Wisconsin Recognizes August as Appendix Cancer Awareness Month

August 20, 2026

Governor Evers proclaims the month as landmarks light amber for ACPMP's awareness initiative, alongside a new MCW course and the Living4Lindsey Foundation. Wisconsin shows what awareness looks like when a community comes together: a proclamation, landmarks lit amber, physicians learning more about the disease, and families like the Jacobs leading the way”— Jim Carroll, ACPMP Board President WI, UNITED STATES,...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Recognizes August as Appendix Cancer Awareness Month

Governor Shapiro issued a statement of recognition as landmarks globally light amber for the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit ACPMP's annual awareness initiative. To have our home state recognize the month, while a dozen states proclaim it and landmarks around the world light amber, tells patients and families facing appendix cancer that they are not alone”— Judy Culbertson, Board Vice President of ACPMP...

This August, Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation Turns the Country Amber for Appendix Cancer Awareness Month

August 1, 2026

As states proclaim August Appendix Cancer Awareness Month, ACPMP lights landmarks amber, grows its patient registry, and funds long-overdue research Every landmark we light and every patient or caregiver who joins the registry helps researchers understand a disease the field has largely overlooked”— Deborah Shelton, Executive Director, ACPMP SPRINGFIELD,, PA, UNITED STATES, August 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- August is Appendix...