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American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition
On behalf of the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition board of directors and staff members, fa‘afetai tele lava to Neil’s Ace Home Center and their incredible customers for another powerful year of giving through the ACE Angels fundraiser. This marks the 17th year of this tradition, and it is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a historic milestone for island healthcare, the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) has introduced the territory’s first-ever portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Developed by Hyperfine, Inc., the Swoop® Portable MR Imaging System allows non...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Punavaiola Va'atausili Tupuola Tanielu Utumapu of Ofu and Olosega, Manu'atele accepted her first stipend of $750 from the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition in December of 2021, prior to leaving for cancer treatment off island. She was diagnosed with Endometrial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Giving back to the community” is a stance that Neil’s Ace Home Center does not take lightly.
Since 2009, Neil’s ACE Home Center has partnered with the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition to raise stipends for cancer patients for their medical expenses, medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) has been awarded a National Institute of Health AIM-AHEAD grant for $468,996.00.
AIM-AHEAD's goals are to establish partnerships to increase the participation and representation of researchers and communities that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The month of October is internationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, commonly known as “Pinktober” for the waves of pink that people all over the world wear to show their support for those who have been affected by breast cancer.
For this reason, Bluesky...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) is conducting a research study on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) in the territory to assist and protect the memories of the elders.
This comes at a time when the governor has just established the ‘...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This year 2022 marks Neil’s Ace Home Center’s 13th Annual holiday fundraising project since 2009, with the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition. The special fundraiser raises funds for stipends to assist cancer patients with their medical bills, medical care, as...
Am Samoa Community Cancer Coalition board chairman, Taotasi Archie Soliai (4th left), along with Neil’s Ace Home Center official Nadine Taufa’asau (3rd left) and other personnel during the presentation of Neil’s ACE Home Center’s donation of $31,100 to the coalition. “Together We Can Do GREAT...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition’s (ASCCC or Cancer Coalition) Indigenous Samoan Partnership to Initiate Research Excellence (INSPIRE) program has published its first article in the British Journal of Social Work. The article titled “Research Capacity...


![The system supports ASCCC’s Puipui Malu Manatu (Protect the Mind) Program, a collaborative research initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia led in partnership with Dr. Jim Galvin from the University of Miami’s Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, along with partners at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The program offers free brain scans for Samoan adults aged 50 and older who volunteer to participate in the study. [SN file photo] new portable mri](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/new_portable_mri_0.jpg?itok=E8Y-XHAo)

![Neil’s ACE Home Center store manager Nadine Solofa-Taufa’asau together with her staff presented the annual Christmas “ANGELS” donation to the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) chair Adney Reid and board member Luana Scanlan in the amount of $33,000. [photo: Julie Pau’u] ACE presenting check to Cancer Coalition](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ace_donationmg_5180.jpg?itok=q0Rt4HMv)



![In this Samoa News photo, the check is being presented by President and CEO of Neil’s ACE Home Center Ngaire Ho-Ching to Toetasi Archie Soliai, Chairman of the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition program. [photo: S. Atafua] Ngaire Ho-Ching presenting check to Toetasi Archie Soliai](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ace_donation_img_2813.jpg?itok=HdXHC-rL)

![Pictured in a Jan. 2019 photo, (l-r) ASCCC treasurer Christinna Lutu-Sanchez, Akenese Maifea, Faaeteete Sio, Meleseini Siufanua, ASCCC chairman Taotasi Archie Soliai, and board member Dr. Jueta McCutchan. [SN file photo] (l-r) ASCCC treasurer Christinna Lutu-Sanchez, Akenese Maifea, Faaeteete Sio, Meleseini Siufanua, ASCCC chairman Taotasi Archie Soliai, and board member Dr. Jueta McCutchan.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cancer_coalition_board_presentation.jpg?itok=OxjE6ioS)