Cactus Cancer Society

If your child is 18 or older and facing cancer one of the hardest things they will deal with is feeling completely alone. Most cancer support is built for older adults or little kids. Cactus Cancer Society was built specifically for the in-between — young adults ages 18 to 45 who are battling cancer and need a community that actually gets it. Everything they offer is free and fully online so it does not matter where your family lives.

What they provide is not just support groups — it is a whole world of creative and emotional wellness programs designed to help young adults cope, connect, and feel like themselves again. Participants have shown statistically significant reductions in anxiety, depression, loneliness, and psychological distress after joining. That is not marketing language — that is from a published clinical study.

Some of the programs your young adult can join include monthly art workshops covering sketching, painting, jewelry making, and more, journaling workshops led by a licensed clinical social worker and certified journal therapist, yoga nidra meditation classes, a book club, a creative arts book club where they are the author and illustrator, doodle drop-in sessions, a guys-only discussion group, a young adult cancer hangout that meets monthly for casual conversation, and an anonymous advice column called Ask Perrie where no question is off limits.

All programs are virtual and free. To sign up go here: 🔗 jotform.com/build/252036341701142

If a program is full you can join the waitlist here: 🔗 jotform.com/build/252464205056149

See all upcoming programs at: 🔗 cactuscancer.org/upcoming-programs/

You can also find a curated list of young adult cancer resources at: 🔗 cactuscancer.org/young-adult-medical-resources/

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Si tu hijo tiene 18 anos o mas y enfrenta el cancer una de las cosas mas dificiles con las que lidiara es sentirse completamente solo. La mayoria del apoyo para el cancer esta construido para adultos mayores o ninos pequenos. Cactus Cancer Society fue creada especificamente para los que estan en el medio — adultos jovenes de 18 a 45 anos que estan batallando el cancer y necesitan una comunidad que realmente lo entienda. Todo lo que ofrecen es gratuito y completamente en linea sin importar donde viva tu familia.

Lo que ofrecen no son solo grupos de apoyo — es todo un mundo de programas creativos y de bienestar emocional disenados para ayudar a los adultos jovenes a sobrellevar la situacion, conectarse y volver a sentirse ellos mismos. Los participantes han mostrado reducciones estadisticamente significativas en ansiedad, depresion, soledad y angustia psicologica despues de unirse. Eso no es lenguaje de marketing — proviene de un estudio clinico publicado.

Algunos de los programas a los que tu adulto joven puede unirse incluyen talleres de arte mensuales, talleres de escritura en diario dirigidos por una trabajadora social clinica certificada, clases de meditacion, un club de lectura, sesiones de dibujo informales, un grupo de discusion solo para hombres, un encuentro mensual de adultos jovenes con cancer para conversacion informal y una columna anonima de consejos donde ninguna pregunta esta fuera de lugar.

Todos los programas son virtuales y gratuitos. Para registrarte ve aqui: 🔗 jotform.com/build/252036341701142

Si un programa esta lleno puedes unirte a la lista de espera aqui: 🔗 jotform.com/build/252464205056149

Ve todos los proximos programas en: 🔗 cactuscancer.org/upcoming-programs/