| MeganCannon Unregistered | MeganCannon Unregistered | Hello,
Starting this Wed, Pepsi will be accepting submissions for their �Refresh Everything Campaign�. They will take submissions 1/13 until 1/24 for campaigns that will impact the America. On Feb 1st, voting will begin on each project and at the end of every month Pepsi will award deserving organizations grant money. (10) $5k, (10) $25k, (10) $50k, and (2) $250k grants will be awarded every month.
In order to apply we must come up with a specific campaign that will impact the public in a large way and make a tangible difference. We must also decide how much money we will need in order to fulfill our mission.
Here�s the idea: A public service announcement commercial that will air on a basic cable station for a duration of one week urging the public to ask for an oral cancer screening at their next visit to the dentist. In order to meet this goal we will need to apply for the $250k grant. We must also come up with a catchy name for our campaign. This is where I would like your help, below are four that I came up with. I�d love to hear your thoughts if you like any of them or ideas of your own.
Turning frowns upside down campaign No smile left out campaign A screening a year keeps oral cancer away campaign Keep America smiling campaign
Feel free to spread this around! I will be working on the additional necessary components from now til Wed so that we will be able to submit our campaign first thing wed morning. Once submitted we will be able to spread our campaign virally out to the www getting as many people to vote as possible.
Thanks for your help!
Megan | | | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 | Hi - Do the folks that fix cleft palates use "smile" in their campaigns? Seems I recall they do.
imo - some of these sound like campaigns for healthy teeth or toothpaste, but I can't think of anything better.
Maybe something along the line of what a dentist would say:
Open Wide: Fight Oral Cancer!
That's all I can come up with.
Marlene
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!
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David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
| | | | MeganCannon Unregistered | MeganCannon Unregistered | Shine the light on oral cancer, I like that! The ones I listed above aren't necessarily the best, just thought of those on the spur to get the ball rolling. I'd love to hear more suggestions as well! | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 | Stick Out Your Tongue and Fight Oral Cancer
Anita (68) CG to husband, Clark, 79, DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08, HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft. Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear, PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14 Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22 PEG 7/21 Botox injections
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Speak out now, and help prevent Oral Cancer.
Oral Cancer is a hard disease to swallow.
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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Help your dentist save your life
Don't fail the oral cancer test
65 yr Old Frack Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+ 2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG 2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery 25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Apaghia /G button 2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa 40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Passed away 4-29-13
| | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) | "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | Put the bite on Oral Cancer...
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
| | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | ooooohhh marketing, I love it. Since television is a visual medium the most effective way to stimulate a response is in the images and not necessarily the slogan.
One of the most successful PSA's in history is the "This is your brain on drugs" campaign...actually made Rachel Leigh Cook famous.
Concept: (Image of a normal face) "This is your face"
(Image of disfigured face after OC) "This is your face after Oral Cancer"
"Ask for an oral cancer screening on your next visit to the dentist."
I can provide before and after pictures if needed, I was a handsome guy before cancer and a trainwreck after.
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
| | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 475 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 475 | Eric, that is very powerful, I do like that. You are so right, images last forever. No one really knows what oral cancer can do to your face, or just normal living.
My brother lost his ability to speak, and only used an erase board. I can see him writing something on it "Don't let this happen to you, get an oral cancer screening today"
Susan Lauria - OCF Director of Events - Always looking for volunteers to help spread the word about early detection! Contact me if you can help!
*Brother passed away from tongue cancer in 2006 at age 47, was co-caregiver, he was non-smoker/casual drinker
LETS MAKE ORAL CANCER HISTORY!
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