Meet Up at Gallagher Way - FREE TO ATTEND

Where: Gallagher Way – next to Wrigley field on Clark Street

When: September 28th, 2023 4:00-8:00pm

Who: Family friendly event! All ages welcome!

Join Twist Out Cancer and BWC Alum, Noah Plotkin & his band, Bowmanville, for a meet up at Gallagher Way on September 28th! Dance & socialize with the members of the TOC Chicago community as you enjoy the French Market!

Hailing from Chicago, Bowmanville strives to bring the hip sensibilities of Hot Club Jazz from 1930s Paris mingled with the influences born of Chicago’s global crossroads to a wider audience. Led by violinist Ethan Adelsman, with Graham Nelson on harmonica/vocals, Noah Plotkin on drums, Oliver Horton on bass, and Mason Jiller on guitar, the group draws inspiration from diverse musical backgrounds to push the boundaries of their craft, thrilling audiences nationally. Creating a simmering synergy of vibrant bouncing sound that crackles with electric energy, Bowmanville leaves listeners always hungry for more.

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear live music and enjoy the out door French Market! We look forward to seeing you there & we’d love for you to bring a friend. Share this event with your friends.

Email jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org to let us know you will be coming!

More information here: 

http://bowmanvilleswing.com/

https://www.gallagherway.com/events/french-market-2023/2023-09-28

September 22
North Shore Congregation Israel
6:15 - 7:30 p.m. CST
Free

See Twist Out Cancer Founder and CEO Jenna Benn Shersher speak on celebrating life's blessings.

Jenna Benn Shersher, cancer survivor and civil rights advocate, creator and CEO of Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit that has connected artists and people impacted by cancer that has touched over 246,000 people around the world, will speak on choosing life and blessing on this Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Jenna grew up at NSCI and is an inspiring leader and speaker.

Jenna is a 41-year-old cancer survivor who, in the course of her journey, figured out creative ways to leverage social media to process her experience and create community. Jenna founded the nonprofit organization Twist Out Cancer, which provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming. Over the last 11 years, Twist Out Cancer has impacted over 246,000 people through their programs and online platforms. Jenna grew up here at NSCI and cherishes her roots and her family’s meaningful involvement in our community.

Cactus Cancer’s Birthday Bash!

Who: Anyone and everyone!  The more the merrier!

What: A birthday party complete with trivia, fun mini games, and dance party!

Where: On Zoom

When: Thursday, April 27th from 5:00-7:00pm PT / 7:00-9:00pm CT / 8:00-10:00pm ET

Negative Space - Caregiver Virtual Support Group

Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 6-7:15pm (cst)

They will use the episode of the @insicknesspodcast  as a conversational starting point. The topic is "This is Terrible. Keep Going" in which they talk about all the ways the caregiving life is so hard and how we can find ways to keep going through it all. Listening to the episode before the session is not required. 

Saturday, March 18th, 2023

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Christina Fellowship Church - Lindenhurst

Equal Hope is hosting a FREE event at Christian Fellowship Church of Lindenhurst on Saturday, 3/18.  Learn more about maintaining good breast and cervical health, and treat yourself to a nice facial by L'BRI PURE n' NATURALafterward! 

Space is limited. Text or call (708) 829-5337 to RSVP today!  

Twist Out Cancer + CrossTown Fitness Event

Saturday, October 15, 2022
12pm (noon) CST

CTF Roscoe Village 
3406 North Lincoln Avenue
Instructor: Coach Chandler

Donation: $30

CrossTown Fitness is a Chicago based business that offers strength, HIIT, and cardio work out classes. CTF will be hosting a fun workout class to support TOC and will be donating all proceeds to support future Twist programs! If you are not interested in working out, but are interested in coming out to support, please join & cheer us on!

All participants MUST register on the CTF website to attend. 
Questions? Email jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

Register for our Free Yoga Series, Mindfulness Mondays! 

