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Cancer Crusade Begins Sat.Published Wednesday, April 10, 1996 in the Nevada County PicayuneAmerican Cancer Crusade begins Saturday, April 13, with a kick-off meeting at Central Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. Lanora Dalrymple, local chairman, says workers will receive kits with health information to be given house to house. A goal of $10,000 has been set by the local American Cancer Society. The entire county will be served by volunteers. Kits will be returned by April 22. With early detection and prevention about 89 percent of cancer patients will survive. Programs to teach women about breast cancer, school literature on smoking, research into cancer causes, home facilities available to the cancer patient are only a part of the services AMC offers the community. When workers arrive at homes everyone is asked to be ready to receive information and give generously to cancer. Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
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