Cancer Connection, Inc.

MISSION STATEMENT: Cancer Connection is dedicated to encouraging and guiding people living with cancer and their loved ones along the cancer journey, from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.

PURPOSE: Cancer Connection’s purpose is to provide a haven where people with cancer, their loved ones and caregivers can learn to cope with the physical and emotional turmoil that is part of a cancer diagnosis and to explore ways to enhance their strength, their hope and their care through support groups, integrative therapies, creative activities and education. All services are offered free of charge.

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Cancer Connection carries out its mission by providing:

1. A center where people living with cancer, their families and caregivers can meet in a comforting and welcoming environment with staff or volunteers for one-to-one guidance and support;

2. Support groups that offer coping strategies and emotional support for people with cancer and their caregivers;

3. Integrative therapies, programs and workshops including creative arts and exercise classes that focus on relieving physical and emotional stress and building physical and emotional strength; and

4. Community outreach and education about living with and beyond cancer.