COVID-19 Updates

Updated Response to COVID-19

(Updated July 11, 2024) As we continue to navigate life since COVID, Gilda’s Club Madison is committed to providing safe support, education, and social experiences for people facing cancer. The need to practice safety measures in support of our friends and neighbors living with cancer continues.

We continue to offer programs in-person, virtually, as well as in a hybrid format. This has been particularly helpful to those who live a long distance from the clubhouse or are feeling unwell. And, we also are relying on the community to help us keep each other healthy.

To protect and maintain a safe and healthy environment for our members, many of whom are immunocompromised, Gilda’s Club Madison will require the following precautions.

  • As always, members, volunteers, and staff who are feeling ill should not come to the clubhouse. We strive to keep illness caused by bacteria and viruses out of our clubhouse to protect those who are most vulnerable and their caregivers. 
  • Gilda’s Club Madison will continue to provide virtual online access to short-term one-to-one counseling and group support.
  • If you have had COVID, or had a close exposure, please refrain from attending activities at the clubhouse for 5 days after your last negative test.
  • Mask use is currently at your discretion in public areas of the clubhouse and while participating in programs. Masks are available at the greeter desk. Please mask if you have had a recent known exposure.
  • In addition, if you have been to the clubhouse and you become ill or learn you are positive for COVID, please notify us right away at COVID@gildasclubmadison.org so that we can complete contact tracing and notify others you may have been in contact with.

We may reduce or increase safety protocols as we deem necessary for the best interest of our community. Thank you for your continued understanding, support, and patience.

Please reach out to us with any questions and refer to the online program calendar if you’re uncertain about the in-person, hybrid, or virtual status of an upcoming program.

Remember: cancer doesn’t take a break, and neither does Gilda’s Club. Thank you for being an important part of keeping our community healthy.

Regards,

Lannia Stenz, Executive Director/CEO
lannia@gildasclubmadison.org

Kirsten Norslien, Program Director
kirsten@gildasclubmadison.org

Note: This policy has been updated as of July 11, 2024. At this time there is no vaccination requirement for volunteers or members. We will continue to monitor and reassess, based upon future COVID-19 developments.

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