2023 Annual Campaign

Help us change the odds!

Why Give?

1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Melanoma Know More (MKM) strives for a world free from the threat of melanoma.

Help us change the odds by supporting the 2023 Annual Campaign. November 2023 to January 2024.

Education:

MKM is committed to educating the people of Greater Cincinnati, by:

Hosting School & Youth Education programs for area schools that teach students about sun and skin safety.
Providing free information and resources for the community.
Hosting outreach at Community and Corporate Health Fairs, Workout on the Green at Washington & Ziegler Parks, the Western & Southern Tennis Open, and more.

Awareness:

MKM is committed to bringing awareness to the people of Greater Cincinnati, by:

Hosting Melanoma Awareness programs.
Partnering with local media for community awareness.
Promoting awareness at friend and fundraising events, like the Flying Pig, the Susan Roebuck Memorial Golf Outing, Music for Melanoma and more.

Prevention:

MKM is committed to prevention, by:

Hosting monthly FREE skin cancer screening clinics in partnership with area hospitals.
Deploying sunscreen stations in partnership with area pools and parks.
Providing volunteer opportunities to distribute and promote the use of sunscreen.

Patient Support

MKM is committed to supporting those diagnosed, by:

Partnering with the medical community.
Providing a support network to connect melanoma patients with others going through similar experiences.
Offering resources on treatment options.

Research

MKM is committed to funding research, by:

Presenting an annual research grant to a recipient focusing their research on melanoma.
Creating the MKM Melanoma Research Fund.
Increasing opportunities for a cure for this deadly disease through work with leading melanoma and cancer research organizations.

Join us in supporting the 2023 Annual Campaign

November 2023 to January 2024.

Donate Now

Do you want to halt the devastating impact of melanoma?

Then consider making a gift to Melanoma Know More. November kicks off our Annual Appeal, with the 2023 Campaign.

Through your financial support, we can work together toward a vision of a world free from the threat of melanoma. With your gifts we were able to:

Provide our monthly free skin cancer screening clinics at area hospitals.
Continue the program partnership with Swim Safe Pool Management to deploy “sponsored “station dispensers to provide free sunscreen at area pools.
Throughout May for Melanoma Awareness Month, provide information to the community through events, programs, health fairs and media.
Host the inaugral Sun Safe Shop & Fashion Show with Lilly Pultizer and Mona Dermatology.
Provide education and free sunscreen for the community at Washington Park ,Ziegler Park Pool and Court Street Plaze in partnership with 3CDC.
Join forces and host the 3rd Susan Roebuck Memorial Golf Outing
Introduce “Mellie” the robot to help us provide free sunscreen at the Western & Southern Tennis Open.
Host the 2023 Music for Melanoma Celebration Gala, to honor our service to the community.
Present the Greater Cincinnati Melanoma Community Award to Elizabeth Roebuck & Nate Botti.
Join in supporting the Best of Oncology ASCO Direct Conference.

As this year draws to a close, we look forward to both renewed and new efforts for collaboration with the medical community to educate about the risks of melanoma and to support those with a melanoma diagnosis. For 2024, we plan to:

Explore new ways to collaborate and mutually support the medical community.
Continue to provide monthly free skin cancer screening clinics in collaboration with area hospitals and dermatology practices.
Create a web based downloadable education program at no cost for schools, community organization and area businesses.
Increase the”Founder’s Fund” Endowment campaign to support new programming.
Build on the May Melanoma Awareness Month programs & explore new patient support initiatives.
Expand the sunscreen station program distribution
Fully fund the MKM Melanoma Research Fund at $100,000 in order to award an annual medical research grant.
Offer more opportunities for volunteer engagement at Washington & Ziegler Park, W & S Tennis Open and others.
Explore new venues for education and community outreach.
Host the 2024 Music for Melanoma Gala.

We can only accomplish these goals with your help. Please support Melanoma Know More with an annual gift today, so that together we can give our community a fighting chance against the world’s fasting growing form of cancer. Help us change the odds!

Rene McPhedran
Executive Director