DECEMBER 2014
Program Calendar
For 20 years, providing
professional programs
of emotional support,
education and hope for
people impacted by
cancer, at no charge,
so that no one faces
cancer alone.
As we get closer to the end of the year, many of us tend to turn inward and reflect on what
has happened over the past 12 months and what we are thankful for. Gratitude has become
a popular topic as a way to improve our mental state and wellbeing. “Studies show that we
can deliberately cultivate gratitude, and can increase our well-being and happiness by doing
so. In addition, grateful thinking–and especially expression of it to others–is associated with
increased levels of energy, optimism, and empathy.” - Psychology Today
One way to keep the gratitude flowing is by starting a “Gratitude Journal” in which you
can list things throughout the week that you are thankful for. It may not seem like a big step;
but changing your thinking habits to focus on the positive, even for a few minutes out of the
day, can work wonders for your outlook on life.
Don’t forget to RSVP for our Holiday Parties coming up!
• Holiday Party at Gilda’s Club
Wednesday, December 10 • 5:30-7:30pm • 215-441-3290 to RSVP
• Holiday Party at Ridgeland
Wednesday, December 17 • 5:30-7:30pm • 215-879-7733 to RSVP
Need Help Wrapping Your Gifts this Year? Helping Little Hands Gift Wrappers from
Hatboro Horsham High School will be at Gilda’s Club in Warminster to Wrap Gifts on:
• Friday, December 12 • 1:30-7pm
• Saturday, December 13 • 8am-12pm
Take the First Step
The New Member Meeting is an
opportunity to meet with staff to
Free for Members! Donation requested for non-members.
Registration deadline Tuesday, December 9. They will wrap your gifts for you. Registration
required. We will have some wrapping paper, but feel free to bring your own special
paper or special ribbons. If you would like to sign up contact 215-441-3290, ext.115
or at [email protected]
Here’s to enjoying our time with our loved ones this holiday and a happy new year.
Nicole DeCicco, LSW, Director of Program and Delivery
learn about CSCGP’s programs
and support groups. To schedule
To Become a Member
a “New Member Meeting” and
Membership at Cancer Support Community
Greater Philadelphia is FREE.
It is a simple, two part process.
begin taking part in our FREE
programming, please call the
corresponding locations phone
number to schedule a time to
meet with us. We ask that if
you wish to attend any of the
programming, please call the
corresponding number to RSVP
with your name and phone
number. It is very important for
us to know how many people
1. Call and Register for a New Member Meeting
2. Fill out a New Membership Form
Locations
Ridgeland in Philadelphia: 215-879-7733
Gilda’s Club in Warminster: 215-441-3290
(AMH) Abington Memorial Hospital: 215-481-6700
(DH) Doylestown Hospital: 215-345-2022
(SMMC) St. Mary Medical Center: 215-710-6828
to expect. If you have registered
RSVP for All Events
and can no longer attend,
Please remember to RSVP for all events by calling the number to the
appropriate location. Activities without sufficient enrollment will be cancelled.
kindly call us to cancel.
At Ridgeland
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Bodies in Motion
10-11am
Tai Ji and Qigong
9:30-11am
Yoga
1:15-2:45pm
Writing for Wellness
10-11:30am
Creative Expression
Group
11:30am-12:30pm
Family/Friends
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Relax with Qigong
5:15-6:15pm
NIA
1-2pm
Life Beyond Cancer
Networking Group
6:30-8pm
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Living with Cancer
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
Multi-level Yoga 5:30-7pm
Singing Circle
6-7pm
Bereavement Support
Group 6-8pm
Eichens Yoga
10-11:30am
Eichens Yoga
10-11:30am
Relax with Qigong
5:15-6:15pm
Colorectal Cancer
Networking Group
6-7:30pm
Eichens Yoga
10-11:30am
Bodies in Motion
10-11am
Tai Ji and Qigong
9:30-11am
Lung Cancer
Networking Group
6:30-8pm
Yoga
1:15-2:45pm
Noogieland at Ridgeland
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Multi-level Yoga 5:30-7pm
NIA
1-2pm
Tai Ji and Qigong
9:30-11am
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Family/Friends
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
Kid Support - Week 9
6:30-8pm
Bereavement Support
Group 6-8pm
Multi-level Yoga 5:30-7pm
Relax with Qigong
5:15-6:15pm
Tea Time
10:30-11am
Holiday Party
Living with Cancer
Support Group
2-4pm
NIA every Tuesday
1-2pm
NIA
1-2pm
Living with Cancer
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
Thyroid Cancer Support
Group THYCA
10:30am-12pm
Lunch & Lecture:
Spirituality and Humour –
Underestimated Healing
with Dr. Kaye
Myrna Brind lecture
sponsored by the Myrna
Brind Fund.
