January Newsletter

Vol. 1 | January 2025

Happy New Year! We hope that keeping your skin safe and healthy is one of your goals for 2025. Here are three easy ways to get started:

1. Check your skin monthly: Open your calendar and schedule 10 minutes each month to perform a skin self-exam. It’s simple and could save your life. If you see something new, changing or unusual, be sure to get it checked right away! When identified and treated early, skin cancers are usually highly curable.
2. See a dermatologist at least once a year: Schedule your annual skin exam with a dermatologist near you. It may take time to get an appointment, so don’t delay. If you don’t have a dermatologist, use our tool to locate one of our member dermatologists near you.
3. Protect your skin from the sun every day: Make skin cancer prevention a part of your daily routine, year-round. Check out our recommended products to find sun protection products that are right for you.

Remembering Jimmy Carter: Public Servant, Humanitarian, Stage IV Melanoma Warrior

On December 29, 2024, James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away at the age of 100. Carter was the longest-lived president in U.S. history. During the final decade of his life, the former president faced numerous health issues, including a battle with stage IV melanoma.

A Sun Smart Resolution: Three Ways to Lower Your Skin Cancer Risk in 2025

Have you decided on a New Year’s Resolution yet? It’s not too late! Resolving to take better care of your skin is a great place to start improving your health: after all, it is the body’s largest organ.

2024 in Review: New Initiatives, New Ideas

In 2024, The Skin Cancer Foundation launched fresh campaigns, reinvented educational materials and worked to improve health equity so that lifesaving information is made available to more people.

The Skin Cancer Foundation Provides Record Number of Skin Cancer Screenings in 2024

Our Destination Healthy Skin mobile screening and education program provided a record number of free skin cancer screenings in 2024. Over the course of six months, 68 physician volunteers performed 2,439 screenings and identified 1,009 potential skin cancers and precancers, including 86 melanomas.

Even Snow Days Are Sun Days

With a chill in the air and snow on the ground, it may seem that the risk of sun damage is rather low. That simply isn’t the case. In fact, snow can multiply your UV exposure because it reflects the sun’s rays.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Becky Kamowitz to the role of executive director of The Skin Cancer Foundation. Becky has worked for the Foundation for more than a decade and previously served as interim executive director and senior director of marketing communications. Read the press release.

We have raised $405,000 of our $500,000 goal to purchase a new RV that will keep our Destination Healthy Skin mobile free skin cancer screening and education program on the road, saving lives for years to come.

Please give what you can to help Save Destination Healthy Skin.

Join our community of monthly donors and become a member of the Skin Protection Fund (SPF). Your recurring gift will steadily support the lifesaving programs of the Foundation and help us educate the public and the medical community about skin cancer, its prevention by means of sun protection, the need for early detection and prompt, effective treatment. Learn more and donate here.