Looking back to President Nixon’s declaration of “War on Cancer” in 1972, have we accomplished what we set out to do? More people are dying from cancer than ever before. It is up to us, not the drug companies who are motivated only by profit, to stop this madness.

"Where's the outrage?" Annie asked repeatedly. "Why aren't people screaming in protest about this? Why isn't our government doing more to end this disease?"

Just one week before she died at the age of 37 on February 3, 2001, while struggling with every breath, Annie looked at her husband and asked him to carry out her mission of educating people to the facts about cancer, exposing inadequacies in our current system and empowering people to prevent and eradicate cancer once and for all.

It was Annie's full intention to reach out to people across the country to inform them of the true facts about cancer. She intended to implore our political leaders, on behalf of all Americans, to take a stand to truly eliminate cancer. With Annie as its inspiration, ASCEND immediately began to move to fulfill its mission.

Our intention is to:

• Identify and communicate to both the public and national legislators carcinogens in our food and water supply and demand that the public be informed of the justifications for these practices.
• Initiate media programs to make the public aware of the magnitude of the cancer epidemic in America, to increase awareness of primary prevention, and to communicate how each individual can make a difference.
• Involve the public in creating a mandate for our legislative leaders to eliminate carcinogens in our food and water and to approve the necessary funding to end cancer in our lifetimes.

To that end, currently, we are raising funds to launch a national media campaign to dramatically raise public awareness of the alarming and growing statistics and facts about cancer.