PAC³ Receives C-Change Exemplary Implementation Award

Dear Members:

Thank you for the time and expertise that you have given as a volunteer member of PAC³. Because of your efforts, PAC³ recently received an Exemplary Implementation Award from C-Change for the development and implementation of the Pennsylvania Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (PA CCC Plan). Special thanks are extended to the Pennsylvania Department of Health and PAC³ Supporting Member Organizations who provide financial support to PAC³ throughout the year. (Visit www.pac3.org/memb_org for a list of Supporting Members and information about membership.)

PAC³ received the award for its success in forming partnerships with individuals and public, private, and not-for-profit organizations across the state to implement goals and objectives from the PA CCC Plan using evidence-based interventions that can have significant impact on reducing cancer in Pennsylvania. "Since its creation, PAC³ and its member organizations have worked in concert with the Department of Health to address cancer in the Commonwealth and to implement recommendations in the Plan,” said Secretary of Health, Dr. Calvin B. Johnson. “It is gratifying to see their efforts recognized with this prestigious award.”

“On behalf of the many organizations PAC³ represents, we are honored to be recognized for our collaborative efforts in changing the course of cancer control in Pennsylvania,” said Ronald Herberman, M.D., PAC³ president and director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers. “We look forward to continuing to be seen as leaders working together to meet the growing challenge of cancer control.”

Dr. Ronald Myers, Ph.D., Chair of the PAC³ Board of Directors, accepted the award on behalf of the organization. Also on the podium were Dr. Ronald Herberman; Dr. Aaron Bleznak, M.D., PAC³ board member; Kathy Stadler, PAC³ Executive Director; and Leslie Best, Chronic Disease Director, representing the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Click Here for a Link to the Photo.

“As both a resident of Pennsylvania and former deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Health Department, Commonwealth residents should look with pride to the work of PAC³ and the ongoing impact this consortium will have on systematically addressing the full continuum of cancer care issues,” said Gary L. Gurian, director of C-Change.

With leadership and support from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Division of the American Cancer Society, more than 200 stakeholders joined together to develop the PA CCC Plan. The PA CCC Plan was released to the public in January 2004. This effort to develop the PA CCC Plan resulted not only in a blueprint for reducing the burden of cancer in the Commonwealth, but also led to the formation of PAC³. Today, PAC³ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is comprised of leaders from the public, private, and voluntary sectors working together to reduce the burden of cancer in the Commonwealth.

In sincere appreciation,
The PAC³ Board of Directors

October 12, 2007 – PAC³ Receives C-Change Exemplary Implementation Award

Pictured are PAC³ Board member Dr. Aaron Bleznak, MD (Lehigh Valley Hospital); Ms. Leslie Best (Chronic Disease Director, PA Department of Health); PAC³ Board Chair Dr. Ronald Myers, PhD (Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University); Former First Lady Barbara Bush; Former President George Bush; PAC³ Executive Director Kathy Stadler; PAC³ President Dr. Ronald Herberman, MD (UPMC Cancer Centers & University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute)