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 Discussion Series puts you at the center of a one-of-a-kind book: just for glioma patients!
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Holding on to a secret is hard. They can be complicated (love triangles!), emotionally fraught (feeling lost or scared), or just plain silly (craving kimchi every night during treatment). Want to let it off your chest, but not sure where to put it?
We have a brand new program at Cactus Cancer Society called Cancer Secrets! Here’s how it works. You write your secret on a postcard. It can be a beautiful, artistic rendering with your words on top, or it can be scribbled on the back of a receipt that you tape to a pre-existing postcard. However you choose to represent that secret is up to you! These are 100% anonymous. After you create your secret, you drop it in the mail to us at the address below:
Cancer Secrets
PO Box 282
Bordentown, NJ 08505
Once we receive your postcard, we will photograph it and share it on our social media accounts. Here’s where the magic begins: your secret is shared with other people. We’re willing to bet that folks to read your secret will feel a sense of connection, whether it is because they have the same or similar feelings, or because they are extending empathy to you. It’s way to let us laugh, cry, rage, or celebrate with you – anonymously, leaving nothing off the table.
So go ahead, grab that pen, and trust us with your secret. We can keep it: pinky promise.
Our Late Fall cohort of our popular Survivorship Series has a few more spots remaining!
Not familiar with our Survivorship Series? You’ll get the best of our Cactus Cancer Society programming, all with the comfort of hanging the same group of young adults facing cancer each week.
Together, 25 young adults facing cancer (patients and survivors alike) will go through an 8-week, online program experience where you’ll hit the highlights of our workshops! You’ll form a tight-knit community and each week, you’ll take part in a different 2-hour program with the same group of young adults moving together through the series.
After our in-person workshops, you’ll have access to a private social media group for your cohort of 25 young adults where you can connect and communicate. Please note, when you sign up you are committing to take part in all 8 weeks.
Sound like your cup of tea? Sign up here!
We’re back from our program break and we’re already halfway through the month! Check out what’s ahead for the rest of August!Â
Are you going to this year’s CancerCon? Come hang with our co-founders and some of your prickly pals at Aussie’s @ 7:30pm CDT!! It’s just a short walk from the Hyatt Regency Hotel and we’ll have some fun CCS swag and snacks!!
Friday, August 16 @ 7:30pm CDT
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Come do a workshop with us IN PERSON! We’ll be doing Oodles of Thoughts: A Doodle Journal Workshop live, where participants can respond to journal prompts with writing, doodling, or a combination of the two as a way to embrace creative coping and expression through art and writing. Focus on self-care and self-expression in an intentionally designed nurturing, supportive, safe environment among your peers!
Saturday, August 17 @ 9:45am- 11:15am CDT
We’ve got two more weeks of Coffee and Oodles this month! This short, refreshing drop-in program combines our fun art workshop environment with our popular journaling techniques as participants respond to a prompt in whichever medium speaks to them most: drawing or writing. After a few minutes of expressing your creativity, we’ll take turns sharing and responding to one another in a nurturing, supportive, and safe environment that feels like a virtual warm hug. Bring paper, pens, crayons, pencils, or markers!
Wednesday, August 21 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pm ET
Wednesday, August 28 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pm ET
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Under the guidance of LCSW Dennis Heffern, join our open forum for male cancer patients and survivors to share experiences. Every topic is welcomed in this supportive environment. Be a part of this conversation and amazing group.
Monday, August 26 @ 5:00-6:30pm PT / 7:00-8:30pm CT / 8:00-9:30pm ET
Can you keep a secret? We can – and we welcome them!
Everyone keeps secrets. We file some things away to keep as a secret: a white lie, a way to protect other people, or even a way to protect ourselves. But when those secrets are brought to the light: we can feel a lot less alone.
Cancer Secrets
PO Box 282
Bordentown, NJ 08505
We’ll share a collection of them on social media so others can reflect, respond, and connect with your secrets – because no one understands more than prickly pals. Whether you’re a patient, survivor, or a caregiver, there’s a place for you to share the secret parts of yourself.
Some secrets are too heavy to carry, even when shared on a postcard. If you are having thoughts of self-harm, need mental health-related crisis support, or if you are worried about someone else:Â call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor in the United States and Canada. For all other countries, please click here to find the best resource for your location.
Did you miss Coffee and Oodles this week? Here’s our prompt, and a bit more about our process!
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You’ve cracked some spines. You’ve ventured out into the wild. Now it’s time to talk about it! Join us for our Book Club discussion on Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild Built! There’s a ton to discuss here, from the deep ethical questions to cozy feelings towards robots.
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Did you miss Coffee and Oodles this week? Here’s our prompt, and a bit more about our process!
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Start each month with intention setting, journaling, and breathwork with Tara O’Donoghue from Lov Yoga in this monthly drop-in program! This hour-long program will fill you with everything you need to help create a positive mindset for the month!
Monday, May 6 @ 10:00-11:00am PT / 12:00-1:00pm CT / 1:00-2:00pm
Need a break, but don’t have a lot of time? Join us for Coffee and Oodles! This short, refreshing drop-in program combines our fun art workshop environment with our popular journaling techniques as participants respond to a prompt in whichever medium speaks to them most: drawing or writing.Â
Wednesday, May 8 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pm ET
Wednesday, May 15 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pm ET
Wednesday, May 22 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pm ET
Wednesday, May 29 @ 9:30-10:00am PT / 11:30am-12:00pm CT / 12:30-1:00pmÂ
Led by LCSW Dennis Heffern, in this guys-only program, shoot the breeze with fellow cancer patients and survivors. Nothing is off the table. You won’t want to miss it! This month our guys group will be taking place the THIRD Monday of the month, due to the Memorial Day holiday!
Monday, May 20Â @ 5:00-6:30pm PT / 7:00-8:30pm CT / 8:00-9:30pm ET
Did you miss Coffee and Oodles this week? Here’s our prompt, and a bit more about our process!
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