Hike Through Alaska Focuses on Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection
Posted: Friday, July 27, 2018
To help raise awareness of skin cancer prevention and detection, dermatologists, skin cancer survivors, and their family and friends have told “Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!” during a 4-day hike through Alaska. Started in mid-July, the hikers trek more than 20 miles along Alaska’s Denali and Foraker mountains to raise funds for the American Academy of Dermatology’s SPOT Skin Cancer™ campaign. Proceeds support community outreach programs and services, including free skin cancer screenings, shade structures, and sunscreen dispensers in public pools and parks.
Skin Cancer, Take a Hike! began in 2014, when those impacted by skin cancer climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for skin cancer awareness. Since then, Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!has grown to include 6 fundraising events throughout the country and has raised more than $800,000.
Thanks to the campaign’s dedicated hikers and donors, the American Academy of Dermatology’s SPOT Skin Cancer campaign has provided more than 2.7 million free skin cancer screenings, built more than 350 shade structures, and installed 52 sunscreen dispensers in public pools and parks.
In addition to the Alaska trek, Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!will include five other fundraising hikes in 2018. To learn more about Skin Cancer, Take a Hike! visit www.aad.org/SCTAH.
