BountyFishing.com Announces Tournament to Benefit Lung Cancer

'Bounty Fishing for Lung Cancer' tournament will take place during Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and all proceeds will go to Lung Cancer Alliance, the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to helping people with lung cancer improve their quality of life.

Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) November 5, 2008 -- BountyFishing.com, home of the world's largest fishing tournament, announced today that it will be holding a charity fishing event to benefit Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to helping people with lung cancer improve their quality of life. 'Bounty Fishing for Lung Cancer' will take place from November 24-30th, during Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and 100% of the proceeds will go to LCA. The tournament will follow BountyFishing.com's usual "catch anywhere, submit online" format.

"My mother Marleen, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 49 and died six months later", said Richard Shafter, founder and CEO of BountyFishing.com. "It was my painful, personal experience with this disease that prompted my desire to raise awareness and funds for the Lung Cancer Alliance."

Besides educating federal & state policy leaders on the need for greater resources for lung cancer research, LCA also works to raise national awareness, and offers patient empowerment programs. Among these programs are an information hotline, a phone buddy program, and an on-line survivors community.

Anglers are encouraged to register/donate at http://www.bountyfishing.com/tournament/select and to invite family and friends to support this very important cause.

Donations can also be made at http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/donate/donate_online.htm where gifts should be made in honour of 'Bounty Fishing for Lung Cancer'.

The species for this charitable tournament will be largemouth bass north, largemouth bass south, smallmouth bass, walleye, red drum, and sea trout. Complete rules and restrictions are available at http://www.bountyfishing.com/enterprise/rules.

Some statistics about lung cancer:

• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, taking approximately 1.2 million lives worldwide every year.

• Lung cancer causes more deaths than the next four most common cancers combined (colon, breast, pancreatic, and prostate).

• In 1987 lung cancer surpassed breast cancer to become the leading cause of cancer deaths in women.

• Lung cancer will kill nearly 70,000 women in the U.S. this year, which is more than breast and ovarian cancers combined and over 90,000 men in the U.S., which is more than colon and prostate cancers combined.

• Lung cancer is deadlier to women than breast cancer yet breast cancer gets almost 10 times more research funding per death than lung cancer.

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