Our Mission & Vision
We provide a safe space where young adults (ages 18-45) facing cancer can connect, cope, and thrive with one another in an online community through creativity and expression. We want to end isolation for young adults facing cancer.
Grow Belonging
We’ve seen what can happen when we intentionally create the conditions for belonging.
Now we’re looking for 15 people who believe young adults facing cancer deserve more opportunities to experience that kind of community.
Will you be one of them?
Together, we can grow belonging.
Our Programs
Build a strong foundation in young adult cancer care while gaining practical tools to support survivors long after treatment ends with this bundled learning package.
Learn creative tools for helping patients manage the top three most commonly reported long-term effects among young adult cancer patients: fatigue, fear of recurrence, and anxiety.
Ask Perrie is an anonymous advice column for young adults impacted by cancer. Big questions, small questions, spicy questions, soft questions. If you’re thinking it, you’re allowed to ask it.
Join us for monthly 90-minute drop-in smorgasbord featuring all things Cactus Cancer and creativity. Each month, we'll explore a new theme using therapeutic art activities with plenty of space for sharing and community.
Things are about to get sketchy in the most delightful way. Join us for Sketchy Business, a fun, come-as-you-are art drop-in where we play with pens, markers, and whatever else is within reach. No rules, no pressure, no art degree required.
Join Cactus Cancer Society for a book club like no other- with you as the author, illustrator, and creator! Our new Creative Arts Book Club puts you at the center of a one of a kind book.
Each December, join us for a week of interactive survivorship crash courses for facing cancer.
Build your lego creations while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.
Get to know the experts in our community as they answer your questions on the young adult cancer survivorship experience!
Our Impact
We provide support and resources to young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers via online wellness resources, lifestyle encouragement, and peer support community.
Participants experience a statistically significant reduction in anxiety, depression, loneliness, and psychological distress after joining our programs.
Upcoming Programs
About Us
We provide a safe space where young adults facing cancer can breathe easier knowing that there are others here who understand what they are facing. Our community offers an escape from the harsh realities of cancer, and an opportunity to cope through creativity and expression, and continue to grow and thrive.
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Be there for that next young adult who is facing cancer and looking for someone who understands. Show them they are not alone.
Are you feeling prickly?
Why a cactus society? Like the cactus in our name, the young adults who seek our community are tough; they are strong, adaptive, and resilient. They thrive in unlikely conditions and with this fortitude comes resilience.
For Professionals
Are you a healthcare provider, allied health professional, researcher, or nonprofit professional?
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