The Wellness Community
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What is The Wellness Community?
Celebrating its 24th anniversary in June 2006, The Wellness Community is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free support, education and hope to people with cancer and their loved ones. Through participation in professionally-led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and stress reduction classes, people affected by cancer learn vital skills that enable them to regain control, reduce isolation and restore hope regardless of the stage of their disease. Today, there are 21 Wellness Communities around the United States plus 43 satellite and off-site programs, two centers abroad in Tel Aviv and Tokyo, five centers in development, and online at The Virtual Wellness Community. For more information, visit www.thewellnesscommunity.org.
How are the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and TWC working together to improve the lives of people affected by cancer?
The Wellness Community and the LAF are working together to create a national, community-based program designed to support and empower people with cancer after treatment, called Live Well! Life Beyond Cancer. The Live Well! program will build upon TWC's popular Return to Wellness program, which was created to meet the emotional and physical needs of post-treatment breast cancer survivors. The Live Well! program will be available for both male and female survivors post-treatment, regardless of their cancer diagnosis. The program will use interactive education, support, exercise and nutrition to address the long-term effects of treatment as well as the psychosocial needs of survivors during their transition from treatment to post-treatment.
The new program will include an interactive workbook and CD-ROM for ongoing support and reinforcement of key messages, research to improve and evaluate the impact of the program and an online version and resources to extend the program to a broader audience of cancer survivors via TWC and LAF websites.
The Live Well! Life Beyond Cancer program will be piloted in 2007 in the following five TWC facilities:
How can I get involved?
To find out more about how you can get involved with the Live Well! Life Beyond Cancer program, please call The Wellness Community toll-free at 1-888-793-WELL.
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