Grief Dialogues: The Book is a collection of stories on love and loss by 61 authors. Founded on the belief that death and grief are great equalizers transcending race, creed, ethnicity, gender, age, and economics, The Grief Dialogues brings people together to combat grief and begin healing conversations. The evening starts with a live performance of...
Starting this Fall, Cancer Lifeline will be hosting expressive arts therapist in-training, Pamela Krueger, who will offer up to six fee-free sessions at our Dorothy O’Brien Center. These sessions with Pamela will take place in our Healing Arts Room and are available to individuals, couples, families, and groups. We plan to pilot this natural extension...
Pamela Krueger, Cancer Lifeline’s resident expressive-arts-therapist in training, has always loved creative writing, starting with neighborhood marionette playwriting in childhood and, as she grew, often venturing into poetic interludes for solace and the insights the process of writing delivered. When her eldest son was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood leukemia, she turned to...
Cancer Lifeline will be participating in the upcoming annual Pierce County Cancer Survivorship Conference on Wednesday, August 7 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at the University of Puget Sound. The Pierce County Cancer Survivorship Conference is an annual event to support and celebrate the community of cancer patients and survivors in the South Sound....
On May 8th we celebrated our volunteer Helen McDuffie with pizza lunch and an award. Helen is retiring as an active volunteer on the Lifeline, a role she had held for over 20 years! “I’m definitely old school,” says the 85-year-old former high school counselor. “I believe in the power of one-to-one conversations. It’s very...
On Friday, April 26, Cancer Lifeline held our annual Volunteer Appreciation celebration with 45 volunteers, friends and family. Four awards were presented to volunteers who have gone above and beyond to further our work. The Shirley Utevsky Volunteer of the Year Award made to a direct service volunteer who gave generously whenever there was a...
Nicole joined Cancer Lifeline’s staff in March of this year as our new Program Coordinator. We caught up with Nicole to learn more about her and her connection to Cancer Lifeline. She is pictured here (on the left) with Meghan Wilkinson Melanson at the recent Komen Community Impact event where Cancer Lifeline was presented with...
Welcome to GIVEsmall. This two-week online giving campaign is Cancer Lifeline’s attempt to ramp up attention towards GiveBig, a big deal regional online one-day of giving powered by our friends at 501 Commons. On that Wednesday, May 8 we hope to raise $15,000 and we have a $10,000 challenge which means the first $10,000 will...
March 28 was a banner day for Cancer Lifeline. Not only did we raise nearly $200,000 at our annual fundraising Breakfast with Friends that morning, but we also were part of KEXP’s Music Heals day. CL’s executive director Joseph Yurgevich spoke with KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters about our programs. Take a listen.
Since 2005, the Barbara Frederick Award for Vision & Leadership has been bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies the outstanding qualities which Barbara brought to Cancer Lifeline during her tenure as Executive Director: a passion for service to others and a keen insight into what cancer patients and their families really need to prevail. For...
