UPCOMING EVENTS 2012:

1st ANNUAL ACCI CANCER PREVENTION WALKATHON

Walk 4 Loved Ones-Walk/Run 4 A Cause                   

 Walk Toward Prevention/Awareness for Breast, Cervical, Colon, Lung and Prostate Cancers.

Date: February 25, 2012                                           

 Location: Southwyck Lake Park, 2600 Shelby Dr. Silverlake          

(Between Northfolk and Shelby Drive)                            

Pearland, Texas 77584                                                    

  Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

 February is Cancer Prevention month. We at ACCI are devoted to fighting cancer through prevention and early detection. Prevention, key to fight against cancer!! Early detection, key to Cancer Survival!!     Join the Walk 4 loved ones. Walk 4 your wife, husband, mom, dad, brother, sister or a friend.

Proceeds to Benefit: Medical Mission to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. ACCI will be donating hospital Equipments to St. Ann’s Bay Hospital in Ocho Rio; Local Screening Events & those with Cancer; Medical Missions to Promote Cancer Awareness, Screening, Treatment, Surgery, Education and Capacity Building.
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SPRING MEDICAL MISSION

Location: Ocho Rios, Jamaica W.I.  During this mission, ACCI will be donating a container load of hospital equipments to St. Ann’s Bay Hospital.

Date: March 24-April 3, 2012

 

LOCAL SCREENING EVENTS

 NATIONAL CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING -Event Cancelled

January Cervical Cancer Screening Event scheduled for January 28, 2012 has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances at the venue.  We apologise for any inconviniences this may have caused.  Please join us at our screening event in April. 

MINORITY CANCER AWARENESS WEEK, APRIL 22-28, 2012

To mark this week, ACCI will conduct free Pap Smear and clinical breast examination for women in the Houston area.

Location: 6011 Telephone Road, Houston TX, 77087 

Date: April 28, 2012

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

OTHER SCREENING DATES FOR 2012

July 14, 2012: Breast, Cervical and Prostate Cancr

October 27, 2012: Breast and Cervical Cancer

 

CANCER PREVENTION SEMINAR       

Location: TBA

Date: September 14-16, 2012

 

FALL MEDICAL MISSION 

Location: Imo State Nigeria 

Date: September 29 – October 10, 2012

 

 

 

2012 Spring Medical Mission:

Location: Scheduled for Ocho Rios, Jamaica W.I.

Date: March 24-April 3, 2012

We are accepting volunteers.  To volunteer, go to home page and clic on volunteer to complete volunteer application.

Upcoming Silverlake 5-K Cancer Walkathon

“Walk 4 Loved Ones – Walk 4 Cancer Prevention” on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Southwyck Lake Park, Northfork Drive and Shelby Drive, Silverlake, Pearland, Texas 77584.

Registration begins at 8.00 a.m.

Walk starts at 9.00 a.m.

Entrance Fee: $200.00 Group (a group consists of 10) and $25.00 individuals. Groups can be more than 10 .  Four largest groups win door prizes
No transfers and no refunds of entry fees will be given.  On-line registration available through website www.africacancercareinc.org.  Online registration ends February 18, 2012.  On-site registration:  Available.  Note:  Cash or check only accepted at on-site registration.

Parking: Parking is available at Silver Creek Elementary on Southwyck Road, acorss from the Gulf Course. 

 Onsite Registration: At Silver Creek Elementary.

Walk Route: Walk will be kicked off at Silver Lake Elementary going East on Southwyck Road, South on County Road 94, West on County Road 59, North on County Road 90, East on North Folk and ends at Southwyck Lake Park on Shelby Dr.

Directions: Silver Lake Elementary - located one block south of FM 518 (aka Broadway) between County Road 90 and County Road 94 ( Southwyck Road across the gulf course) Southwyck Park Lake – located one block south of FM 518 (aka Broadway) between County Road 90  and county road 89 (Old Chocolate Bayou).  From Houston, take Hwy 288 South – Past Beltway 8 and exit FM 518.  Take FM 518 and travel east. Turn Right on County Road 94 and left on Southwyck Road or drive further south to county road 90 and turn right then right on Southwyck Road.

For more details, please call 713-995-8000 or check Africa Cancer Care Inc. website.