The American Cancer Society is a volunteer organization located throughout the United States. Its main aim is to raise funds and awareness of the severity and prevalence of cancer. Cancer education and research are where most of the attention and monetary donations are used. The American Cancer Society is committed to its goal of “less cancer and more birthdays” across all generations and populations (ACS Inc., 2011). The American Cancer Society began its fight in 1913, starting as the American Society for the Control of Cancer. (ASCC), which included fifteen members in New York City (ACS Inc, 2011). Cancer has never been a high priority disease and has often been sidelined due to there being no cure, difficult conditions and low diagnoses. In 1945, after World War II, the ASCC was reorganized and renamed the American Cancer Society (ACS) (ACS Inc, 2011). At this point, America was able to recognize problems on the home front, and that major public health problems were evident. In 1946, a woman named Mary Lasker, a member of the original ASCC, helped raise more than $4 million for the Society, where one million of it was used to initiate and fund the infamous cancer research (ACS Inc, 2011). Shortly thereafter, Dr. Sidney Farber, one of the Company's first research beneficiaries, achieved the first temporary cancer remission in a child with acute leukemia using the drug Aminopterin (ACS Inc, 2011). The ACS has been developing research theories for decades, dedicating approximately $3.5 billion to finding a cure for cancer through research (ACS, 2011). With the nationally recognized ACS name, they have been able to help fund many national, government, and hospital prevention strategies and research. Currently, t... half of the card... faith. Even though my friend lost his battle with esophageal cancer, he raised over $50,000 for the ACS with the help of our community, family and friends. He wanted to repay ACS for what he had done for him and wanted nothing more than to save someone else from what he had gone through. ACS remained by his side until the end giving him hope and support and for this reason I think it is an extraordinary organization. I don't think any improvements need to be made to this organization. They use all types of educational and prevention tools, including technology, media and events. ACS can only continue research in hopes of finding the cure for cancer. Time is the only factor that can work for or against the Company's efforts. Spreading faith, knowledge and strategies to beat cancer is the only way to keep people safe from the burden of cancer.