International Cancer Advocacy Network

Basic Information

Address: 27 West Morten Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021-7246 By Appointment Only
Phone Number: 602-618-0183
Fax Number: 602-926-8109
Director: Marcia K. Horn, President and CEO

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Additional Information

Causes Served: Cancer Patient Advocacy; Cancer Drug Discovery Initiatives
Clearances Required: No
Background Check: No
Population Served: Stage IV cancer patients in the US and abroad
Ages for Volunteer: Age 16 and older
Hours of Service: ICAN works 24/7 on Patient Services; our volunteers can choose their own hours.
Minimum Hours Required: As many as the Volunteer is willing to give; we have an inexhaustible supply of interesting projects.
Days of Service: Can work from home on web research, fundraising, or clerical projects
Mission Statement:

ICAN provides customized patient advocacy services to Stage IV cancer patients in over separate cancers and cancer subtypes who have been "written off" by their medical teams and who have been sent home with no options. ICAN seeks to expedite the anticancer drug discovery pipeline at all levels.

Philosophy/Belief Statement:

No cancer patient should be written off by any medical team. No cancer patient should be divested of hope. No cancer patient should be in intractable pain.

Program History:

ICAN (previously known as IFADD, International Foundation for Anticancer Drug Discovery) was launched in Phoenix on Valentine's Day 1997.
We have dealt with thousands of cancer patients on advocacy and treatment issues. We lobbied successfully for a $10 million Arizona state legislature appropriation for a newly created Arizona Anticancer Drug Discovery Program in 1998-1999 which benefited academic and medical centers throughout the state. Over 90% of our time is devoted to Patient Program Services.

We actively seek volunteers in over 11 separate areas of ICAN, particularly Web Research and Fundraising.

Volunteers work from home.

Events:

Annual Golf Tournament
Jewels of the Sea Ball
Salon Concerts--piano and voice
Marathon Team: "Fred's ICAN Get Fit" Team for PF Chang Marathon on Sunday, January 17, 2009--runners, donors, and volunteers needed
ICAN Take Control: Self-Defense Seminars with the renowned Mike Hayashi

Additional Information:

Please call ICAN at 602-618-0183 if you are interested in volunteering and send a brief description of your background and skill set via email to contact@askican.org

 

We are in need of volunteers in the following areas:

1) Web Research Interns in basic science categories

2) Microsoft Access Database Inputters

3) Clerical and Filing--pick up files, alphabetize and put in chron order, etc.; then drop off completed work

4) Event Committees:  Golf; Salon Concerts; Ball; Fundraising and Program Ad Sales Year Round; Silent Auction Item Procurement Year Round; PF Chang January 17, 2010 Marathon volunteers, runners, and fundraisers.