Texas 4000

During The University of Texas’ 40 Acres Fest,501 people symbolically “ended cancer.” Each participant was given a card that said “cancer” and asked to finish the sentence, symbolically “ending cancer.” The feat was led by the Texas 4000 bicycle team.

Moses Brasher

Adam Brasher spelled 42 words using the letters in “Cancer” in one tweet.

JoeNagy

Joseph Nagy let out a “boo” directed towards cancer that lasted non-stop for 54.31 seconds.

Avalon Espinoza

A group of 42 people composed of social workers, interpreters, and nurses, stand up against cancer in the most languages.

Melissa Owens

Melissa Owens embarked upon a personal goal to break a hugging record. She gave out 600 hugs during a flash mob at Portlandrsquo;s Pioneer Courthouse Square[].

Owensrsquo; hugging record was the fifth URDB record to be set by supporters of the OHSU AYA program at the Knight Cancer Institute[].

Moses Brasher

Adam Brasher spelled 55 words using the letters found in the word “LIVESTRONG” and put them in a single tweet.

APHON

The Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Nurses (APHON) invited 300 people across the United States including their members, colleagues, patients and their families to wear "Break Cancer" tattoos.

They set the record in recognition of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Month.

Art Hoffman

Art Hoffman ripped 22 cigarettes in half.

Chrystel Murrieta

UCLA Healthy Lives After Cancer, led by Chrystel Murrieta, set a record by getting 49 young adults to say an inspirational message on video to other young adults facing cancer. The video includes a stuffed animal saying an encouraging message, who wasn’t included in the final count.

Steven Gaul

Steven Gaul played the drums for 121 hours (7,260 minutes). Gaul set this record to raise money for cancer research.

Read more about the event here.

Selena Inouye

Selena Inouye posted ablog poston OhMyAchesAndPains about cancer that received received 101 comments in 24 hours.

Harry

Harry wrote “Beat Cancer” 10 times on a Skype call in 34.51 seconds.

Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya

Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya listed 21 different celebrities who have Cancer as their astrological sign in a tweet.

Break Cancer Attendees

With the help of [The Bright Light Social Hour][], 354 Break Cancer attendees sang "[I Will Survive][]" in honor of cancer survivors, a new world record.

The Break Cancer attendees set the record during URDB’s [BreakCancer party][] at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.

Mel Sampson

346 people at theCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run For The Cure[]event “booed” cancer at once.

The feat was set during World Record Weekon K-Rock 89.3.