RSVP by December 9
1-2:30pm
Arleen Boyes
Quilting Circle
11am-3pm
Sunday
Women and Laughter Spirit at Work with
Dr. Yvonne Kaye
1-3pm
Tea Time
10:30-11am
Scrap Ribbon Crafts
with Bunny 1-3pm
Living with Cancer
Support Group
2-4pm
Tea Time 10:30-11am
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Living with Cancer
Support Group 2-4pm
Blood Cancer
Networking Group
Sponsored by the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society
6:30-8pm
Noogieland at Ridgeland
Kid Support - Week 10
6:30-8pm
Hanukkah Begins
at Sundown
DECEMBER 2014
Wednesday
Thursday
Computer Help with Steve
11-11:30am
Living with Cancer
Support Group Newly Dx
11am-12:30pm
Yoga
12-1pm
Chair Yoga
1-2pm
Yoga
6:30-7:45pm
Lecture: Cancer and
Then Some with
Harvey Goodman
6:30-8pm
Living with Loss
Support Group
6:30-8pm
Young Survival Coalition
6:30-8pm
Life After Treatment
Support Group
6:30-8pm
Computer Help
with Steve
11-11:30am
Living with Cancer
Support Group Newly Dx
11am-12:30pm
Chair Yoga
1-2pm
The Happiness Path
1-2pm
Holiday Party
Snowman Craft
with Ellen
6-8pm
5:30-7:30pm
Ovarian Cancer
Networking Group
6:30-8pm
Pilates 9:30-10:30am
5:30-7:30pm
Saturday
December is
Cancer Related
Fatigue Month!
Yoga
Martin Luther6:30-7:45pm
King Jr. Day
Computer Help with Steve
11-11:30am
Living with Cancer
Support Group Newly Dx
11am-12:30pm
Yoga 1-2pm
Chair Yoga 12-1pm
Cancer Connect Workshop:
Update on Lymphoma
Metastatic Cancer Support
1:30-2:30pm
Group 1-2:30pm
Lung Cancer Networking Belly Dancing for Beginners
Group 1:30-3pm
with Lisa Raezer 3-4pm
Brain Games with
Leigh Lieberman 2-3pm
Yoga 6:30-7:45pm
Volunteer Training 6-7:30pm
Reiki Share
6:30-8pm
Pilates
9:30-10:30am
Tea Time
10:30-11am
Closed
Living with Cancer
Support Group
2-4pm
Closed
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Closed
Christmas Eve
Closed
Pilates 9:30-10:30am
Yoga
1:15-2:45pm
Living Well with
Metastatic Breast Cancer
11am-1pm
NIA
1-2pm
Tuesday
Pilates
9:30-10:30am
Kid Support - Week 8
6:30-8pm
Living with Cancer
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
Hanukkah Begins
Day
atVeterans
Sundown
Monday
Noogieland at Ridgeland
*Yoga at Focus Fitness
1:30-2:45pm
Relax with Qigong
5:15-6:15pm
Saturday
Saint Patrick’s Day
Family/Friends
Support Group
10:30am-12:30pm
Creative Expression
Group
11:30am-12:30pm
At Gilda’s Club in Warminster
DECEMBER 2014
Caregiver Support Group
6:30-8pm
Christmas Day
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Christmas Eve
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
Closed
Closed
Christmas Day
Closed
Closed
New Year’s Eve
Tai Ji and Qigong with Beth Rose every
Wednesday
9:30-11am
Thanksgiving
Day
Please call 215-879-7733 to register for all activities. If you no longer can attend, kindly call us to cancel.
Our address is 4100 Chamounix Drive • Philadelphia, PA 19131 • *1111 East Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA
New Year’s Eve
Please call 215-441-3290 to register for all activities. If you no longer can attend, kindly call us to cancel.
Our address is 200 Kirk Road • Warminster, PA 18974.
