Monday, February 8, 2016

Group seeks to unite lighthouses in fight against cancer – The Southern

The Chance Light Foundation, a St. Louis-based non-profit that built a lighthouse in Metropolis as a symbol of cancer awareness, launched its Beacons of Chance project last week to delivering better focus to the illness across the world.

“We feel that launching the globe “Beacons of Hope” project today was quite right because it is globe Cancer Day that promotes uniting the worlds population to grab associated with the fight versus cancer by raising awareness”, Rudy Bess, co-founder of The Chance Light Foundation, said regard Thursday. 

The Foundation “Beacons of Hope” project launch is listed as an activity regard the globe Cancer Day’s website Map of Impact.   

Related

Light of hope about to be turned on

METROPOLIS — After nine years, the very first beacon of Chance versus cancer for Southern Illinoi…

According to the globe Healthiness Organization, 8.2 million people will certainly die from cancer throughout the globe this year along with 1four million brand-new cases diagnosed, Bess said. 

Within the next 2 decades, international brand-new cancer cases will increase to 22 million and if left unchecked, cancer deaths will certainly rise to a lot more compared to 13 million. This year, in the United States alone, a lot more compared to 573,000 people will certainly die from cancer along with a lot more compared to 1.five million brand-new cases diagnosed, he said.

The Chance Light Foundation built the Metropolis Lighthouse as a way to raise cancer awareness and as a symbol of Chance for surviving cancer, Bess said.

Related

+5
Lung cancer screenings are life savers

Lung cancer is treatable by surgery if caught early, clinical professionals say.

He claims it is the world’s very first lighthouse that was designed, built and devoted to the fight versus cancer. Lighthouses throughout the globe will certainly have actually the opportunity to connect the Metropolis Lighthouse in fighting cancer by helping raise cancer awareness and conserve lives, he said.

Bess and his wife Beverly are co-founders of The Chance Light Foundation.  They have actually visited a lot more compared to 450 lighthouses in the United States and Canada and have actually gained appreciation for their history and lore. 

Related

+4
Southern Illinois cancer numbers shockingly bad

Contrary to Point out and national declines in the variety of people smoking tobacco, the routine i…

“Lots of people look upon lighthouses as resources of strength and inspiration which has actually gained them preferred travel destinations”, Bess said.  “I feel the Beacons of Chance project will certainly raise the total public’s interest in heading to participating lighthouses while increasing their interest in learning exactly how to detect cancer very early and conserve lives,” he said.

0 comments

Post a Comment