Our Goals & Strategies
Community Outreach and Support Services Program
Goal: LCA will strive to be the most objective, fact-based, comprehensive, and real-time provider of lung cancer information, as well as provide hope, compassion and support to those impacted by the disease.
Lung Cancer Information Line (800-298-2436): A toll free information and referral service providing current and reliable information on lung cancer, symptoms, early detection, recent diagnoses, treatment options, clinical trials, second opinion information, smoking cessation, psychosocial support, financial assistance and transportation issues. The information line operates weekdays from 9am to 5pm.
Lung Love Life Community Outreach: A community outreach effort to medical institutions nationwide, primarily hospitals and cancer centers. We maintain ~1,500 contacts at these facilities across the country and includes targeted follow-up to fulfill additional material requests, gather informal feedback, measure effectiveness, and answer any questions about our services and programs to ensure that newly diagnosed patients know that they are not alone and there is a place to go for help, information and action.
www.lungcanceralliance.org: An award winning and comprehensive website with the most up to date and relevant information on every aspect of lung cancer, prevention, early detection, treatment, support, resources, latest news, advocacy issues and how to get involved in the movement.
Phone Buddy Program: A free program offering peer-to-peer mentoring support that matches survivors or caregivers to others who have similar experiences providing long distance calling cards for all participants. Each volunteer undergoes training sessions and has access to our materials, resources and manuals.
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials Matching Service (800-698-0931): A toll-free pre-screening and referral service that quickly identifies clinical trial options that match each person’s specific diagnosis, stage and treatment history. The service also publishes and widely distributes an annual New Directions newsletter.
Lung Love Link: A free on-line interactive support community that provides a forum for discussion and awareness on lung cancer issues. www.lunglovelink.org
Lung Cancer Alliance Times: A quarterly newsletter distributed to patients, caregivers, families and the medical community providing commentary and information on a broad range of topics.
National Awareness Program
Goal: LCA will implement a marketing and communications strategy that will change the face of lung cancer and reduce the stigma associated with the disease.
Out of the Shadows: Lung Cancer – national awareness campaign working with health reporters and other media interests using the platform of lung cancer in women, among minorities and Veterans to bring heightened understanding, identify spokespeople and educate legislators on federal and state levels.
National Shine A Light on Lung Cancer Vigil – a national awareness effort taking place every November during Lung Cancer Awareness Month with vigils occurring in every state to ignite a national dialogue and make lung cancer a national public health priority.
Team Lung Love -- an endurance sports training program focused exclusively on raising awareness and support for lung cancer. Marathoners, novice runners and walkers of all levels and ages are joining the Team with runs across the country, providing an opportunity for survivors and all those touched by the disease to add their voices to the lung cancer movement while bringing hope and compassion to millions.
Faces of Lung Cancer: An expanding collage of pictures and stories featuring survivors and loved ones touched by lung cancer currently housed on our website - a visual affirmation of the true face of lung cancer so misunderstood by the public at large.
Annual State of Lung Cancer Report Card: An annual assessment of federal and state progress in the battle to eradicate the disease.
Health Policy Program
Goal: LCA will lead the lung cancer advocacy movement to secure adequate federal and state resources leading to the discovery of lung cancer cures.
Educating federal & state policy leaders on the need for greater resources for lung cancer research including prevention, early detection, and treatment.
Working with thousands of volunteer advocates in every state introducing ground-breaking legislation to establish pilot programs for research and early disease management.
Annual Capitol Forum: training individuals in Washington, DC as lung cancer activists broadening participation and the advocacy network as resources allow each and every year.