Welcome! Welcome to this special edition of The Hummingbird Times. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a national campaign dedicated to increasing attention to lung cancer issues. The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation is proud to do our part in raising awareness of the number one cancer killer in the world. With your help, we can make a difference.
The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation is excited to be an official sponsor of the Fourth Annual Atlanta Lung Cancer Awareness Run and Walk. Saturday Morning, November 8th The Concourse Office Park / Dunwoody, Georgia 
Learn more and register here.
Lung Cancer Support Group We are proud to sponsor the Lung Cancer Support Group at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. 
Cannot make it to a meeting? How about talking one-to-one with another survivor or caregiver? We can connect you to someone who will listen and support you! Please contact Sarah Penna at 404-851-5051 or CSNinfo@sjha.org.
Stay up-to-date! Frequent our official blog.
Savvy Solution? The Atlanta Journal-Constituion recently published an article about earlty detection CT scans for lung cancer. Doctors Say Earlier Detection Using CT Scans Could 'Drastically Reduce' Lung Cancer Deaths
Read it here. Learn more about early detection here.
Easing the Stigma "I wanted hope and compassion, not blame and shame" Great article from AARP Bulletin Today. Check it out here.
Miss an Issue? You can view our Newsletter Archives here. | Fact of the Month Every day, nearly 450 Americans die from lung cancer.
Tickets and Sponsorships Available Now at at www.dancingforjoan.com! Join Emcee Nancy Grace of CNN and Honorary Chairman Paul Scheinberg, Chief of Staff at Saint Joseph's Hospital on Saturday, February 21st for a wonderful evening of cocktails, dinner, dancing, and silent auction! Learn more at www.dancingforjoan.com!
Holidays are Almost Here! Now is a great time to get a head start on your holiday shopping. All proceeds benefit the foundation and will help us in our mission to raise awareness, to educate the public, and to be an advocate for research. 
You can also help our cause just by buying your gifts at many of the on-line stores where you already shop - with no extra money out of your pocket! 
Just head to your favorite on-line store via GoodShop for Joan! When you buy gifts at many of the the places that you already shop, a percentage of each purchase is donated to The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation at no cost to you! Simply access these stores via GoodShop.com. Save this link in your "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" Go here first whenever you are shopping online! You must access your favorite store via this link in order for the purchase to benefit our foundation. GoodShop is a free service, and their online mall features hundreds brand-name stores like Amazon.com, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Staples, Land's End, The Home Depot, and more! They all offer super savings and deals every day…and free donations to our foundation! 
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