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UCAAN Announces “Young at Heart” Young Adult Cancer Survivor Peer led Support Group
January 18, 2012
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Thousand Oaks, CA - UCAAN is a 501c3 organization in Thousand Oaks that is focused on providing financial aid to cancer survivors and their families in the Tri-County area (Santa Barbara, Ventura County & Los Angeles County). But in order to offer financial aid which is a need that should be filled, UCAAN is looking for sponsors and donors. In the meantime, UCAAN’s focus is providing resources to cancer survivors and their families, giving handmade gifts of hope, strength, inspiration and support, providing peer lead support groups, and healthy cooking classes.
With the New Year, a lot of new and exciting things are coming about. The community is buzzing with all sorts of news, last week, it was the UCAAN grand opening event and this week UCAAN announces its “Young at Heart” Young Adult Cancer Survivor Peer led Support Group! This isn’t the first time for a YA support group to be offered to cancer survivors in Ventura County, UCAAN was also a part of the YA Cancer Survivor Support group started at the Wellness Community last year. But with UCAAN’s Office Grand Opening, they have decided to start their own group!
UCAAN is hosting a Focus Group on Tuesday January 24th, 2012 at 7pm and is inviting Young Adult Cancer Survivors to attend (ages 18+). UCAAN hopes that after the focus group, they will be able to schedule the dates for the peer support group. Tea, coffee, drinks and snacks will be provided. Attendees are asked to RSVP by calling Rachel Shur 805-479-1032. For more information, questions or comments about UCAAN, please visit their website at www.ucaan.org. or email: UCAANorg@yahoo.com. Sponsorship opportunities are available!
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For Immediate Release
12-21-11
UCAAN – The Little Charity That Could Announces Grand Opening of their New Office!
Thousand Oaks, Calif., December 21st, 2011 — UCAAN is small and even though they have been an official non-profit for only a year, they have grown and progressed quickly, just like a little engine that could. UCAAN is proud to announce the long anticipated Grand Opening of their new office in Thousand Oaks. UCAAN is inviting the community to come to their grand opening celebration on Wednesday January 11th, 2012 @ 6pm. The event will be MC’d by B95.1 FM’s DJ Scott Alexander, a representative from Senator Tony Strickland’s office will be presenting UCAAN with a plaque as well! UCAAN will have an official ribbon cutting, tours of their new office space, raffles, appetizers supplied by Fiamme Restaurant, light music and a sparkling cider toast! Also on this day, UCAAN will be announcing their Cruise raffle, valued at $1798; it’s a cruise for two to their choice of Mexico, the Bahamas or the Caribbean. There will only be 1000 raffle tickets sold, and will be available for purchase at the event, at Fiamme Restaurant, The UCAAN Office & through various volunteers. The cost per raffle ticket is $20. The winner will be pulled just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, so try your luck and support a great cause!
The festivities for UCAAN’s Grand Opening will commence at 1459 East Thousand Oaks Blvd, Ste E- Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 at 6:00pm sharp. Cancer Survivors, patients and their families are welcome. Special Handmade gifts will be given to each cancer patient/survivor or attendee who has lost someone to cancer* (*Supplies are limited) at the event, so please RSVP to UCAANorg@yahoo.com or contact Rachel 805-479-1032.
When people think of cancer, they think mainly of the trials and tribulations that a patient must go through, but many do not realize that even after the cancer is gone there are even more problems for a cancer patient to deal with.
When Rachel Shur was diagnosed with final stage leukemia and given a 10% chance of survival, she had no idea what she would have to face in the future. Shur had a positive attitude through her whole experience and that was what helped her through her initial treatments – the chemotherapy, a drug induced coma, brain surgery, and the total body radiation. She laughed whenever she could, watched funny movies, enjoyed time with friends and when she was told after her stem cell transplant that she was in remission in 2008, she was relieved, but had no idea what she had to face after treatment. The long term side effects, that creeped up on Rachel Shur devastated her and she was unsure of where to go for help. The side effects included early menopause, infertility, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, severe memory problems and dental deterioration. It was then that she realized that there were little to no resources for financial aid for patients and she came up with the decision to start UCAAN – United Cancer Advocacy Action Network – Your Cancer Resource Organization.
For more information about UCAAN, or the event please contact Rachel Shur at 805-479-1032 or Rachel@ucaan.org www.ucaan.org
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