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.
Create-A-Thon!
Start a DIY fundraiser in support of Cactus Cancer Society’s programs for young adults facing cancer. Choose your own adventure – doodle, dance, write, play, paint, meditate, sew, or build…all in the name of ending isolation among young adults facing cancer! You might practice for 26 days straight, finish a project in 26 hours, or try 26 different crafts. Whatever your challenge looks like, rally your network’s support for the AYA community while you flex your creative muscles.
Our Programs
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.
Everyone keeps secrets. From the time we are young, we file some things away to keep as a secret, either as a white lie, a way to protect other people, or even a way to protect ourselves.
Combine the power of storytelling with the art of graphic representation and you've got Story Mapping, a workshop about empowering young adults at any stage of their cancer experience to find their voice, tell their story and thrive.
A cohort of young adults facing cancer attend a multi-week series of online creative coping workshops together!
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!
Are you a social worker or nurse working with oncology patients? Learn how to best meet the needs of this unique population. CEs offered.
The Focus Group offers a company or research group the opportunity to engage virtually with a group of 12-15 young adults facing cancer.
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.Â
Participants experience a statistically significant reduction in anxiety, depression, loneliness, and psychological distress after joining our programs.
Upcoming Programs
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.
Meet our community
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.