| The Cancer Aid & Research program is designed to fufill the following goals: |
- Education—creating an awareness of the importance of early detection and treatment as a major way to eliminate cancer.
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- Research—providing funding to promising cancer research throughout the U.S.
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- Assistance to members who have cancer—providing small financial grants.
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| History: |
- The Cancer Research Fund was begun by National President Dorothy Mann in 1947 as an instrument to fund cancer research.
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