Skin Cancer Awareness Month – May 2025
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Governor Doug Burgum Declares May Skin Cancer Awareness Month in North Dakota
The North Dakota Cancer Coalition (NDCC) secured a state proclamation from Governor Doug Burgum to raise awareness for skin cancer during May, Skin Cancer Awareness Month. With over 5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year, skin cancer is America’s most common cancer. More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in
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Melanoma Education for Middle and High School
The Melanoma Education Foundation is a non-profit preventive health organization that saves lives by promoting greater awareness of melanoma and the importance of early self-detection. The Foundation evolved from a father’s website tribute to his son, Dan Fine, who died of melanoma in 1998 at the age of 26. Melanoma Education Foundation’s vision is to
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Be Safe in the Sun: Adults
Learn about some of the damaging effects that too much ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure can have on the skin. You’ll also find tips to help you protect yourself and your family from getting too much sun.
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Ray and the Sunbeatables: Pre-school to 5th grade Curriculum
Created and developed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Ray and the Sunbeatables®: A Sun Safety Curriculum for Pre-K through 1 and Be Sunbeatable™ for grades 2-5, are sun safety programs that are flexible and easy to implement by educators into their daily classroom routines, age-appropriate, and free for schools to use.
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Sunwise Toolkit K-8 Curriculum
NEEF’s SunWise program is a free environmental and health education program that teaches K-8 children about sun safety, UV radiation, and stratospheric ozone. Educators, parents, caregivers, and others who register for the SunWise program receive a FREE toolkit with over 50 cross-curricular, standards-based activities that encourage young people to explore, assess, and understand their natural
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Be Sun Savvy Bookmark
Use this printable bookmark to educate kids how to be sun safe!
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Governor Doug Burgum Declares May Skin Cancer Awareness Month in North Dakota
The North Dakota Cancer Coalition (NDCC) secured a state proclamation from Governor Doug Burgum to raise awareness for skin cancer during May, Skin Cancer Awareness Month. With over 5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year, skin cancer is America’s most common cancer. More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in
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2023 Skin Cancer Awareness Resources
With over 5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year, skin cancer is America’s most common cancer. More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. Fortunately, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer. About 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin
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Children and Skin Cancer
This resource from the American College of Dermatology helps parents know what to teach their children about sun protection to help them develop sun-safe habits that last a lifetime.
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Melanoma Survivor, Nate Bender, Encourages Others to Take Precautions to Prevent Skin Cancer
The month of May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and provides the opportunity to focus on skin cancer prevention. The first Monday in May (May 1, 2023) is “Melanoma Monday”—a day created to call attention to the seriousness of melanoma and to encourage everyone to perform a skin self-exam. A young North Dakota man has
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month | Learn How to Protect Your Skin
With what seemed like the winter that would never end, most North Dakotans are more than ready to get outside and enjoy summer activities. Whether it is working in the yard or watching a ballgame, it’s important to make sun safety an everyday habit to avoid getting a sunburn and lowering your chance of getting
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Save Our Skin (SOS) Bingo
Use this bingo game to teach adults how to “save their skin” from sun damage and skin cancer. This educational resource includes leader instructions, participant questions, and 30 unique bingo cards. Click here to download the leader instructions and participant questions. Click here to download the bingo cards.
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On the Move to Better Health Sun Safety | Module for Grades 3 through 5
This module for Grades 3-5 teaches students the importance of sun safety and includes key points, sun safety pledge, activities and a letter to parents.
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Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States with one in five Americans developing it by the age of 70. More than 5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed annually in the country. Yet, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer. About 90 percent