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Princeton University Athletics
Henderson to Participate in American Cancer Society's Lobby Day Sept. 29
September 23, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 Head Coach of Men's Basketball, will participate in the American Cancer Society's Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29.
Henderson also participated in the event two years ago. This time, he'll be teaming with Iowa coach and Penn alum Fran McCaffery, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger and Notre Dame coach Mike Brey in an effort that will encourage federal investment in cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.
"It is an honor for me to be a part of the fight against cancer with the American Cancer Society and of course with Coaches Versus Cancer," Henderson said. "In coaching, it's the little things that matter and that is also true in the fight against this disease as it takes lots of little efforts to accomplish something big."
The coaches are members of Coaches vs. Cancer®, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. This group of more than 2,000 Division I, II and III college basketball coaches has made the commitment to beat cancer, raising more than $87 million since its inception to fund cancer research.
The American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.acscan.org.