Protect Your Skin Program

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Protect your skin

 The "Protect Your Skin" starter kit cost to you is only $350, and includes:

                   ** TWO sunscreen dispensers
                   ** TWO sun safety signs to post next to sunscreen dispensers
                   ** ONE GALLON of SPF 30, zinc oxide based sunscreen from R&R lotions

In addition to these materials, program participants will have access to reduced prices on dispensers and sunscreen on future orders. If you order through R&R lotions, 15% of your future orders will be donated to The Skin Cancer Institute's continuing efforts to make Arizona a sun safe community.

Anyone can join the program! For more information, please contact us at 1-888-724-2749 or

FILL OUT THE FORM HERE. 

 

How the program began

In 2006, a partnership began between the Skin Cancer Institute (SCI) and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum (ASDM) to offer more sun protection to the museum’s visitors. Permanent signage and sunscreen dispensers were placed in the museum bathrooms for visitors to use. The response was overwhelmingly positive!

In 2011, the SCI was awarded a Community Connections grant to fund permanent educational signage and install sunscreen dispensers in the bathrooms of many of the major outdoor attractions in Tucson, including:

  • Reid Park Zoo
  • Pima Air and Space Museum
  • Tohono Chul Park
  • Tucson Botanical Gardens
  • Biosphere 2

The total attendance for these major outdoor attractions in Tucson is close to 1.5 million visitors each year. Many of these visitors are from other states or countries and are not prepared for the severe desert climate.

Our goal

Our long-term goals for the Protect Your Skin Program include:

  • Provide sunscreen dispensers to participating sites.
  • Offer appropriate permanent sun safety signage at each site.
  • Permanently incorporate sun safety programming and increase sun safety messaging into participating businesses.

Current program participants

Kits have been purchased in varying quantities by the following:

  • AHSC Center on Aging
  • BabyBanz, Inc.
  • Bill's Home Service Company
  • Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotions
  • Casa Ninos School of Montessori 
  • Desert Sky Middle School
  • ENACTUS Club
  • Freemont Junior High School
  • Goodman's Interior Structures
  • Gridley Middle School
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute
  • INSYS Therapeutics, Inc 
  • Jev Roofing Company
  • Keller Williams- Southern AZ
  • Kiwanis
  • Medical Transport
  • Mel & Enid Zuckerman COPH, Canyon Ranch Ctr for Preven & Hlth Promo
  • Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
  • Oro Valley Police
  • Presidio San Agustin del Tucson
  • Primavera Men's Shelter
  • R Jen, LLC 
  • Rincon Air Conditioning & Heating Co.
  • Saguaro National Park
  • Student Health Advocacy Commitee (SHAC)
  • Town of Cave Creek
  • Tucson Jewish Community Center
  • UA Expo of Excellence 
  • Vail School District
  • Yuma Agricultural Center

THANK YOU!