Skin Cancer
Don't Fry Day...Reminding You To Wear Sunscreen
04.13.2020
Ever heard of Don't Fry Day? For people with fair, easily sunburned skin that's likely every day. But for cancer prevention advocates it's the Friday…
Skin Doesn't Lie
05.03.2019
Guest blogger: UNR Student Dana Getreu
The truth about our moles and why it’s important for yearly skin cancer checks.
Yearly physicals are…
My First Skin Cancer Screening
04.29.2019
Guest blogger: UNR Student Ramsey Pfeffinger
My name is Ramsey Pfeffinger. On Friday, April 26 I got my first skin cancer screening! I’m here to use…
Med Student Volunteers With NCC, Sun Smart Nevada
11.27.2018
Guest Blogger: UNR Medical Student II, Anita Savell
It was very cold up on Mt. Rose. As the cold seeped through my boots I quickly realized I needed…
NCC Donates Sunscreen Dispensers to Northern Nevada Nonprofits
05.24.2018
Three northern Nevada nonprofits received free automatic sunscreen dispensers and a supply of sunscreen through a community donation program launched…
Nevada Cancer Coalition Offers Free Sunscreen Dispensers
05.02.2018
Nevada Cancer Coalition is recognizing Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month by awarding five automatic sunscreen dispensers to nonprofits in…
Learn the 5 S’s to Be Sun Smart This Summer
05.01.2018
It’s once again Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, recognized May 1 – 31 each year. Bookended by Melanoma Monday, this year May 7, and Don’t…
Sun Smart Schools Vies for 'A Community Thrives' Grant
03.19.2018
We've thrown our wide-brimmed hat into the ring for the Gannett Foundation's 'A Community Thrives' program for a chance to win a $25,000 fan favorite…
Sun Smart Schools Wraps a Successful 2017
12.19.2017
Sun Smart Schools, NCC's signature skin cancer prevention program for Nevada's students, kicked off its second year of programming in the 2016-17…
Rogers Elementary Gets Sun Smart with Recent Donations
05.09.2017
Students at Lucille S. Rogers Elementary School will be made in the shade on the school’s playground with the recent donation of seven shade trees,…