started their own team.
When you did get involved with the
American Cancer Society, what drew you
to advocacy?
I didn't really get involved with advocacy until about 2006 when my ACS community representative suggested my mother and I get involved. We went to our first lobby day in Lansing that year and we were hooked.
What is the most fulfilling aspect of being an advocacy volunteer?
The most fulfilling aspect of being involved with advocacy is that it gives me the opportunity to help change peoples lives by helping get laws changed, bills passed, or even just educating people.
What has been your most memorable experience of being an advocacy volunteer?
My most memorable moment being involved with advocacy was when my mother and I went to Celebration on the Hill. It was such a touching experience to see thousands of people on the National Mall all there for the same reasons. We spoke with our legislatures & meet so many wonderful people.
Why do you volunteer for ACS?
I continued to volunteer for ACS because I have so many friends and family members who have been touched by cancer. I know that we will one day find a cure!
What would you say to someone who was thinking about becoming an ACS volunteer?
If someone was interested in volunteering for ACS, I would encourage them to do so. It is a wonderful organization that has helped so many people. It's not only fun but it is rewarding when you see the results of laws getting passed, people getting educated, and survivors being survivors longer every year.
Want to be part of changing laws in the Great Lakes Division? Visit www.acscan.org and
see how you can be a part of some exciting
changes to state and federal laws.
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Stacy (R) and her mother (L)
Stacy with fellow GLD Legislative Ambassadors
Stacy with Congressman
Bart Stupak (D-MI)
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