Category Archives: CSC Happenings

Three Cheers for Gilda’s Club Desert Cities!

Gilda’s Club Desert Cities received the Julie Copeland Community Service Award at the BNP Paribas Bank Open Tennis Tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday, March 19. The presentation was at 10:30 PDT and was televised nationally on ESPN and the Tennis … More

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Extending our Learning and Teaching

On February 23, 24, and 25, 2012, we were honored to take part in the 9th Annual Conference of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) in Miami, FL.  The conference theme was:Reducing Health Disparities in Quality Cancer Care: Psychosocial Research, Practice, … More

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CSC Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal

This past Friday, we were happy to see that John George, Senior Reporter at thePhiladelphia Business Journal wrote about our web-based distress screening tool for cancer patients and The Breast Cancer M.A.P. (Mind Affects The Physical) Project, a place for breast cancer survivors … More

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CSC’s Research & Training Institute Validates Need for Cancer Support

In 2008, the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust began working with the Cancer Support Community (CSC) to locate a home in Fairmount Park for a first-of-its kind cancer Research and Training Institute (RTI). First opened in 2009, the RTI is … More

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A New Name – A New Vision for the Future

Many of you have seen our recent news announcing that The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club Worldwide have come together to form the Cancer Support Community. Together, we are now the largest professionally-led cancer support organization worldwide and the largest … More

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