I. When I made my Audience Analysis I found out that 70% of us has had a love one diagnose with cancer, and 71% of us lose their love one to cancer. Today I want to tell you the story of my Grandfather. When I was 9 years old my Grandfather was diagnose with Lymphoma of Hodgkin. I firsthand experience and saw how cancer can physically and mentally destroy a person and their love ones. Over the next four years my Grandfather fought cancer, and initially my Grandfather defeated cancer. Nevertheless his fight against cancer was far from over, one year later his cancer comeback stronger than ever and after a six months battle my Grandfather lose his life.
II. According to the American Cancer Society it’s expected that in 2015 there …show more content…
It can be difficult to think that each one of us can make a difference in the fight against cancer. In reality by donating our time and/or 68 cents per day to the American Cancer Society we can make a difference in the fight against cancer and have an impact in the life of cancer patients.
A. Those 68 cents become 20.48 dollars at the end of the month and the American Cancer Society is able to fund their different programs. The American Cancer Society uses 80% of all donations to help people with cancer and the other 20% is used in pay roll (American Cancer Society, 2015). Today I will like to talk about three of the most important programs of the American Cancer Society.
1. One of the many things that the American Cancer Society is able to do with the donation money is to found themselves and give grants and scholarships to different researchers in order to find new cures, prevention methods and develop new health policies against cancer in the United States. (American Cancer Society, 2015)
a. Since 1946 the American Cancer Society has donated more than 4 billion dollars on research to find cures to the cancer epidemic. And 47 of the researches that have been patronized by the American Cancer Society have won the Noble Prize. (American Cancer Society,