Mission Moment

American Cancer Society remains as committed as ever to fund life-saving cancer research and patient support services this year. Though our gathering has been delayed, the need for funding is now, and your support can make a critical impact.

Making your donation before December 31st will also ensure that your gift is tax-deductible this year, allowing you to make an immediate difference while benefiting from year-end giving incentives.

Please visit this link to “raise your paddle” and help us continue the fight against cancer. Every gift gets us closer to breakthroughs that will save lives.

Your support will provide much needed resources in the fight against cancer to neighbors in our own community, and will help reduce the disparities and increase equity in the cancer space across the continuum.

Thank you for your support and compassion. Together, we are making a difference.

For more information on American Cancer Society Resources available locally and nationally please click here.

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Mission Moment

This Cattle Baron’s Ball we gather, in part, to honor Dave Pizzo and his incredible dedication to our community. In the spirit of Dave’s dedication to American Cancer Society and this event, we are launching this virtual paddle raise to ensure that our vital work can continue today. By raising your virtual paddle and making a gift, you help us advance life-changing cancer research and bring hope to patients and families in need.

Give today and join us on February 8th as we come together to celebrate the legacy of Dave Pizzo and our shared mission of ending cancer as we know it, for everyone.

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ACS Research

Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has supported researchers at pivotal points in their career – to give them the support they need to keep great research going or to take their ideas from dream to reality. We are proud to have helped more than 24,000 investigators make important advances in prevention, early detection, treatment, and care for those with cancer.

Here are just 10 of the countless cancer advances we have supported:

Discovering that tumors need blood vessels to grow and spread, which subsequently led to the development of drugs that prevent the formation of new blood vessels
Pioneering work in bone marrow transplants that led to successful bone marrow transplants in humans
Furthering knowledge of genes linked to breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2
Laying the groundwork for a new multiple myeloma treatment, Darzalex (daratumumab)
Finding a key driver of the blood cancer chronic myeloid leukemia
Gaining insights that inspired researchers to investigate and confirm that tamoxifen can both treat and sometimes prevent breast cancer
Investigating new approaches that would make possible the first targeted cancer therapy to receive FDA approval, Rituxan (rituximab)
Performing studies that paved the way for the development of the breast cancer drug Herceptin
Providing some of the strongest evidence linking cigarette smoking with lung cancer and higher overall death rates, leading to the landmark 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
Providing the first epidemiological evidence that obesity increases risk of premature death, and helping establish the link between obesity and death from breast, colorectal, and other cancers

More about Tampa Cattle Baron's Ball

Join us!

Brand your calendar, grab your hat and dust off your boots for what promises to be a rip-roaring, kick up your heels good time and make a measurable difference in the fight against cancer. We hope to see you there!

Event Details:

Saturday, February 8, 2025
Shanna and Bryan Glazer JCC
522 N Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
6:00 PM

For more information on sponsorship and table opportunities, contact Sara Guando at sara.guando@cancer.org.