Pickles Group – Kids Supporting Kids
STATE/LOCATION
ADDRESS (if in person)
AGE GROUP
GROUP IS FOR:
Want to join the ABTA virtual 50 mile Facebook Challenge? Check it out here.
- Call our CareLine:
- 800-886-ABTA (2282)
Want to join the ABTA virtual 50 mile Facebook Challenge? Check it out here.
STATE/LOCATION
ADDRESS (if in person)
AGE GROUP
GROUP IS FOR:
Having a parent with cancer can be a lonely, isolating experience. Pickles Group creates thriving communities of kids supporting kids whose parents have cancer. Pickles kids strengthen resilience, have fun with friends who get them, and heal along the way.
Pickles Group’s mission is to provide free peer-to-peer support and resources to kids and teens impacted by their parent cancer. Pickles Group creates thriving communities of kids supporting kids through and beyond their parent’s cancer. Pickles kids strengthen resilience, have fun with friends who get them, and heal along the way. Programs are designed by a leading therapist and Child Life Specialist and facilitated by trained volunteers. Pickles’ approach is grounded in behavioral science and research that shows that kids are more likely to thrive through their parent’s cancer when provided with three
things:
Groups facilitated by a child therapist and child life specialist.
In-person (Chicago): one Sunday afternoon a month
Virtual: 5-week youth program offered quarterly
Contact: contact@picklesgroup.org
Having a parent with cancer can be a lonely, isolating experience. Pickles Group creates thriving communities of kids supporting kids whose parents have cancer. Pickles kids strengthen resilience, have fun with friends who get them, and heal along the way.
Pickles Group’s mission is to provide free peer-to-peer support and resources to kids and teens impacted by their parent cancer. Pickles Group creates thriving communities of kids supporting kids through and beyond their parent’s cancer. Pickles kids strengthen resilience, have fun with friends who get them, and heal along the way. Programs are designed by a leading therapist and Child Life Specialist and facilitated by trained volunteers. Pickles’ approach is grounded in behavioral science and research that shows that kids are more likely to thrive through their parent’s cancer when provided with three
things:
Groups facilitated by a child therapist and child life specialist.
In-person (Chicago): one Sunday afternoon a month
Virtual: 5-week youth program offered quarterly
Contact: contact@picklesgroup.org
The need for better brain tumor treatments and more help for patients is greater than ever. Brain tumors are still very hard to treat because of something called the blood-brain barrier, which makes it tough for medicine to reach the tumor. Brain tumor patients need more options.
That’s why we’re meeting hope head on—because donations lead to research, research leads to better treatments, and better treatments bring us closer to a cure.
