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If one person CAN battle cancer, a nation CAN rise up and defeat it. Join us in the fight today by becoming a member of ACS CAN - www.fightcancer.org.

10/26/2026

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09/22/2026

Thank you Troy Jackson for signing American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN's !

Our volunteers appreciate your commitment to cancer patients by pledging to support increases to cancer research, protect affordable health care and cancer prevention and early detection programs. Your support will help save lives. Check which other candidates have signed the promise today: https://www.fightcancer.org/cancer-promise

09/21/2026

Thank you Susan Collins for signing American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CANs ! We appreciate your commitment to evidence-based policies to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. This includes supporting:
- Increases to federal funding for cancer research
- Policies that protect access to affordable health care
- Cancer prevention and early detection programs

Elected officials will play a critical role in leading public policy changes that are vital to the fight against cancer. See which candidates have signed the Cancer Promise here: https://www.cancervotes.org/cancerpromise

09/09/2026

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN's annual Virtual Silent Auction is now live! Our team in Maine has a few items available for bidding including homemade and locally curated items!

Don’t miss the opportunity to win something truly special—get your bids in before Monday, September 14 at 8:40 pm ET. Best of all, proceeds go towards continuing our mission to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.

Link: www.fightcancer.org/2026auction

08/27/2026

Thank you Matt Dunlap For Congressfor joining American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN volunteers this weekend for our virtual coffee chat!

Our volunteers are so grateful for the opportunity to share their stories and why they advocate. We appreciate you sharing your position on important cancer issues, including accelerating cures through cancer research and protecting affordable access to care and cancer prevention programs.

07/20/2026

Thank you Matt Dunlap For Congress for signing ACS CAN's ! We appreciate your commitment to evidence based policies to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
This includes supporting:
- Increases to federal funding for cancer research
- Policies that protect access to affordable health care
- Cancer prevention and early detection programs

Elected officials will play a critical role in leading public policy changes that are vital to the fight against cancer. See which candidates have signed the Cancer Promise here:
https://www.cancervotes.org/cancerpromise

07/14/2026

06/23/2026

04/24/2026

Our volunteers truly are the reason why we are able to see so many great successes in Maine and throughout the country. We are so lucky to work with Mainers who are so passionate and dedicated to the fight against cancer!

If our posts have moved you to get involved with ACS CAN Maine, please sign up to join our volunteer team. https://fightcancer.org/VolME

04/23/2026

For today's spotlight, we are thrilled to introduce Co-Act Lead, Carol Pesti. Carol has called many places home: Massachusetts, Virginia, and she now resides in Jay, Maine. Carol has been with ACS CAN since its creation in 2001, originally representing Virginia until her retirement in 2019. She is a passionate, caring, and persistent advocate with our organization and we're so glad to have her on the team!

Q+A with Carol:
Q: What is your personal cancer connection?
A: I was diagnosed with breast cancer late 1998 only months after losing my dad to prostate cancer. In early 1999 I began volunteering for my local ACS board and Relay For Life event. Over the course of the following years I would become a caregiver to my Mom and ultimately lose her to lung cancer and both of my brothers would be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Q: What do you like about advocating with us?
A: I am honored to be a voice for all the other cancer patients, survivors and caregivers advocating for policy and laws that benefit the patients and their families and loved ones.

Q: What is your proudest ACS CAN moment?
A: Having been selected to represent my district at the Celebration on the Hill in Washington DC in both 2002 and 2006. Also the passing and signing of legislation for Medicaid expansion in Virginia.

Q: When you're not advocating for cancer patients, what can people find you doing?
A: I love the outdoors camping, hiking, fishing, kayaking in the milder months and snowshoeing in the winter. I also enjoy photography.

Address

1 Bowdoin Mill Interstate, Ste 300
Topsham, ME
04086

Website

http://fightcancer.org/me

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