Join us for the YA Cancer Gabfest Scavenger Hunt! No matter where you call home, you can join this completely online scavenger hunt through the free app, Goosechase, brought to you by Cactus Cancer Society and Elephants and Tea!
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Members of the Greenhouse are a generous and caring group of people advocating for a world where all young adults facing cancer get the support and community they need. Will you join us?
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Spoiler alert: I’ve accomplished a feat I didn’t know I wanted to accomplish, which is that I used the word smorgasbord in this blog post. It’s a word I don’t use often enough, honestly – and probably haven’t since I lived in New York for grad school. There was an awesome food truck event called Smorgasburg on the weekend in Williamsburg. It has since grown to an offering in cities around the country, and different locations in the city itself, but when I was there, it was just along the East River and in the footprint of a brick factory. (The park was recently renamed Marsha P. Johnson State Park, which I love.) This reflection is a bit of a smorgasbord itself: a buffet, if you will, with offerings ranging from photos to small business support. I invite you to peruse, pick your fineries, and enjoy.
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Grab your pumpkin spice latte (hot or iced, it doesn’t matter!) and join us for our September Art Workshop, where we’ll make Pressed Leaf Lanterns! We’ll mod podge pressed leaves onto glass jars and make a beautiful luminary to use as the hours of sunlight get shorter. There’s plenty of room for personalization in this craft, and you’ll be free to add your own beautiful creative twists!
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Beginning on December 4th, we invite you to a week of interactive survivorship crash courses for facing cancer, to share, explore, and learn as we interact together around the common paths of young adult cancer.
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Happy August pals! We are back from our July program break. It was so great to see some of you yesterday at Coffee and Oodles and I hope to see more of you in the coming weeks, because our program calendar is *stacked*. For today, let’s get back into our usual eat, see, and do. And as always, if you have suggestions for things we should feature, be sure to connect with me and send an email to christina@cactuscancer.org.
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Want to find a sustainable way to contribute to the young adult cancer community? Look no further than The Greenhouse, a collection of folks invested in the care of young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers that often go unaddressed in healthcare systems.
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The experience of young adult cancer can be extremely isolating. There’s the feeling of being the youngest on the infusion floor, or hearing from family and friends that you’re “too young” to have cancer. All of these feelings were further complicated by the onset of COVID-19, when in-person support groups ceased meeting and many immunocompromised patients were forced to stay home in order to stay safe. Even now, as the world recalibrates to the reality of COVID-19, the young adult cancer community is still as vulnerable as ever. That’s where Cactus Cancer Society comes in.
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We hear you: you love the look of plants but have a terrible time remembering when to water them. Get around this common challenge with our June Art Workshop as we make Paper Spider Plants! Bring some green into your home and keep your house pet-friendly with this awesome craft.
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Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. This week, we’re reading Chapters 13 – 14, Pages 235 – 284. Read our participants’ reactions in the comments section below!
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