In Your Community
Share Your Story of Hope & Healing in the Media
As an empowered Cancer Fighter, you are an inspiration to others. Help us share your story with media outlets and spread the message of hope and healing that is at the center of the CTCA treatment model. By indicating an interest on your profile, you may be contacted to share your story for a newspaper or magazine article, a television commercial, or some other media outlet. By spreading the word about premier cancer care, you offer strength, courage and hope to others to win the fight against cancer every day.
Click here to update the Areas of Interest section in your profile to indicate your interest in sharing your story with the local media.
Tell us how you have found healing and hope during your fight against cancer. Click the link below for suggested questions to consider when writing your story.
Share Your Story
Connect with Cancer Patients in Your Community
Are you trying to find an organization in your community where you can give back through volunteering, raising funds, or speaking to other cancer patients? CTCA can help you identify opportunities to collaborate with organizations in your area and truly impact the fight against cancer.
Click here to update the Areas of Interest section in your profile to indicate your interest in volunteering in your local community.
Become Involved In Your Area
In our research, we have found three websites to be very helpful to patients and caregivers when getting involved in with support groups in their community.
To ensure that you find a group that fits your needs, the National Cancer Institute provides information on how to begin your search for a support organization.
When selecting a cancer support group in your area, keep in mind that cancer organizations can focus on different areas: all types of cancer or just one, patient and caregiver specific groups and groups that cater to specific needs such as religion or culture. Different organizations may also offer different services such as a focus on fundraising or advocacy.
Service and support organizations offer help to patients and caregivers to make sure no one has to face cancer alone. Telephone hotline counselors, cancer emotional support programs and referral programs are just a few types of service organizations.
Awareness programs are another way to get involved in your community. Awareness programs are designed to raise awareness and to join in the fight against cancer. These types of organizations are designed to educate people about the disease and how to prevent cancer.
Fundraising organizations raise money to provide a variety of services to people and cancer research. Events are a common way to raise money and awareness about cancer. Such events include walks, races, dinners and many other entertainment activities. Participating and volunteering your time during these events are a great way to stay connected in your community.
For more information and useful tips on becoming involved in your area, please visit the websites listed below.
Gateway for Cancer Research
A not-for-profit organization based in Schaumburg, IL dedicated to curing cancer through funding patient-centered clinical studies that make an impact on those battling cancer. Gateway is a charity where 99 cents of every dollar donated to Gateway funds cancer research. This ratio is unparalleled in any not-for-profit setting.
Our Journey Of Hope
Our Journey of Hope® is a new, comprehensive program of lay ministry training, speaker series and ongoing support for you and your church. First the program will provide the critical training your congregants need for ministry. Then, it will help your lay ministers connect with cancer patients throughout your community – both churched and unchurched – who will benefit tremendously from the hope and help you can offer.
American Cancer Society
The volunteers and staff members of the American Cancer Society, empower and mobilize communities to prevent cancer, save lives, and diminish suffering by distinguishing the Society as the organization of choice for meaningful volunteer engagement.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has written Facing Forward: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer as a way to help cancer survivors get involved in activities. This document is also a tool organizations can use to help people who ask, "What can I do to fight cancer?"