Category: Volunteer Stories

Recently I stepped up my involvement with Gilda’s Club as a member of the Board of Directors and I chair the associate board, Club Red, as well. My passion for endurance sports and for serving Gilda’s Club stem from the same thing – losing one of my best friend’s to cancer at the age of…

No matter where you go or what you do lately, it seems you can’t escape cancer. It’s everywhere you turn. Whether directly or indirectly, everyone knows someone who has been impacted by this vicious disease in one way or another. Some win their battles while others are defeated. I am no different. And so, begins…

What a beautiful light Gilda’s Club gave me… I am Ellen and I was an art therapy intern from Edgewood College for this past year. It came the time in my undergraduate program where I was sent out to learn about the power of expressive and therapeutic art in a community. While, as most may agree,…