American Cancer Society

I have contributed to the American Cancer Society. The are a great organization that helps our local community a lot. They are managed well that most of their donations get to the right place and they have great leadership that drives their success to combat cancer.

I work with the American Cancer Society annually to raise money for different efforts and it is always a pleasure. Their customer service is phenomenal and they live up to their mission.

Their commercials are beautiful, compelling & persuasive -- a lovely faced young woman in a kerchief giving the agency their props, & a gentleman pretty much doing the same, although mentioning their RESEARCH efforts as well. OBVIOUSLY PAID ACTORS trained to SAY anything to make this incompetent agency look sensitive and professional. THEY ARE NOT!!! What this agency, however, does NOT tell you is that if you're unfortunate enough to have a RE-CURRENT cancer (as I do), they cease being pleasant & professional regarding their FREE RIDES TO CHEMO. They snap at you that "your funding has run out" and rudely suggest that you call another agency! DEPLORABLE, HOSTILE & UNPROFESSIONAL! The last agent I spoke to ("Brandon") was so insensitive you wonder how he ever got a job servicing a vulnerable population AT ALL. As if the terminal disease isn't stressful enough -- the reps should REALLY be offered more SENSITIVITY TRAINING & cease acting as though the money is coming out of THEIR pockets personally! This agency should be better versed in forseeing comprehensive CRISES needs, such as re-current cancers that plague a survivor for many years. NOBODY ASKS FOR THAT!!! WHY PENALIZE A SURVIVOR FOR NEEDING IT??? Oh, and as for their "LODGES" & "FREE PLACES TO STAY" -- another insult to ones intelligence. There are VERY few of them, NONE are local, and by the time you drive several HOURS to get to one, you're better off paying for a motel in your home town! Each requires the patient has a "caregiver" with them, despite the fact that each guest must be over 21. RIDICULOUS, since the average survivor needing the service is already an adult -- so why the need for a "babysitter"? Gimme a break! This agency is deplorable, insensitive, undignified and needs a LOT of investigation and re-vamping of their quality care standards! They are MISLEADING & its no wonder the agency itself is in DECLINE. SURVIVORS DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER THAN AN AGENCY MANNED BY PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T CARE LESS!!!

The American Cancer Society has been doing great work for a long time. I appreciate their efforts on my behalf as I have had family members who have died from cancer and I know they are working hard to find cures.

They lie in their commercials. Even when you go to their website for help, all they have are articles to read. They actually told me that if I had a different type of cancer than colorectal, that they would have more help for me. They only give rides to and from treatment if you live in certain areas and it all depends on who in their organization that you know. The lodging is a joke as well. They are only interested in offering free lodging if you're well off financially, so that you'll donate to them later. They also don't help with free or discounted wigs. They direct you to TLC which is a wig company that they own. This company is a joke. All of the donations go to pay their salaries and to put out ads to get more money. I'm suffering from cancer, I'm poor. Your donations to help people like me are paying for the CEO's Christmas this year.

I want to get rid of Cancer any way that we can. It has affected me personally and The American Cancer Society is leading the charge and I love them for it.

The initiative of this organization has such a beautiful and useful purpose behind it. I respect this organization a lot!

If you read their financials you will see that they make around 850 million each year and of that they only spend 145 million on cancer research & even there much of that is on prevention & detection. The CEO and other top managers are making over 1 million dollars each and the rest is for prevention information. A charity like this SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!! But people don't look into the facts and just keep giving to these rich, greedy executives. Disgusting!!!!

I was diagnosed with lung cancer and lost my right lung. I spent a month and a half in the hospital and scared to death. I needed someone to talk to. Each time I tried to contact the ACS, all I got was suggestions to try your state organizations and a hard press on making a donation. Not only did I get hit up for donations then, that's all I get from ACS. EVERY DAY! Phone calls, spam all wanting donations. Well screw you. I'm scared and I just needed help and all you want it cash. What is wrong with you people?

When patients need rides, wigs, housing, or any form of support; ACS is not available. This is a great money making machine with no help for patients. They advertise locks of love, and giving to patients for hospital stays, rides for treatments. All money goes to fund raising and salaries.

This charity has way too much overhead and isn't transparent enough. I know it's a business, but more of the money needs to directly to either finding a cure or benefiting cancer victims. Either that or they need to explain why they spend so much money on items not related to either one of these items.

They don’t help you have to be in treatment they tell you. I have stage 4 breast and liver cancer I need help with finances and other things I take Ibrance and they said that’s not treatment . Find a cure. There is one but cancer makes money so why cure it just let people die and collect money

American Cancer Society does great things to fundraise like Relay for Life and different walks. It's a good organization that cares.

They advertise all this help that they can give you yet i could not even get a ride from them for my chemo. They had no other services to offer me.