Young Adults With Cancer… Spreading Awareness as a Community

As part of this effort, we thought to spotlight a few organizations that are focused on changing preconceptions to result in better outcomes. A few of these have recently embarked on awareness initiatives including conferences and social-media campaigns.

One of our Wings of Hope Gala award recipients, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, is working to boost awareness through a custom hashtag/social media campaign #ayachicago which, if you follow, will bring up photos and posts about their work in not only increasing exposure but it changing outcomes through their Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Center:

• Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at Lurie Cancer Center – http://cancer.northwestern.edu/ayao

Here are several additional organizations that are also working to boost awareness of cancer in young adults through various methods:

• Young Adult Cancer Alliance Critical Mass – http://criticalmass.org
• Livestrong Foundation – http://www.livestrong.org/what-we-do/our-actions/programs-partnerships/livestrong-young-adult-alliance
• First Descents – www.firstdescents.org
• Camp Catch a Rainbow – http://www.ymcastorercamps.org/ccar/camp-catch-a-rainbow/

Imerman Angels supports these organizations in several ways including co-sponsorship of events in the cancer community as well as through our Mentor Angel program where we work to connect young adults who have been diagnosed with cancer to young adult cancer fighters with young adult survivors with the same type of cancer, same treatment, anywhere in the world.

We are making connections every week with adolescents and young adults and are always seeking more who are looking to become guiding lights, inspirations, or simply just a shoulder that can be of immense comfort to anyone that is on a cancer journey.

If you are a survivor or just want to make a difference, please use social media of your choice and hashtag #ayachicago #cancermentor #cancerinyoungadults #YAsurvivor #childcancersurvivor or a hashtag that is meaningful to you.

Inspirational Cancer Support Video from Imerman Angels

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