Cancer Awareness Project is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization established in June of 2008. Founder, Emmit J. Martin, inspired by his own successful bone marrow donation, established CAP to promote Cancer awareness on a nationwide scale by establishing June 16th (6-16) of each year as Cancer Awareness Day. Currently, this non-profit organization is comprised of carefully selected board members from other national cancer organizations, respected hospitals, popular artists and cancer research supporters nationwide.

We are advocates of nationwide organizations like the National Marrow Donor Program, Prostate Cancer Foundation, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Gilda's Club, the Colon Cancer Foundation and individual supporters as well. By creating strong support for CAP right here in Tennessee, we unite the state with the intention eventually merging all efforts and resources to nationwide cancer awareness, prevention, education and life saving donations. 

Beginning with our home town of Nashville, Tennessee, the National Cancer Awareness Day Foundation will establish local CAP chapters and events. Once established, the local chapters will be duplicated in other cities nationwide.

The cure rests in all of our hands, not just scientists and doctors but everyday people have the power to embrace and demand the cure of cancer through preventative educational awareness and life saving donations. Based on a study by the Tennessee Department of Health's Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition, nearly 65% of new cancer cases and 33% of cancer deaths could be prevented by lifestyle changes and early cancer screenings. Click here to download the Tennessee Cancer Control Palm 2009-2012 Plan.

Thank you for the support of National Cancer Awareness Day, tell a friend and together we can all save lives.

We hope you’ll take a minute to visit tnautism.org.  The Autism Society of Middle Tennessee (ASMT) is the voice of the autism community in Middle Tennessee. You may have a recently diagnosed child. You may have just moved to the area. Perhaps you''ve been on your journey with autism for years. You may be a parent, a grandparent, an individual on the autism spectrum, or a professional who serves the autism community. Whatever the case, we are here for you. We are changing lives every day.

Our website is full of information to help you as you begin your journey with the autism community in Middle Tennessee and beyond.  Take some time to browse around our site and familiarize yourself with what is there and with the various programs and supports offered by ASMT. 

Monthly workshops, orientations, annual conferences, support groups, referral to local resources, phone support, educational and legislative advocacy, public awareness opportunities and trainings, and an active involvement in the larger disability community are just some of the many ways we are serving the Middle Tennessee autism community. As an active member of the chapter network of the Autism Society of America, our reach extends far beyond Middle Tennessee, and we are constantly learning, growing, and expanding the ways we work to meet and exceed your expectations.

Whether through Advocacy, Education, or Support, our mission is simple: Improving the Lives of All Affected by Autism.

We are YOUR community.  Welcome.