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Gilda's Club

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Description

Gilda's Club Worldwide is an organization dedicated to helping men, women and children with any kind of cancer and their family members and friends find emotional and social support. At Gilda's Club, where every membership is free-of-charge, a community of support is developed in which people of all ages with all kinds of cancer learn from one another how to live more. Each clubhouse offers support and networking groups, lectures and workshops based on members' interests, social activities, a children's play area, and more.

Goal / Mission

The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide places where men, women, and children with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care.

Results / Accomplishments

The first Gilda's Club, including a worldwide training center, opened its signature red door in New York City in 1995. Since that time, additional clubhouses have opened in larger cities (Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Toronto), smaller cities (Fort Lauderdale, Quad Cities, Hackensack, Rochester) and several points in between (Nashville, Grand Rapids, White Plains). Thousands of members now attest to the fact that Gilda's Club has helped change their lives by restoring control and enabling them to plan their own emotional and social support, thus strengthening and enriching the entire family.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Gilda's Club Worldwide
Primary Contact
Gilda's Club Worldwide
322 Eighth Avenue, Ste 1402
New York, NY 10001
(917) 305-1200
http://www.gildasclubnyc.org/
Topics
Health / Cancer
Organization(s)
Gilda's Club Worldwide
Date of publication
2006
Date of implementation
1995
Location
New York, NY

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.