The American Cancer Society is on a mission to free the world from cancer. For more than 100 years, the Society has led the evolution in the way the world prevents, detects, treats, and thinks about cancer. As the nation’s preeminent cancer-fighting organization, ACS funds and conducts research, shares expert information, supports people with cancer, spreads the word about prevention, and through its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, advocates for public policy change. The Society is committed to ensuring that ALL people have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer – regardless of income, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status,or where they live.
Carnival has been a longstanding partner of the American Cancer Society for many years. Since 2015, Carnival Foundation has hosted three Corporate Relay For Life events, collectively raising over $1 million. During Carnival’s Relay For Life, employees and their families from Carnival Cruise Line and Carnival Corporation came together to celebrate cancer survivors, remember those lost and fight back against this disease. Because of these generous donations, the American Cancer Society continues to fulfill its mission to save lives, celebrate lives and lead the fight for a world without cancer.
In 2019, ACS set a nationwide goal to reduce the cancer death rate by an additional 40% by 2035, which could lead to approximately 1.3 million fewer cancer deaths between 2020 and 2035. The American Cancer Society is working to achieve this goal through targeted efforts that include investments in research, improving equitable access to care and urging people to resume cancer screenings.
Thanks to partners like Carnival and ACS’s decades of work, a cancer diagnosis does not come without hope, and the cancer journey is not one that is traveled alone. To learn more about the American Cancer Society, please visit www.cancer.org.
