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Join us for for the 34th Annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration! This will be on Saturday, May 31st from 11am – 2pm at the Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness. Registration is required so register on the May Events page today!
Did you miss our most recent Cancer Dietitian Nutrition Webinar? Not to worry! You can watch the recording here!
If you like it, sign up for May’s nutrition webinar, whose topic is Plant Based Eating Made Easy!
UPDATES!
Cancer Services, Inc. is excited to share about 2 new members on our engagement team! Dara Kurtz, an 11-year breast cancer survivor, will be providing Survivorship Mentoring & Support, and Shanu Onasanya is Cancer Services’ new Survivorship Coordinator, starting May 1st. Dara and Shanu will join Julie, Gloria and Joyce in supporting outreach programs that enhance health, life & survivorship for our community of survivors!
This month Julie recorded a Special Topic interview with Dara. Check out the video to hear more about Dara’s story of cancer diagnosis and survivorship and to hear:
- What was the most significant mental or emotional shift she experienced after finishing treatment
- How did she begin to rebuild identity after cancer
- What tools or habits have helped her the most in navigating life post-cancer
- The role that community played in her healing.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW
Dara will also be sharing a Thrive Tip of the Month each month! This month we pulled a tip from the interview mentioned above. In the interview, Dara talks about the tools and habits that have helped her in navigating life post-cancer, and she shared several different habits she keeps, but the key advice was to incorporate SOMETHING for 15 minutes each day to care for herself.
You can also find out more by reading Dara’s article on our website: 5 Ways to Take Back Your Power After Cancer. Dara writes:
I remember when I completed treatment for breast cancer, over eleven years ago, and the doctors said, “OK, Dara, it’s time to get back to the business of living.” While I was thrilled to be finished with active treatment, I didn’t know how to live anymore.
Somewhere between surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, I had forgotten what “normal” life felt like. Fear followed me around like my shadow, and I was a different version of myself. From the moment I heard the words, “You have cancer,” my life was broken down into two parts: “BC” life before cancer, and “AC” life after cancer. I had to figure out how to navigate my life as a cancer survivor and learn how to get back to everyday life.
Here are five tips that helped me learn how to thrive, not just survive:… read more
May the Best Month Be Yours!
May Event Registration- Click Here!
SURVIVORS DAY 2025
Saturday. May 31st from 11am to 2pm
We provide lunch, wellness activities, treatment resources and survivorship information, all at no charge!
At the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness.
Nutrition Webinar
Wednesday, May 14th at 1pm
Join Julie, The Cancer Dietitian for a free webinar on : Plant Based Eating Made Easy and learn more about how to eat more fruits and veggies this summer!
Breast Cancer Group
Tuesday, May 20th at 6pm
This group is made to provide community for those who are dealing with breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.
This month there will be an art activity with Sawtooth at the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness.
Art and Wellness with Sawtooth School
On Thursday, May 22nd at 2pm ET (Virtual Program)
A wellness group focused on healing through art in partnership with the Sawtooth School for Visual Arts. Supplies will be available for pick up at Cancer Services the week before the class.
If you would like to be added to our wellness group reminder list, please register here!
This Month of May:
- Men’s Fellow-Ship: No Meeting in May
- Lung group: May 1st at 6pm (Novant)
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Group: May 6th at 7pm (Virtual)
- GYN group: May 6th at 6pm (Novant)
- Hispanic group: May 7th at 6pm (Cancer Services)
- HEAL African American Group: May 8th at 6pm (Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness)
- GI group: May 13th at 6pm (Novant)
- Head & Neck Group: May 14th at 3pm (Novant)
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Group: May 20th at 1pm (Virtual)
- Breast Cancer Group: May 20th at 6pm (Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness)
- Myeloma group: May 28th at 12pm (Atrium)
- Eat the Rainbow 12 week Email Program Kick Off! Mon. June 9th!
- Art and Wellness – Thurs. June 26th at 2pm ET – VIRTUAL
June Groups
- GYN Group: No Meeting in June
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Group: Tues. June 3 at 7pm (Virtual)
- Hispanic group: No Meeting in June
- Lung group: No Meeting in June
- GI group: Tues. June 10 at 6pm (Novant)
- Head & Neck Group: Wed. June 11 at 3pm (Novant)
- HEAL African American Group: No Meeting in June
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Group: Tues. June 17 at 1pm (Virtual)
- Breast Cancer Group: Tues. June 17 at 6pm (Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness)
- Myeloma group: Wed. June 25 at 12pm (Atrium)
- Men’s Fellow-Ship Meeting: Thurs. June 26 at 6pm (Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness)
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