{"id":14145,"date":"2022-06-08T20:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/?p=14145"},"modified":"2023-02-07T01:35:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T01:35:23","slug":"cancer-survivor-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/blog\/cancer-survivor-month\/","title":{"rendered":"CHN Celebrates Cancer Survivor Month\u00a0","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each June, Cancer Hope Network<\/a> joins oncology professionals, nonprofit support groups and individuals in celebrating Cancer Survivor Month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are literally millions of reasons to celebrate: The number of cancer survivors is expected to top 22 million<\/a> by 2030. New drugs and treatments being developed (The National Cancer Institute reports clinical trials at more than 2K sites<\/a>) and approved (American Association of Cancer Research notes 16 new oncology drugs approved last year<\/a>.)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind each of these statistics and facts is a story. At Cancer Hope Network, those cancer survivor stories are at the heart of our mission \u2013 making sure that no one faces cancer alone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our survivor Support Volunteers are a diverse group of folks \u2013 they\u2019ve faced more than 80 types and subtypes of cancer (more than 98% of the cancers that will be diagnosed this year), they speak 15 languages and range from 19-94 years old. They\u2019re parents and siblings, friends and coworkers. They\u2019re teachers, shoemakers, and HAM radio operators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they\u2019re all focused on one thing: making cancer less isolating and scary for other patients, caregivers and survivors. Each day, during Cancer Survivor Month and throughout the year, these cancer survivors and cancer caregivers create hope by providing peer support for people facing cancer across the nation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telling stories: my dream job<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serving as Director of External Affairs for Cancer Hope Network is the job of a lifetime: I get to work with amazing colleagues (Meet our staff<\/a>!) and collaborate with incredible partners across the nation (Meet Kristin, who is part of our peer support pilot program with Stanford Health Care<\/a> or meet Ellen, who is part of our collaboration with the Lung Cancer Research Foundation<\/a>.). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the very best part of my awesome job is uplifting cancer survivors by working with CHN\u2019s nearly 500 active cancer survivor and caregiver volunteers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Cancer Survivor Month, I\u2019m especially proud to join the CHN community in celebrating some of our long-term survivor volunteers. I hope you\u2019ll enjoy a few of my favorites from the Hopelight Spotlight archives \u2013 ordinary humans making an extraordinary difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n