Check out what’s happening at Cactus Cancer Society this March!
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Join Our Next Survivorship Series for YAs Between 18 and 25
Are you between the ages of 18 and 25?! Join us for our next Survivorship Series! In case you haven’t heard of it yet, the Survivorship Series is essentially our favorite programs all wrapped up into one!
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Welcome to the Survivorship Series!
Together, 25 young adults facing cancer (patients, survivors, or caregivers) will go through a 6-week, online program experience where you’ll hit the highlights of our workshops! You’ll form a tight-knit community and every other week, you’ll take part in a different 2-hour program with the same group of young adults moving together through the series.
In week 1 you’ll join a Creative Art Workshop, in week 3 a Young Adult Cancer Hangout + Game Night, and in week 5 a Creative Writing/Journaling Workshop. In between workshops, you’ll have access to a private Facebook group for your cohort of 25 young adults where you can connect and communicate. You may only take part in the series once, and when you sign up you are committing to taking part in all 6 weeks.
The first round of the Survivorship Series has been scheduled and starts on Wednesday, Feb. 17th!
Week 1: Wednesday, February 17 @ 4 pm PT / 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET – Creative Art Workshop (a very cool, cactus paper mosaic)
Week 3: Wednesday, March 3 @ 4 pm PT / 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET – YAC Hangout / Game Night
Week 5: Wednesday, March 17 @ 4 pm PT / 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET – Journaling/Creative Writing Workshop
The Bridge – A Journaling Workshop for Grief, Loss, + Healing
Jean Rowe, Certified Journal Therapist, is launching another program with Lacuna Loft! You can connect with Jean here.
Lacuna Loft is pleased to offer The Bridge: When Before and After Meet – A Journal workshop for Grief, Loss, and Healing. This will be a 6-week workshop using journal techniques to recognize, embrace, and cultivate acceptance around the themes of grief, loss, and healing. Of particular focus is the “before” and “after” of a cancer diagnosis and the multilayered impact it brings.
Who: Young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.
Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.
When: Starting February 7th and going for 6 weeks on Sundays, 3-5 pm PT / 5-7 pm CT / 6-8 pm ET. A commitment to attend every date is important to group continuity and in creating a safe space. Please be on time 
It’s A Wonderful Life: Taking Care During the Holidays Journaling Workshop
Lacuna Loft is excited to bring back this special holiday program!
It’s a Wonderful Life: Taking Care during the Holidays
A 6 week journaling workshop for young adult cancer patients and survivors
“It’s beginning to look a lot like” an even busier time of year! The holiday season brings nostalgia (like a favorite song), connection to family and friends and an undercurrent of expectation. There can be an added layer of managing expectations to be positive and happy – even in the middle of treatment or when everyone appears to look “fine” when, inside, they are not.
Finding peace between the wrapping paper and the stuffing is within reach! Led by Jean Rowe, LCSW, join us for a 6-week holiday journal writing workshop to design a plan to lower stress, create or reconnect with meaningful traditions, and decorate your soul with a little TLC.
Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.
Who: Young adult cancer patients and survivors.
When: The journaling group will start on Thursday, November 5th @ 3 pm PT / 5 pm CT / 6 pm ET and meets on Sundays for 2 hours each week, for 6 weeks*. A commitment to attend every date is important to group continuity and in creating a safe space. Please be on time
*The journaling group will be not meet on Thanksgiving Day and will be meeting on Nov 5th, Nov 12th, Nov 19th, Dec 3rd, Dec 10th, and Dec 17th.
Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)
30 Minute Tune Up: A Journal Drop In
We have a brand new program forming! Join us each week for a 30 Minute Tune Up: A Journal Drop In program!
Jean Rowe, LCSW, OSW-C, Certified Journal Therapist returns to Lacuna Loft for a new program. This journal drop-in is designed to help you tune in and reset during a chaotic time.
In the chaos of our everyday lives, with COVID anxiety and racial tensions at an all-time high across the country, we want to extend the opportunity to spend 30 minutes each week in a drop-in journaling workshop. Come, journal with a group of young adults facing cancer (young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers all welcome), and get tuned up for another week. You are welcome to drop in once or come as often as you like. These journaling techniques will be short, concrete, and time-contained. Sign up below!
Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.
Who: Young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.
When: Thursdays, July 16 – Oct 1. 9:30-10 am PT / 11:30 am-noon CT / 12:30-1 pm ET. Please be on time
The Big Trigger of COVID-19: Journaling Techniques for Coping
Lacuna Loft and Young Survival Coalition are working together again!
Together with YSC, we are starting weekly online journaling sessions to provide techniques to address the big trigger of COVID-19. You are welcome to drop in once or come as often as you like. The sessions will take place each Friday beginning April 16th through at least the end of May, for half an hour at 9 am PT / 11 am CT / 12:00 pm ET via video chat.
These techniques will be short, concrete and time-contained. Jean Rowe from YSC is a certified journal therapist and, with the seasoned facilitator of many writing programs, Mallory Casperson (our CEO), we feel that you will all be in good hands. What a rich discussion awaits!
Register in advance for this program. You can attend one or attend all, whatever you need. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Join A 3-Part Holiday Journaling Workshop
Lacuna Loft is excited to bring back this special holiday program!
It’s a Wonderful Life: Taking Care during the Holidays. A 3-part online journaling workshop for young adult cancer patients and survivors.
“It’s beginning to look a lot like” an even busier time of year! The holiday season brings nostalgia (like a favorite song), connection to family and friends and an undercurrent of expectation. There can be an added layer of managing expectations to be positive and happy – even in the middle of treatment or when everyone appears to look “fine” when, inside, they are not.
Finding peace between the wrapping paper and the stuffing is within reach! Join us for a 3 part holiday journal writing workshop to design a plan for low stress, create or reconnect with meaningful traditions, and decorate your soul with a little TLC.
Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.
Who: Young adult cancer patients and survivors.
When: The writing group meets on Sundays at 2 pm PT / 4 pm CT / 5 pm ET for 2 hours each week, for 3 parts, meeting on December 1st, 8th, and 15th. A commitment to attend every date is important to group continuity and in creating a safe space. Please be on time
The workshop is led by Jean Rowe LCSW, OSW-C. She is a Certified Journal Therapist who has been in the field of oncology for 15 years and has crafted many journal writing programs for cancer survivors.