CancerCare Celebrates Pride Month

June is a time to recognize the strength and diversity of our LGBTQ+ populations, but also recognize the barriers they often face in receiving proper cancer care for themselves and for their loved ones.

CancerCare honors Pride Month by committing itself to providing help and support throughout the year. Our efforts to help include publications such as Cancer and Gender Diversity, support groups such as our LGBTQ+ Cancer Patient Support Group and many other resources.

Behind the Barriers: Patient Voices on Access to Treatment

How do health plan barriers disrupt the lives of people living with cancer?

That question is at the heart of CancerCare’s initiative: Micro Insights, Macro Impact. 

We’ve spent the past six months uncovering the human impact of health plan barriers: 

• Interviewing patients and caregivers across insurance types
• Exploring findings with experts
• Developing resources that empower patients and caregivers to advocate for much-needed policy reforms both personally and with CancerCare 

Now, we’re ready to share what we learned.

Join us on June 17, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. ET for the Micro Insights, Macro Impact Webinar:

• Gain an exclusive, first look at our findings report
• Access our new advocacy resources
• Hear more about how we, together, can amplify patients’ insights to fuel meaningful policy change

CancerCare's Support Groups

Connect with others in support groups for cancer patients, loved ones and people who have lost a loved one. Led by oncology social workers, our support groups are offered free of charge with registration required.

Some of our online support groups currently underway include:

LGBTQ+ Cancer Patient Support Group

LGBTQ+ Spouse/Partner Caregiver Support Group

Our live support groups are available for residents of New York and New Jersey in person or via video-conferencing. These include:

Living With Cancer: A Group for Older Adults 60+

Living With Loss: General Bereavement Support Group

New Jersey Gala Raises Vital Funds

 

CancerCare is pleased to share that its 38th annual Festival of Hope Gala, held on May 13 at the Park Savoy in Florham Park, New Jersey, raised over $100,000 to support cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and the bereaved.

This year's gala honored Biolumina with the 2026 Dorothy Schachne Corporate Achievement Award, recognizing the agency’s meaningful contributions to patients, caregivers and the broader health care community.

Young Professionals Committee Scholarship Program

CancerCare's Young Professionals Committee awards one-time scholarships to young adults who have lost a parent or guardian to cancer. Applicants must be entering college in fall 2026 or be currently enrolled as an undergraduate at an accredited university or community college in the United States.

To date, CancerCare's YPC has awarded 30 scholarships totaling $75,000, empowering young people to pursue their academic and personal goals while honoring the memory of the parent they lost. Apply by July 24.