MONDAY, JUNE 27 | 5PM MST
MONDAY, JULY 25 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, AUGUST 29 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 5PM MST​​​​​​

Join us for our upcoming yoga series, Mindfulness Mondays, in collaboration with LOV Yoga. On Monday, June 27 we're kicking off the series with our first live Zoom class at 5pm MST. Mindfulness Mondays will be hosted on the last Monday of each month through September so mark your calendars to join us for the entire series! Whether you're brand new to yoga or have a routine practice, these classes are accessible to all levels and open to the entire First Descents community. 

Mindfulness Mondays are completely free so join us to jumpstart your week with a dose of community, mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation. 

To register, click the button below! Attendees will receive the Zoom link at registration and a reminder email before the class begins.  

Cactus Cancer Society and Bright Spot Network  collaboration, “Family Art Time”!

Join us for our first-ever parent and child art project, where we’ll be making a pair of elephant paper mosaics! You’ll be joining 15 other kids, and their young adult parent patient, survivor, and or caregiver (Cactus Cancer Society defines young adult as 18-45 years old) while we chat and work on some creative and meditative art together.

Together, with Bright Spot Network, we’ll be sending you all the supplies you need to participate. We’ll provide the stuff, you and your kiddo provide the conversation!

It’s all happening on Sunday, September 25th, for 90 minutes, at 8:00 am PT / 10:00 am CT / 11:00 am ET!**

We’ll send you everything you need to participate ahead of time!

Who: 15-20 children and young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregiver patients.

When: Sunday, September 25th from 8:00-9:30am PT / 10:00-11:30am CT / 11:00am-12:30pm ET via Zoom.

Questions? Contact aerial@cactuscancer.org or haley@brightspotnetwork.org for more information!

**We know kids’ attention spans range! Our “official” program will last for 90 minutes but that may not work for all families. You are encouraged to stay on for as long as you and your kiddo can! We’ll be hanging out and doing art until 8:30 am PST / 11:30 am CT / 12:30 pm EST.” **

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

FP Conversations - Cancer Hacks: Mental Health Edition
Wednesday, 9/21 at 5:30PM PT - virtual
Please join our Brand Ambassadors for a personal and heartfelt discussion around mental health and coping mechanisms for Fighting Pretty through the craziness of cancer. RSVP

Parenting With Cancer: Personal Narrative, Prompt Style Writing Workshop (Free)

Tuesday, September 20, 1:30p PT / 4:30p ET (90 min)
Live (Zoom), 90-min Meet Up

The Parenting with Cancer Pop-Up Writing Workshop is dedicated to all those who have dealt with not only the trials of a breast cancer diagnosis but have done it while also wearing the “mom” hat. Neither job is easy — patient or care provider — and doing both at the same time can be overwhelming on a good day. So many decisions, so much to do when all you really want is to crawl under the covers.

Writing gives you the space to work through and make sense of what you are facing. Doing so in a group of others who understand can be life-changing. Join our September free workshop to write alongside other moms who get the daily struggles. It will give you a light to follow in a dark tunnel.

Click here to REGISTER for the Zoom link now. 

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

Register for our Free Yoga Series, Mindfulness Mondays! 

MONDAY, JUNE 27 | 5PM MST
MONDAY, JULY 25 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, AUGUST 29 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 5PM MST​​​​​​

Join us for our upcoming yoga series, Mindfulness Mondays, in collaboration with LOV Yoga. On Monday, June 27 we're kicking off the series with our first live Zoom class at 5pm MST. Mindfulness Mondays will be hosted on the last Monday of each month through September so mark your calendars to join us for the entire series! Whether you're brand new to yoga or have a routine practice, these classes are accessible to all levels and open to the entire First Descents community. 

Mindfulness Mondays are completely free so join us to jumpstart your week with a dose of community, mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation. 

To register, click the button below! Attendees will receive the Zoom link at registration and a reminder email before the class begins.  

