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Top 5 Reasons to Become a Monthly Donor to the American Cancer Society

Monthly giving to the American Cancer Society is the best way to help create a cancer-free future. It effectively supports lifesaving research, prevention, early detection, patient support, and essential information for people facing cancer and their families. Join us today!
 

1. Every month, you’ll know that you’re helping provide a home away from home.

Supporting the Hope Lodge® program means giving patients and their caregivers a comforting place to stay during treatment, reducing the financial burden and stress associated with travel.

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2. Your monthly donation ensures patients never miss a treatment due to transportation issues.

Every year, thousands of people with cancer rely on our Road To Recovery® program for transportation to their treatments. Your monthly donation ensures they have a dependable way to get to their appointments, allowing them to concentrate on getting better.

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3. Your donation ensures 24/7 availability for people facing cancer.

Thanks to the generous support of monthly donors, our trained cancer information specialists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. This constant availability ensures that patients and caregivers have access to accurate and timely information whenever they need it.

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4. Your support helps connect people facing breast cancer with someone who has been there.

The American Cancer Society Reach To Recovery® program connects people facing breast cancer – from diagnosis through survivorship – with trained volunteers who are breast cancer survivors. This connection provides a unique and invaluable source of comfort.

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5. Your donation fuels groundbreaking research.

Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has been a key player in major cancer breakthroughs, investing over $5 billion in research. We are the largest nonprofit funder of cancer research in the US, outside of the federal government. We fund science breakthroughs that save lives.

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Ready to make a difference?

Your gifts are essential to helping us provide critical support for people with cancer and their families and fund world-class research that brings hope. Your continued generosity will help us make even more progress toward a future free from cancer. That's why we are encouraging you to become our newest monthly donor today.

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FAQs

Yes, monthly donations are a great way to help sustain our work to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. When you pledge to give a specific monthly donation by credit card – in an amount you are comfortable with – you join a group of committed supporters helping to save 500 lives a day from cancer. 

Monthly giving is easy! 

  • Use our safe and secure online form to join the fight against cancer today.
  • Call 1-800-227-2345 to learn more about becoming a monthly donor. 

Your card will be charged at the time of making your first monthly online gift, then will be charged on the same day each month until you ask us to stop.

Monthly donors receive an annual statement reflecting the prior year's total contributions. This statement is usually mailed in February.

Call us at 1-800-227-2345 or live chat with us at cancer.org.

Yes, just let us know by calling 1-800-227-2345 or chatting with us at cancer.org. 

 

For all other donation-related or general questions, call 1-800-227-2345.