At Abington Memorial Hospital,
Doylestown Hospital and
St. Mary Medical Center
DECEMBER 2014
SATELLITE LOCATIONS
Abington Memorial Hospital • 215-481-6700
Doylestown Hospital • 215-345-2022
Open Mondays • 1200 Old York Road • Abington, PA 19001
Located in the Garden Training Room on the Ground Floor
of the Widener Building, Parking Passes Provided
Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
595 West State Street • Doylestown, PA 18901
Located on the hospital’s first level near the main entrance
MONDAYS
TUESDAYS
December 1
10-11am Chair Yoga
11am-12:30pm Breast Cancer Support Group
12:30-2pm Reiki (Held on the 2nd floor in the
December 2
6-7pm All Levels Yoga
7-7:30pm Guided Imagery and Meditation
7:30-9pm Reiki Share
December 9
6-7pm All Levels Yoga
December 16
6-7pm All Levels Yoga
7-8:30pm My Spouse Has Cancer Support Group
7-8:30pm Prostate Cancer Support Group
“Quiet Room” in Inpatient Oncology)
December 8
10-11am Chair Yoga
11am-12:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group
1:00-2:00 Prostate Cancer Support Group
December 15
10-11am Chair Yoga
11am-12:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group
December 22
10-11am Chair Yoga
11am-12:30pm Metastatic Cancer Support Group
December 29 CLOSED
ST. Mary Medical Center • 215-710-6828
Open Mondays
1201 Langhorne-Newtown Road • Langhorne, PA 19047
Located in the Conference Room in the Regional Cancer Center
MONDAYS
December 1
10-11-am New Member Meeting: Learn about our
programs and become a member
11:30am-12:30pm Guided Meditation and
Imagery for relaxation
1-1:30pm Chair Yoga. Gentle enough for everyone!
1-2pm Ask the Nurse! Q&A for patients on managing
your treatment and what to expect when your therapy
is completed. Facilitated by an Oncology Certified RN
and staff of Gilda’s Club.
December 8
5-6pm New Member Meeting: Learn about our
programs and become a member
6:30-8pm Life After Treatment Support Group:
When treatment ends, you may experience unexpected
highs and lows. Adjusting to the ‘new normal’ can
trigger anxiety, confusion…as well as enlightenment.
Open to survivors of all types of cancer.
December 15
10-11am New Member Meeting: Learn about our
programs and become a member
11am-12pm Calm Your Mind: Learn simple ways to
reduce stress with therapist Donna Sullivan, Holistic
Health Center at St. Mary
1-2pm Journaling Workshop: Experience the powerful
benefits of journaling…increase clarity, reduce stress,
and gain insight to your inner thoughts. Facilitated by
Holistic Health therapist Sr. Pat Warman.
At Noogieland the Children and
Teen Program of Gilda’s Club in
Warminster
Monday
Tuesday
Kid Support
Teen Support
Parent Group
Week 8
6:30-8pm
Kid Support
Teen Support
Parent Group
Week 9
6:30-8pm
(Held in Conference Room A)
December 23
6-7pm All Levels Yoga
7-8:30pm Living with Loss Support Group
December 30 CLOSED
WEDNESDAYS
December 3
10-11am Become a Member
11am-12:30pm Colorectal Cancer Support Group
12:30-2:00pm Knitting
December 10
10-11am Become a Member
11am-12:15pm Blood Cancer Support Group
12:15-12:45pm Guided Imagery and Meditation
12:45-2pm Reiki Share
December 17
10-11am Become a Member
11am-1pm Scrapbooking for All Levels
(Materials provided; just bring some photos!)
December 24 CLOSED
December 31 CLOSED
Kid Support
Teen Support
Parent Group
Week 10
6:30-8pm
Wednesday
Youth Activities
Committee
(YAC)
6:30-8pm
Annual
Holiday
Party
5:30-7:30pm
Noogie Night
6:30-8pm
Hanukkah Begins
at Sundown
Closed for the
holidays.
We will be
back on
January 5, 2015
THURSDAYS
December 4
11am-12:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group
December 11
11am-12:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group
12:30-2pm Beaded Jewelry Workshop
December 18
11am-12:30pm Living with Cancer Support Group
December 25 CLOSED
Closed
Christmas Eve
ST. Mary Medical Center (Continued)
December 22
10-11am New Member Meeting: Learn about our
programs and become a member
11:30am-1pm Workshop and discussion:
The Happiness Path with Melanie
December 29 CLOSED
Closed
Closed
Closed
DECEMBER 2014
Thursday
Noogie Night
6:30-8pm
Noogieland at Ridgeland
Kid Support
Week 8
6:30-8pm
Noogie Night
6:30-8pm
Noogieland at Ridgeland
Kid Support
Week 9
6:30-8pm
Saturday
Breakfast with
Santa
10am-12pm
St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church
505 N. York Road
Hatboro, PA 19040
Registration required by
Monday, November 24.
Watch and Shop
8am-12pm
Registration required by
Tuesday, December 9.
Noogie Night
6:30-8pm
Noogieland at Ridgeland
Kid Support
Week 10
6:30-8pm
Closed
Closed
Christmas Day
To register or to request information about
Noogieland Programs at our Warminster or
Ridgeland sites please contact Christina at
215-441-3290, ext.115 or
[email protected]
Please register for all programs at least
48 hours in advance unless specially noted.
New Year’s Eve
Noogieland the Children and Teen Program of Gilda’s Club in Warminster
CSCGP at Ridgeland Continued.