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

This group meets every Thursday!
6:00-7:00 CST/ 7:00-8:00 EST

Join us on Thursday evenings to experience the power and beauty of meditating in a warm and welcoming community. Each week we have time to learn, to share and to do both a guided and silent meditation. Come whenever you want and stay for whatever part works for you. Everyone is welcome - no prior experience necessary. We look forward to seeing you soon.
-Ruth and Lisa

Topics & themes change weekly, any questions please contact jacqueline@twistoutcancer.org

Click here to access Zoom

Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 6:00 PM CST — Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT

FP Conversations - Cancer Hacks: Beauty Edition
Wednesday, 8/17 at 5:30PM PT - virtual
Join our brand ambassadors as we chat about beauty hacks to try while battling cancer! RSVP

Register for our Free Yoga Series, Mindfulness Mondays! 

MONDAY, JUNE 27 | 5PM MST
MONDAY, JULY 25 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, AUGUST 29 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 5PM MST​​​​​​

Join us for our upcoming yoga series, Mindfulness Mondays, in collaboration with LOV Yoga. On Monday, June 27 we're kicking off the series with our first live Zoom class at 5pm MST. Mindfulness Mondays will be hosted on the last Monday of each month through September so mark your calendars to join us for the entire series! Whether you're brand new to yoga or have a routine practice, these classes are accessible to all levels and open to the entire First Descents community. 

Mindfulness Mondays are completely free so join us to jumpstart your week with a dose of community, mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation. 

To register, click the button below! Attendees will receive the Zoom link at registration and a reminder email before the class begins.  

Register for our Free Yoga Series, Mindfulness Mondays! 

MONDAY, JUNE 27 | 5PM MST
MONDAY, JULY 25 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, AUGUST 29 | 5PM MST​​​​​​
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 | 5PM MST​​​​​​

Join us for our upcoming yoga series, Mindfulness Mondays, in collaboration with LOV Yoga. On Monday, June 27 we're kicking off the series with our first live Zoom class at 5pm MST. Mindfulness Mondays will be hosted on the last Monday of each month through September so mark your calendars to join us for the entire series! Whether you're brand new to yoga or have a routine practice, these classes are accessible to all levels and open to the entire First Descents community. 

Mindfulness Mondays are completely free so join us to jumpstart your week with a dose of community, mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation. 

To register, click the button below! Attendees will receive the Zoom link at registration and a reminder email before the class begins.  

Join Dr. Susan Love Foundation for their next webinar on May 18 hosted by the team at QT Imaging, Inc. who will present their initial findings of woman’s ducts. We believe that if there is an accurate understanding of the ductal system, we could better treat breast cancer. This is the first stage of understanding where breast cancer starts and how we can locate the earliest changes.

May 18, 2022

2:00PM (CST) / 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Twist Out Cancer for a Twistshop partnership with buddhi. buddhi is a digital wellness companion for adults living with and recovering from cancer. buddhi curates content, discussion and events for its community, and soon will release features that allow friends and family to invest in their healing through a socially responsible e-commerce marketplace. You can learn more about buddhi here or check out their social media.

Introduction to buddhi with sisters, Kathleen & Meagan Brown.
Art Therapy facilitation by Mignon Dupeppe LCPC, ATR
Theme: Support Network/ Community

• Engage in an art therapy focused group, as we explore animal and insect social groups, Starling bird murmuration behaviors, and art processes towards identifying our own support network and support communities. No artistic background necessary, just an interest in using creativity and curiosity towards learning and self-understanding.
  
  
  Art Supply Considerations:
  White multi-purpose art/heavy paper or watercolor paper
  Watercolor palette/paints and paint brush
  Colorful markers
  Black marker/fine tip black marker
  Crayons(including a white crayonS
  Small cup of table salt or salt in a salt shaker
  Paper towels/cup of water

Register HERE