Past Community Events

Living in Harmony with the Sun

On June 2, 2012, from 4-8 p.m., the University of Arizona Skin Cancer Institute joined the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum  for an afternoon of sun safety and skin cancer awareness. 
 
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See a video from our 2009 event here!

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has been an invaluable partner with the Skin Cancer Institute and has committed to making sun safety a priority for their staff and visitors. To this end, ASDM provides sunscreen dispensers in each bathroom with information about proper application and now provides umbrellas with sun protective fabric provided by SunScape Fashion for guests to use at no cost. We hope to expand our relationship to include permanent sun-related displays and we look forward to forming similar collaborations with other outdoor Tucson venues.

 

Melanoma Walk

In 2009, the Skin Cancer Institute hosted the very first Melanoma Walk. This year, we had our third melanoma walk. Over 400 walkers came out to help raise money to fight melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. We raised over $44,000! Thanks to community support, volunteers, walkers and walk teams, and our many generous sponsors, the Melanoma Walk continues to be a success! 

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