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Hope Helpers: Bag It

Bag It is teaching, guiding and empowering cancer patients and caregivers.

Survivor and Caregiver Stories

Educator, amputee, survivor

Middle school special education teacher Emily Parker shares lessons and inspiration from her fight with melanoma.

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Get up. Dress up. Show up. Smile.

Ice cream, lipstick and joy – Bridget shares the lessons of hope she’s learned while living with metastatic breast cancer.

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I am a survivor: Sandra Mosley

My name is Sandra Mosley. I am senior citizen and a three time cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in 2003 with Colon Cancer. In 2011,

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A family focus on hope.

It’s not a stretch to say that helping is in Charles McGivney Junior’s DNA. In fact, to ask him or his wife Randi, their recognition

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Why tenacity matters in the face of cancer

My husband, Gary, was  stubborn tenacious. When he was first diagnosed with late-stage, slow-growing cancer, we learned he could expect about two years of life. But

Survivor and Caregiver Stories

Wedding. Cancer. Divorce.

Ask any cancer survivor and there’s a good chance they can name the friend (or friends!) who bailed after diagnosis. A quick search for “losing

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truth.

Written by Support Volunteer Marci Floski. To read more of her work, visit her blog The 8th Hard Thing. the truth is we do move

Yeah, but - stories of cancer survivors who are finding hope and giving support
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Addicted to the “yeah, but…”

“I’m addicted to the “yeah, but…” ~Dr. Ryan Gustus “Yeah, but…” is where the Support Volunteers of the Cancer Hope Network community thrive. For them,

Survivor and Caregiver Stories

Becoming friends with hope.

Chrysalis Gala honorees Diane and Tom Bongiorno talk life-changing brochures, business and hope.

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Friendship doesn’t run away.

When blood tests showed slightly elevated PSA levels, Joe Borzacchiello’s doctors were cautiously optimistic, telling him that few patients with similar levels had cancer. In

Survivor and Caregiver Stories

A bag of FU and hope.

Michael Korb was 59 when he was diagnosed with colon cancer. He had no family history of cancer and had been putting off the colonoscopy

Survivor and Caregiver Stories

Puppies, puking and hope.

Jenn’s diagnosis with leiomyosarcoma was as unexpected as the disease is rare. “I was in my last year of medical training, getting ready to be

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