On March 29th, the Young Adult Program at Dana-Farber (YAP@DFCI) hosts its 11th annual conference focused on the the unique circumstances related to lifestyle, work, school, family life, and emotional development that young adults face when living with cancer. This FREE one-day event in Boston includes an opening keynote by Tara Shuman, a YA who […]
We are proud to have established a permanent named grant in memory of one of our longtime supporters and friends, Jeremy Hill. A beloved SAMFund Board member who passed away in 2012 after a prolonged battle with melanoma, Jeremy was a person of quiet but great generosity. Though Jeremy’s tenure on the Board of Trustees […]
It’s #GivingTuesday! Please help The SAMFund raise funds for even more grants in 2014, so that young adult survivors of cancer can not only survive, but move forward. “There are few available resources to help young adults after having your life flipped upside down by cancer. I was 25 when I was diagnosed, and I […]
We’re counting down to “An Evening of a Million Thanks” on November 22nd at The Hampshire House in Boston from 6:30-9:30. It is sure to be a spectacular celebration of the awarding of our one millionth dollar to young adult cancer survivors! We are also proud to be honoring the community of supporters that has […]
We’re thrilled to welcome Lisa Eatough, founder of College Beyond Cancer, as this week’s guest blogger. You may recognize her name from our recent Webinar, “Undergraduate Tuition Assistance” (archived on our website for anyone who didn’t get to listen!). She has created a way for students who are cancer survivors to raise funds for their […]
We are thrilled to provide a guest blog post from Dan Shapiro, a psychologist and a professor of medical humanities at the Penn State College of Medicine. He is the author of a cancer memoir titled, Mom’s Marijuana. His latest book is And In Health: A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together. Thank you Dan, for […]
Recently, we were pleasantly surprised to find an iTunes application for AYA Survivorship and wanted to know more about how it came to be available. So, we tracked down one of the designers, Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, chair of the Cancer Alliance of Texas and doctoral student at the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School […]
Spring is here and so is The SAMFund’s tenth anniversary! Ten years ago, Sam had an idea that young adult (YA) survivors of cancer needed somewhere to turn when the financial impact of cancer made it impossible to move forward, even with cancer treatment behind them. As a two- time cancer survivor herself, she understood the […]
There are lots of things you can do to support National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week. First and foremost, if you know a young adult survivor, make sure THEY know about the resources available to them, that it’s okay to ask for help, and that they are not alone. Here are more suggestions specific to […]
We are thrilled to have a guest blog post from our friend Arielle J Fierman, a Board Certified Health Coach at Bewellwitharielle.com. Arielle is an expert on “healthifying” recipes and promoting wellness as a lifestyle. She leads nutrition lectures, cooking classes and supermarket tours around New York City, full of kale and quinoa, and free […]
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