I live in shelby north carolina.
Bottle caps for cancer patients.
I got started after a family member mentioned saving the bottle caps after being told about this cause by a family friend who happens to work at the hospital that they are donated to.
The american cancer society concluded after extensive research the american cancer society has concluded that the plastic bottle caps for chemo program is a hoax.
This so broke my heart and inspired me at the same time.
Does anyone else know anything about this.
Berner has been fielding calls all summer from volunteers inquiring about the mythical program.
She must have been doing a good job because she had over 5 00.
My family has been saving plastic bottle caps a woman at church was collecting them and she said they have enough.
One day she walked in the house with a handful of money and bottle caps.
The exchange of large amounts of plastic bottle caps to offset treatment costs for cancer patients is a hoax according to amy berner communications director for the west virginia american cancer society.
The scheme became so widespread the american cancer society issued a statement.
I have heard about collecting bottle caps for cancer patients.
Collected via e mail october 2008.
The origin of the hoax remains unclear but it is similar to other cash for trash hoaxes that have circulated worldwide for years sources.
I felt that this was an easy way to help patients in need of treatment portales began saving bottle caps two years ago.
Not many nonprofits collect bottle caps.
Apparently for every 1 000 caps collected a patient can receive a chemotherapy treatment.
Nonprofits that collect caps.
For the past six months russel s great aunt has been fighting lung cancer.
When i asked her where she got the money she told me that she was going door to door selling bottle caps to the neighbors so we could go to disneyland.
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If so please let me know.
The american cancer society.
Kindhearted residents of the orangeburg area have been collecting plastic bottle caps thinking they were helping to pay for chemotherapy treatments for a sick child.
Fortunately a nurse who worked for the hospital told her family about how they could collect plastic bottle caps to fund the treatments.
My family and i have been collecting the caps for about three months now russel said.
