Three-network telethon for cancer airs in September
It was announced today that in a monumental move, ABC, CBS, and NBC will collaborate to air a telethon on September 5 featuring a collection of celebrities. The hour-long special is a fundraiser for cancer research and has been termed "Stand Up to Cancer."
The telethon will include musical performances and appearances from actors, athletes, and journalists. Viewers will be invited to donate by calling the celebrity-staffed phone bank or by texting. This sort of collaborative event is rare but not unprecedented. In recent years, similar fundraisers have been hosted for victims of Hurricane Katrina and September 11th.
Stand Up to Cancer will feature such celebrities as Meryl Streep, Lance Armstrong, Forest Whitaker, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, America Ferrera, Danica Patrick, Salma Hayek, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Masi Oka and news anchors Charles Gibson, Brian Williams and Katie Couric. The list is expected to grow as the event nears.
FOX was invited to join the telethon, but declined so as to focus on their own global outreach project, "Idol Gives Back," centered around American Idol stars. FOX will promote Stand Up to Cancer by airing public service announcements for the event.
According to the Associated Press, "The telethon is part of a broader initiative aimed at raising money to quicken the pace of research leading to development of new treatments. The effort is to be administered by the American Association for Cancer Research under the direction of a committee led by Phillip A. Sharp of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT."
Well, are they going to treat meso research like an orphan and completely dismiss it from inclusion — I suspect they are giving to the MAIN or more common cancers! Do you have any info on this?
Hey Lois,
Thanks for your comments. Stand Up to Cancer is a great organization that is trying to bring awareness to cancer of all types. The main goal of the organization and the telethon is focusing on cancer research projects that hold the most promise and to rapidly translate that them into clinical trials.
For more information you can go to their website at http://www.standup2cancer.org/
Dr.Irving Selikoff research is highly used today. One of his findings is:One asbestos fiber inhaled into the lungs LEADS to cancer.In Meso people, I suggest they be made well drugged and left alone to die because once you are diagnosed with Meso, it is too late.No Cure.Recently a 28 years old woman “survived Meso”…AFTER she had the lining of her stomach,lungs and heart removed.She has since died.But why dissect her before she dies seems to me to be a money making ordeal to rape those dieing with what ever can be got before they die…Leave these people to die with dignity and some level of human compassion.I tell all who will listen to stay away from Libby Mt as Libby is not safe to anything that breathes.Sign..Dieing from Libby Mt asbestos.People/families continue to move their and this has to stop.