From Deseret News archives:
Nephi cancer survivor to lobby Congress
She'll urge lawmakers to back prevention and care policies
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is hosting its annual leadership summit and lobby day so Tolley and others can urge elected officials to back ACS CAN's federal initiatives designed to reduce suffering and deaths from cancer.
Tolley is a breast cancer survivor who is currently battling liver cancer. She is one of only six women in the world to have run a marathon on all seven continents and continues to run races even in her late 60s. She has been an active American Cancer Society volunteer participating in Relay For Life, many of their patient services programs and advocating for change at the state and federal government levels.
The selected cancer advocates have been trained on lobbying elected officials, speaking with the media and engaging in grassroots activities in their districts. The legislative ambassadors will urge their members of Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration the broad authority to regulate the sale, advertising, manufacture and distribution of tobacco products, and boost the federal tobacco tax to discourage tobacco use and fund an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
For more information, visit www.acscan.org.
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