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Former patients, now patient partners, share their experiences about the impact Can Do Cancer made on their cancer journey.

Wow, it was another successful night of fundraising for Can Do Cancer! The updated total from our 12th annual Trivia Night Fundraiser is $163,837! These funds will allow us to serve 136 cancer patients and their families in our community.

The updated total from our 11th annual Trivia Night Fundraiser on October 21, 2023 was over $130,000! These funds will allow us to serve 108 cancer patients and their families in our community.

Former Can Do Cancer patient Kate McCartan shares her tips on how to help support someone with breast cancer.

Late last month, Susan Brown and Dayna Boyles-Carpenter had the great opportunity to join the folks at WHO Channel 13 to represent Can Do Cancer and chat about breast cancer awareness month.

A little long (~30 minutes), but they cover lots of important topics!

Our 10th annual Trivia Night was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who played a role in raising $150,000 for Can Do Cancer. We look forward to seeing you next year on October 21, 2023.

Health care providers say they're seeing a rise in breast cancer diagnoses recently, due to people putting off getting scans or waiting to get checked out.

Can Do Cancer president and founder Molly Zaver and board member Dayna Boyles-Carpenter discuss Can Do Cancer's mission on Hello Iowa with Megan Reuther.

Trivia Night on Saturday, October 23, 2021 was a huge success! The grand total raised for Can Do Cancer was $111,659!!!

Buy raffle tickets for a chance to win 4 cycles of coolsculpting at Revive Dermatology Clinic & Spa in Ankeny, IA. This is a $3,000 value and only 100 tickets are available!

The spooky season is coming to an end before we know it, but that doesn’t mean we’re over October. Scary doesn’t always have to be bad. Instead, use these final weeks as a reminder to do some scary-good deeds and give back to your community.

HyVee held a "Kick Cancer" chicken breast and coin collection fundraiser in October.

Purchase Bambinos cookies and a portion of the profits will go to Can Do Cancer.

They raised nearly $500 with a t-shirt fundraiser for Can Do Cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
This fire department has partnered with Can Do Cancer in the past, and we are grateful for their continued support.

Can Do Cancer received the Above + Beyond Cancer award for making an amazing impact in the cancer world. Click the title to view the celebratory video.

Thank you Central Iowa Sports in Des Moines for their Pink Out Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser. Their youth softball and baseball tournaments raised over $5,000 for Can Do Cancer! We are blown away by all of the players and their family and friends who came together to help us make a difference.

Can Do Cancer would like to extend a very special thank you to David Shilling and Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping - Altoona for the fundraiser they held in honor of one of their members fighting breast cancer. Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping- Altoona raised $1400 for Can Do Cancer! We are so appreciative of everyone who participated in this event during the month of October.

Drum roll please! We raised a whopping $40,557 at our Virtual Trivia Night that was held on Saturday! Simply amazing. Thank you to every sponsor, attendee and volunteer. We couldn’t do it without you. Save the date: our next Trivia Night will be Sat. Oct. 23, 2021. Please mark you calendars! It's sure to be a very fun event!

The Waukee Volleyball team has raised over $1200.00 for Can Do Cancer!

Can Do Cancer Trivia Night raised over $85,000! Thank you to all who played a role in making it another successful fundraiser: our sponsors, committee members, volunteers and attendees. Take a moment to watch this video and see the impact we've made in the past year: https://youtu.be/alNd3GdYvxs.

Together we raised $75,005 at our Trivia Night event yesterday! This will help so many patients in the next year. Please take a few minutes if you were not able to attend and watch this video that explains the importance of our work. https://youtu.be/LR6ikJYBhyg Thank you to everyone who planned and attended the event.

What a night...$59,500 was raised at Can Do Cancer Trivia Night! Thank you to all who played a role in this year's event and to all our generous supporters, sponsors and attendees. The Can Do Cancer board and all of our patients and their families appreciate your support. Click the article link to watch the 2017 Can Do Cancer patient video.

We did it again! Another successful trivia night in the books. Preliminary fundraising total for the evening was $48,000! Thanks to all who sponsored, participated and volunteered. It was a great night! The Can Do Cancer board and all of the patients that receive the benefits of our program appreciate your support! Check out photos from the evening on Instagram at #candocancer and click the 2016 Trivia Night article link to watch our patient video.

Thank you to all who participated, sponsored, donated items or made a contribution to our Can Do Cancer Trivia Night. We exceeded our goal and raised over $55,000! Check out pictures from the night on our Instagram feed #candocancer. Watch our Trivia Night video featuring patients who have benefit from our services.

Thank you to all who participated, sponsored, donated items or made a contribution to our Can Do Cancer Trivia Night. We are thrilled to announce we raised nearly $35,000! Check out pictures from the night on our Instagram feed #candocancer.

Watch our Trivia Night video featuring patients who have benefitted from our services.

Living with Breast Cancer article explains Molly's journey through breast cancer and how it changed her life. Blue is a magazine published quarterly by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield,Wellmark Blue.

Click to read feature article from the October 21st issue

Click to read feature article on Can Do Cancer

Watch the interview with our founder Molly Suarez