The Cancer Project 2010 Action Plan

Nutrition and Cooking Programs

• Extend Food for Life Classes to at least 20 new cities to reach a total of 150 cities and tens of thousands of people!

• Partner with local communities to create new programs for underserved residents, who are the most vulnerable to poor eating habits that ultimately jeopardize their health.

• Create new Food for Life programs to inspire children to learn healthy eating habits that will carry them through adulthood.

• Strengthen our Food for Life alumni network to provide ongoing information and motivation after classes have ended with an online community, conference calls, and local gatherings.

Educational Resources

• Expand The Cancer Project Book Angel program to make The Cancer Survivor’s Guide more accessible to people struggling to survive a cancer diagnosis.

• Enhance our library of free information on diet’s role in cancer prevention and survival.

Public Health and Advocacy Campaigns

• Aggressively pursue a lawsuit we filed in 2009 against a number of fast-food restaurants to require them to disclose warnings to customers that their grilled chicken products contain the known carcinogen PhIP.

• Continue to distribute public service announcements (PSAs) featuring Emmy-award winning actress Jennifer Landon and Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill and develop new PSAs to promote cancer prevention and survival.

Research

• Continue our five-year clinical research study at the University of California, San Diego on the effects of a plant-based diet on prostate cancer prevention and survival.

• Launch a large-scale study to map the effectiveness of our nutrition education program on affecting life-changing behaviors and eating habits.

For a list of planned locations for 2010 Food for Life Classes, please see below.

Planned Locations 2010 Food for Life Classes

Go to CancerProject.org to find the most current schedules or to check for new locations.