Stand Up to Cancer this Friday

Celebrities are taking matters into their own hands!

In a television event like no other, celebrities and ordinary folks will come together this Friday, September 5, in an unprecedented primetime show called Stand Up To Cancer to raise cutting-edge funds for cancer research.

When you tune in to the three major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC,  you will see one simultaneous telecast from 8 pm EDT and PDT on September 5, where the three television anchors, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams, and major celebrities rally the public around the goal of ending cancer’s reign as a leading cause of death.

There will be live performances by today’s diva recording artists, including Bejonce, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey and Ashanti, and many more in the single “Just Stand Up“, the song that raises awareness about cancer.  Listen.

More than 60 celebrities are going to answer the phones in a live fundraising special, including Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Kate Bosworth, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Garner, Keanu Reeves, Jack Black, Ellen DeGeneres, America Ferrera, Masi Oka, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, and more.

Why the need for such a major fundraising? Treatment for cancer needs funding. But without funding, you can’t do experiments or discoveries. Without discoveries, you can’t deliver treatments to patients that may have given up all hope.

So, the big question is - what can YOU/WE do? Aside from watching the show, we can certainly donate! You can even join a team at the SU2C website, and watch as your team’s donation grows. Right now, the leading team is Crush Kids’ Cancer, where random people have donated more than almost $19,000 in a span of two weeks to fight against pediatric cancer.

(Post bumped up from May)