FAQ's

What is the Marin Cancer Project?

The Marin Cancer Project is a non profit organization dedicated to investigating how exposures in our daily lives increase the risk of cancer and educating people about healthy lifestyle choices, with the goal of reducing cancer rates in Marin County and ultimately across the country.

What exactly does the Marin Cancer Project do?

The Marin Cancer Project is a non profit organization dedicated to investigating how exposures in our daily lives increase the risk of cancer and educating people about healthy lifestyle choices, with the goal of reducing cancer rates in Marin County and ultimately across the country.

What is the Marin Cancer Project trying to accomplish?

Once Marin County was identified with the highest cancer rates in the country, something needed to be done. The Marin Cancer Project was formed to search for the cause and identify ways to prevent cancers in Marin County. The organization focuses on the causes of cancer and not the cure -- seeking to prevent and educate around precautionary lifestyle practices for a healthier life.

How does Marin Cancer Project make a difference?

Through MCP,s efforts to investigate the causes of cancer and educate the public on healthy lifestyle choices, the organization strives to create a healthier environment and ultimately reduce cancer rates. We are working to document and share our processes to enable other grassroots community groups to mobilize in similar ways. Efforts by the Marin Cancer Project can be replicated nationally to benefit everyone, everywhere.

How is the Marin Cancer Project unique?

The Marin Cancer Project focuses on all cancers.The Marin Cancer Project's grassroots efforts are some of the strongest in the country. Through the door-to-door survey campaigns, 85,000 surveys were distributed to Marin households out of a total 100,000 households. Teens make up a significant percentage of Marin Cancer Project volunteers.

What is the need/demand for the Marin Cancer Project?

Once Marin County was identified with the highest cancer rates in the country, something needed to be done. The Marin Cancer Project was formed to search for the cause and identify ways to prevent cancers in Marin County. The organization focuses on the prevention of, not the cure for cancer.

What is the benefit to the public, locally and nationally?

Through MCP,s efforts to investigate the causes of cancer and educate the public on healthy lifestyle choices, the organization strives to create a healthier environment and ultimately reduce cancer rates. Efforts by the Marin Cancer Project can be replicated nationally to benefit everyone, everywhere.