How the American Cancer Society is making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic
The American Cancer Society's acting COO, Kris Kim, describes how ACS is continuing to help cancer patients and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nShe also announced a new initiative: The American Cancer Society\u2019s Hope Lodge COVID-19 Response Fund.\n\nThis fund will help the Society use Hope Lodges to provide health care workers (such as doctors, nurses, and first responders) with rest, comfort, and care during the pandemic.\n\nVisit http://cancer.org/coronavirus for more details.\n\n3:21 \u2013 What it\u2019s like living in New York City right now\n\n6:36 \u2013 Ways she has seen the spirit of the American Cancer Society coming through during the pandemic\n\n9:33 \u2013 The American Cancer Society\u2019s COVID-19 Response Hope Lodge Emergency Operations Fund\n\n12:29 \u2013 Why Hope Lodges are so important to cancer patients and caregivers, and why the risk of coronavirus entering Hope Lodges led ACS to make difficult decisions\n\n17:54 \u2013 How ACS has been impacted by COVID-19, and how ACS is getting creative to confront some of these challenges\n\n20:51 \u2013 How the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has engaged during the pandemic to protect vulnerable populations\n\n24:45 \u2013 A message for cancer researchers\n\n27:29 \u2013 What ACS supporters can do to keep up the fight during the pandemic \n\n29:42 \u2013 What she hopes cancer survivors and caregivers can take away from this conversation