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Partners
RESOURCES
ADVENTURE CAMPS
Base2Summit - cassiehinesshoescancer.org/
camps/chscf-base2summit-camp/
Base2Summit is a free 6 day adventure in Northern
Michigan for young adults. We mix up some kayaking,
hiking, biking and exploring the Mitten with some
down time on one of Michigan's supreme lakes. Join
us for a Base2Summit experience!
Epic Experience - epicexperience.org
Cancer Survivorship is more than follow-up
appointments, blood tests, and scans; it's about living
life to the fullest beyond cancer. Epic Experience
empowers adult cancer survivors to do just that
through free week-long adventures in the Colorado
Rockies. We also have virtual exercise classes, our
podcast Campfires Of Hope and our How To Cancer
Series on the Epic Experience YouTube page. Our
Mission - Epic Experience empowers adult cancer
survivors and thrivers to live beyond cancer.
First Descents - firstdescents.org
First Descents (FD) is a leader in adventure-based
healing. Through outdoor adventure, community
building, and lifestyle development, FD improves
long-term survivorship and quality of life for young
adults impacted by cancer and other serious health
conditions. All services are fully-adaptive and free of
charge.
Project Koru - projectkoru.org
Project Koru enriches lives through community and
the outdoors as a way to move forward after cancer.
The Koru spiral is shaped like an unfurling fern
frond. It symbolizes new life, growth, strength, and
peace - the very channels of energy we aim to inspire
for survivors at our camps. We envision a world of
empowered young adult cancer survivors.
Send It Foundation -
senditfoundation.org/
Send It' is an expression that inspires us to push
boundaries, go big, and give it your all. The Send It
Foundation provides free outdoor adventures for
young adult cancer survivors creating the space
to play, connect, and find healing in the outdoors.
Multi-day adventures are designed around activities
like skiing, surfing, mountain biking, and backpacking;
cultivating a vital community through shared
experience.
True North Treks - truenorthtreks.org
At True North Treks, we help teens & young adults
with cancer find direction through connection after
the very dis-connecting experience cancer can bring.
We fulfill our mission through implementing unique
and supportive healthcare programs and services that
are not available anywhere else. With a little help and
guidance from the STARS, we do this through Skills
Training, Advocacy, Resources and Support.
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A Kid Again - akidagain.org/
We make life for families caring for a child with a
life-threatening condition " normal " again by helping
them gain back moments of positive, family-shared
experiences and memories.
ASCP Patient Champions -
ascp.org/patients
The ASCP Patient Champions program empowers
patients, caregivers and advocates through education
and awareness about diagnostics, lab tests, and
follow-up care through the real-life stories of patients,
our Patient Champions.
Dean Paras Foundation -
deanparasfoundation.net
The Foundation's dual purposes are to fund
Neuroendocrine Cancer Research and to fund a
Graduate Fellowship in BioMedical Engineering at
Vanderbilt University. Constantine " Dean " Paras,
was a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the
Department of Biomedical Engineering. While at
Vanderbilt, Dean and his team had developed and
produced a device for use in parathyroid and thyroid
surgery that has been patented and is being produced
for use in operating rooms.
Well Beings Studio - wellbeings.studio/
Well Beings Studio enhances the emotional well-being
of families impacted by cancer through arts-based
resources and workshops. Check out our Arts and
Emotional-Well Being Events and Activities for children,
teens and families during COVID-19: http://wellbeings.
studio/blog/ . For families, find our downloadable
resources at: www.littlegreenmonster.org.
Global Resource for Advancing Cancer
Education (GRACE) - cancergrace.org
GRACE is a nonprofit organization that was developed
as a means of improving the overall medical care
for cancer patients by democratizing cutting edge
information on optimal cancer management and
providing it directly to patients. We recognized that
while there is an overwhelming amount of new
information available to physicians, actually more
than they could integrate, patients and their families
often have a deep interest in their own care and often
have the time and motivation to ensure that they are
receiving the best treatment possible. To this end,
GRACE provides expert-mediated information on
current and emerging cancer management options
in order to empower patients, caregivers, and health
professionals to become direct partners in cancer
care.

https://cassiehinesshoescancer.org/base-2-summit/ http://www.akidagain.org/ https://cassiehinesshoescancer.org/base-2-summit/ http://www.ascp.org/patients http://www.epicexperience.org http://www.deanparasfoundation.net http://www.firstdescents.org http://wellbeings.studio/ http://www.projectkoru.org https://wellbeings.studio/blog https://wellbeings.studio/blog http://www.littlegreenmonster.org http://www.cancergrace.org http://www.senditfoundation.org/ http://www.truenorthtreks.org http://www.ELEPHANTSANDTEA.COM

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