2026 Initiative Counter
Community Impact, In Real Time
Live numbers from the Healthy Lungs California initiative across the state in 2026. Counters roll up as new outreach reports come in.
350,750+
Community members reached
0+
People engaged at outreach booths
0+
Screening conversations & referrals
0
Volunteers mobilized
0
Partner organizations
0
Initiative events in 2026
The Taste of Soul Family Festival
October 17, 2026 · Reported October 22, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
California Lung Cancer Coalition · Tony Wafford
By the numbers
350,000+
Festival attendees
700
Community members engaged
600+
Screening conversations & referrals
27
Volunteers & staff
5
Partner organizations
Incentives that drew people in
500
T-shirts distributed
3
Flat-screen TVs (incentive prizes)
200
Autographed children's books
300
DECIPHeR swag bags
Why it worked
Several factors contributed to the success of our outreach at the Taste of Soul Family Festival. Our collaboration with great partners provided outstanding staff support and tremendous volunteer participation. We were also fortunate to have several supporters donate incentives that helped us attract people to our booth and created opportunities to engage them in meaningful conversations about lung cancer awareness and screening. One supporter donated three flat-screen televisions, two 32-inch TVs and one 55-inch TV, which were used along with 500 T-shirts as incentives. Another supporter donated 200 autographed children's books, signed by the author. In addition, the DECIPHeR project donated 300 swag bags for distribution. These incentives helped bring people to our booth, but more importantly, it opened the door for conversations about lung cancer, screening eligibility, early detection, and the impact lung cancer is having on our community.
"I had no idea that lung cancer was killing our community like that. I always thought breast cancer was the greatest cancer concern for women and prostate cancer was the greatest concern for men."
Taste of Soul attendee
As covered in Los Angeles Sentinel
21st Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival — Our Community Comes Together in Love and Unity on the 'Shaw
More than 300,000 people came out to Taste of Soul on Oct. 17 on Crenshaw Blvd. (LA Sentinel, Oct. 2026)
Partners on the ground
Tolowa Di'nee Indian Days
September 12, 2026
California Tribal Community
CD Consulting
By the numbers
400
Event attendees
58
Community members engaged
Partners
Why it worked
Being there as a community member and having the cultural lung cancer screening brochure I did with Providence Hospital.
"One woman stopped by our table and shared that her sister, who lives in the Los Angeles area far from her Tribal community, had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. She appreciated seeing culturally relevant Tribal lung cancer materials and took several brochures to share with her sister, helping bring trusted, culturally responsive information to a relative far from home."
Tribal Community Outreach
September 22, 2026
California Tribal Community
CD Consulting
By the numbers
350
Event attendees
75
Community members engaged
Partners
Why it worked
Event and location provided a strong setting for outreach.
"Someone stopped by the booth and shared their story that their loved one had lung cancer not once but twice but because of clinical trials is a survivor."