February Office Hours for Cactus HQ!

Have you heard? We have new (digital) digs, and we want you to check it out with us! Come on over to our open house on Friday, February 3rd, from 12 pm – 2 pm PT / 2 pm – 4 pm CT / 3 pm – 5 pm ET. Feel no pressure to bring a housewarming gift – your presence is present enough.

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Show Off Your Knowledge at Palentine’s Trivia!

It’s time to get the crew together – not only to celebrate The Power of Friendship™ but to show your stuff at Palentine’s Day Trivia!

We’ll be having a two-hour virtual trivia night in our brand-new Cactus HQ, complete with virtual pizza and drinks and mini-games. You can come with a pre-formed group, or show up solo and we’ll assign you to a team of friends you just haven’t met yet.

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Sign Up For Unspoken Ink in January 2023!

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Join us for our next Unspoken Ink Creative Writing Workshop! Over the course of 8-weeks, you’ll practice taking your feelings and putting them to paper. During each 2-hour workshop, you will write, share your writing with your peers, and offer supportive feedback for their pieces as well. If you’ve never joined us for Unspoken Ink before, now’s the time!

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Christina’s Corner: December 23, 2022

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Christmas gets a lot of attention this time of year, in all its commercial glory. Loving Christmas isn’t a bad thing, but there are so many other celebrations this time of year that deserve observation and celebration. Sunday started the first night of Hannukah, and while it’s a relatively minor holiday in terms of theology, it’s one that I loved celebrating as a kid. Whether you are religious or not, I hope these suggestions remind you to embrace the small pleasures of the season: secular, religious, and cultural.

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Fresh Ink: My Body: A List

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In Unspoken Ink, one of our most popular programs here at Cactus Cancer Society, our participants write in response to prompts, ranging from pictures to quotes to poetry. We are proud to share the work of our writers here on our blog, including this piece, which is part of a series entitled Fresh Ink.

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