Patient Programs
Free Rides to Treatment
https://www.cancer.org/support-programs-and-services/road-to-recovery.html
Get a free ride to cancer treatment
The American Cancer Society Road to Recovery program eases your burden by giving free rides to cancer-related medical appointments. Our trained volunteer drivers are happy to pick you up, take you to your appointment, and drop you off at home. All for free and all to make your days a little easier. Not having a ride shouldn't stand between you and lifesaving treatment.
Schedule a ride with Road to RecoveryConnect with us by calling 1-800-227-2345. to learn more about Road to Recovery availability near you and other resources to help you on your cancer journey.
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Am I eligible?
Patients must be traveling to a cancer-related medical appointment.
Other eligibility requirements may apply. For example, a caregiver may need to accompany a patient who cannot walk without help, or is under age 18. Contact us to find out what is available in your area, and what the specific requirements are.
It can take several business days to coordinate your ride, so please call us at 1-800-227-2345 well in advance of your appointment date.
How do I become a Road to Recovery Volunteer?
Volunteering as a Road To Recovery® driver will put you at the heart of the American Cancer Society’s mission and fulfill a critical need for cancer patients. If you own or have regular access to a safe, reliable vehicle, then you’re already on the road to volunteering.
Volunteer drivers must be between the ages of 18 and 84, have a valid driver’s license, pass a background check, and have access to a safe, reliable car.
To learn more about becoming a Road To Recovery® volunteer, please visit our Road To Recovery® volunteer page, linked below.
Be a Road To Recovery Volunteer
American Cancer Society Patient Lodging Programs
https://www.cancer.org/support-programs-and-services/patient-lodging.html
Getting the best care sometimes means cancer patients must travel away from home. This can place an extra emotional and financial burden on patients and caregivers during an already challenging time. The American Cancer Society is trying to make this difficult situation easier for both cancer patients and their families through our lodging programs.
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge communities offer a home away from home for people facing cancer and their caregivers when cancer treatment is far away.
At the 30+ Hope Lodge locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, ACS provides free lodging to more than 29,000 cancer patients and caregivers each year, saving them more than $55 million in lodging costs.
Extended Stay America Partnership
The American Cancer Society and Extended Stay America are once again partnering to connect eligible patients with cancer to reduced-rate hotel stays in over 700 locations across the country.
For cancer patients, getting the right treatment sometimes requires traveling away from home. Lodging expenses can present a significant financial barrier to receiving lifesaving treatment, and financial barriers are known to contribute to disparities in cancer outcomes. The partnership with Extended Stay America will help fill critical gaps and is aligned with the ACS goal of improving lives for people with cancer.
The American Cancer Society and Extended Stay America began the partnership in 2013. To date, Extended Stay America has donated more than 150,000 hotel room nights throughout the US, saving patients with cancer and their families over $9 million in lodging costs.
Learn more on our Extended Stay America Partner Page or call 1-800-227-2345.
ACS CARES
https://www.cancer.org/support-programs-and-services/acs-cares.html
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, deciding what’s next can be overwhelming. ACS CARES™ (Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support) is the only app that equips those facing cancer with curated content, programs, and services to fit their specific cancer journey.
Introducing ACS CARES, the mobile app that provides you, your family, and your caregivers with the resources to navigate your cancer journey with confidence. |
The ACS CARES mobile app provides people with cancer, their families, and caregivers an easy, free way to:
- Access personalized, quality cancer related information that updates as you age, as your situation changes, or as new information becomes available.
- Speak directly with American Cancer Society cancer information specialists when you have questions day or night, 365 days a year.
- Find reliable information on addressing important topics such as emotional health, finances, transportation, and dependent support.
- Connect virtually with trained community volunteers who share the same cancer experience and background including diagnosis, location, military status, race, and ethnicity.
- Receive in-person support from clinic volunteers at pilot locations.
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Reach to Recovery is now ACS CARES - same compassionate support, not with more personalized content, resources, and services. Volunteers and patients can still connect and find meaningful support through the ACS CARES app.
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How ACS CARES Works
Download the App
Download the free ACS CARES app from your mobile phone's App Store. The app is available on Google Play and the Apple Store. There is not a separate Spanish app to download. For those with Spanish selected as their internal phone settings language, the ACS CARES app will be displayed in Spanish upon downloading.
Build Your Personal Profile
Answer a few questions to help us match you with the best resources available for your unique situation.
Get Personalized Information & Support
Get personalized information and resources that update as you age, your situation changes, or new information becomes available. Instantly connect, 24/7 with ACS experts, or meet virtually with others who have gone through a similar experience as you or your caregiver.
Ways to Volunteer for ACS Cares
Sign up to be a Community Volunteer
Cancer survivors and caregivers of all ages connect virtually with app users who are going through a similar cancer journey to provide information, resources, and support.
Sign up to be a Student Volunteer
Students trained to provide non-clinical, individualized in-person support within health care systems.
Now accepting applications!
Empowered to Quit
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/tobacco/empowered-to-quit.html
Let’s face it, taking your life back from smoking is hard. But with help, you can be empowered to quit smoking for good.
American Cancer Society researchers developed Empowered to Quit, an email-based program to help you quit smoking. It all starts with making the decision to quit and planning your Quit Day.
Get Help Quitting
How to pick your Quit Day
You can set it as soon as tomorrow or up to 30 days from now. Be sure to give yourself enough time to come up with a quit plan, but not so much time that you’ll change your mind; it is best to pick a weekday that doesn’t look like it will be too stressful of a day. Let’s get started!
What happens after picking your Quit Day?
As your Quit Day gets closer, you can make your quit plan with the help of short emails from the American Cancer Society. Once your Quit Day arrives, you’ll continue to receive tailored emails and tools to support you along your quit journey.
Not sure it's your time to quit smoking?
Here are a few key reasons to quit from the 2020 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report:
- Quitting tobacco is beneficial at any age.
- Quitting tobacco improves health status and enhances the quality of life.
- Quitting tobacco reduces the risk of premature death and can add as much as a decade to life expectancy.
It’s not too late to quit using tobacco. There are many health benefits of quitting nicotine. In fact, the sooner you quit smoking, the more you can reduce your chances of getting cancer and other diseases.
Become empowered to quit right now!
If you choose to empower yourself to quit smoking with this program, you’ll also be able to share information to help motivate others to stay away from tobacco or quit smoking for good! Our researchers will take what they learn from supporting you and use that information to make our Empowered to Quit program even more helpful.