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Announcements, events, and stories from across our Contra Costa County chapter.
Chapter members ran a community bake sale at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, raising money for Lights of Hope and putting ACS SEL in front of hundreds of community members on a busy weekend afternoon.
Read MoreA resolution carried by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi establishes a statewide Student Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention Week each October — drafted and championed by SEL Member Kaitlyn Lee.
Read MoreA resolution authored by SEL Member Sim Sidhu and carried by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan officially establishes September as Teen Girls' Reproductive Health Awareness Month in California.
Read MoreChapter members led a 45-minute workshop on the Las Positas College campus covering early detection, cancer risk factors, and how students can plug into advocacy work.
Read MoreIn collaboration with Dougherty Valley High School, our chapter fielded a team at the local Relay For Life walk — raising funds for the American Cancer Society and honoring those in our community touched by cancer.
Read MoreWith recent onboarding cohorts from San Ramon Valley and Monte Vista, the Contra Costa chapter is now the largest SEL chapter in Northern California.
Read MoreOver two weeks in February, chapter members set up information tables at Dougherty Valley, Monte Vista, San Ramon Valley, and De La Salle/Carondelet — collecting over 40 new member interest forms.
Read MoreMembers partnered with a local Chipotle for a dine-and-donate night, turning a weekday dinner into a fundraiser for the chapter's cancer advocacy work.
Read MoreOur members rallied across school networks to raise $2,750 for ACS CAN's signature Lights of Hope campaign — turning every $10 donation into a bag dedicated to someone touched by cancer.
Read MoreGovernor Newsom signs landmark pediatric cancer research bill into law. Contra Costa County ACS SEL Co-Founder Devansh Karavati was among the youth advocates who helped push it across the finish line.
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