Fall Is within the Air! Younger Adults Construct Connections and Carve Pumpkins with CancerCare and Silly Most cancers
Final month, younger adults affected by most cancers met on the Peer House Studio in Manhattan at an occasion hosted by Most cancersCare and Silly Most cancers.
Younger adults who’re affected by most cancers can face challenges reminiscent of isolation and infrequently handle a number of priorities, together with therapies, social lives and future objectives. The contributors had the chance to kind connections with others experiencing comparable challenges whereas expressing themselves creatively. “I favored assembly different adolescent and younger grownup sufferers and survivors,” shared one attendee. “It was a pleasant exercise to do as effectively.”
“We noticed a standard theme of younger adults wanting to fulfill different younger adults navigating a most cancers analysis by in-person occasions and at occasions that aren’t simply targeted on discussing most cancers,” mentioned Hayley Feuchs, LMSW, Most cancersCare’s Younger Grownup Program Coordinator. “It’s essential to convey this group collectively to allow them to really feel much less remoted of their experiences.”
We’re grateful for Silly Most cancers’s partnership and collaboration, which has helped Most cancersCare to succeed in extra younger adults searching for areas that particularly handle their group. We might additionally prefer to thank all of the contributors in addition to Most cancersCare social employees and Silly Most cancers employees for contributing to this celebratory and autumnal night!
Study extra about CancerCare’s free packages and companies for younger adults affected by most cancers and go to our pals at Silly Most cancers for added sources.