Kid Support at Warminster and Ridgeland
Kid Support (4-11), Teen Support (12-14 at Warminster)
and Parent Group are 10 week peer support group for
kids and their parents/guardians.
These groups are for kids/teens who have cancer
in their life. It offers an opportunity to talk together,
to learn together and to support each other.
To request information, please contact Christina,
Children and Teen Coordinator at
[email protected]
We are starting a new group of sessions in March.
Noogie Night • 6:30-8pm
Various fun nights. Check calendar for dates. Supervised
play for kids of all ages while parent/guardian attends
a clubhouse group. We can play on the arcade, Wii,
Game Box, air hockey, foosball, tons of board games,
crafts or what ever comes to mind. Registration required
48 hours in advance.
Wednesday, December 3 • 6:30-8pm
Youth Activities Committee
Teen members and teen volunteers (both middle
school and high school) work on volunteer projects
for Noogieland.
Saturday, December 6 • 10am-12pm
Breakfast with Santa • St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 505 N. York Road, Hatboro, PA 19040
Register by Monday, November 24 (Sorry but NO LATE
registrations will be able to be honored). Please sign up
with child’s name, age and number of adults attending.
Brenda from Bren Photography will be here to take free
pictures with Santa. The pictures will be emailed to you.
We will be making gingerbread people, eating lots of
yummy breakfast food and making crafts. We will also
have live music from Charlie Brouse. A special thank you
to all the elves at Stroehmann Bakeries for helping Santa.
“Please bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the
churches food pantry as a way to say thank you for letting
us use their space!”
December 12 and 13 • Helping
Little Hands Gift Wrappers from
Hatboro Horsham High School
will be CSCGP at Gilda’s Club on
Friday, December 12 • 1:30-7pm and
Saturday, December 13 • 8am-12pm
Free for Members!
Registration deadline is Tuesday, December 9.
They will wrap your gifts for you. Registration required.
We will have some wrapping paper, but feel free to bring
your own special paper or special ribbons. If you would
like to sign up contact 215-441-3290, ext.115 or at
[email protected]
Free for members. Donation requested for non-members.
Saturday, December 13 • 8am-12pm • Watch and Shop
Helping Little Hands volunteers will be in Noogieland
to watch members kids while you go and finish your
shopping. When you’re finished, they will wrap your
gifts for you! Space is limited. 4 hours maximum.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, December 9.
Wednesday, December 17 • 11am-1pm
Scrapbooking for All Levels
If you have always wanted to try scrapbooking or just
have not done it in a while, grab some photographs (4-6
is a great start) and come on in! We have a great instructor
who will simplify the process for you and a huge selection
of materials to have fun with. Held monthly at our
Doylestown satellite. Call to register! 215-345-2022
Wednesday, December 17 • 5:30-7:30pm
Holiday Party
Don’t miss our annual Holiday Party for all staff, members,
volunteers and their loved ones. Let’s spread some holiday
cheer together on this special evening. We will provide
food and refreshments. If you are able, we are asking
everyone to bring a dessert! Thank you in advance!
Please RSVP by December 10!
At Ridgeland
Saturday, December 13 • 1-2:30pm
Lunch & Lecture: Spirituality and Humour –
Underestimated Healing with Dr. Kaye
Myrna Brind lecture sponsored by the Myrna Brind Fund.
RSVP by December 9.
In our fast paced world of technology, neuroses are in
competition with growth and change. People are far more
stressed out, have no time for essentials like playing,
having fun and letting go of challenges over which they
have no control. This is an equal opportunity condition.
Tuesday, December 9 • 1-3pm
Scrap Ribbon Crafts with Bunny
Thursday, December 11 • 6-8pm
Snowman Craft with Ellen
Holiday Season is a great time for making crafts either
for pleasure or as gifts. All craft levels welcome.
Wednesday, December 10 • 5:30-7:30pm
Holiday Party
It’s time for the annual Holiday Party at the Clubhouse.
Enjoy food, entertainment and great company to celebrate
the upcoming holidays. We ask that you bring an appetizer
to share.
Fundraisers
Since we are a non-profit organization that does not
charge for our services, we rely solely on donations
and fundraising to support the community. We have
received overwhelming feedback from the community
that fundraisers should be publicized more to give
everyone the opportunity to participate.
We will list upcoming events in this section and please
feel free to reach out if you have any interest in attending.
These events are NOT part of our program of free support
so we want to make sure you are aware this section only
includes events that focus on raising funds for Cancer
Support Community Greater Philadelphia.
At Gilda’s Club in Warminster
Thursday, December 4 • 6:30-8pm
Lecture: Beating Cancer and Then Some
with Harvey Goodman
An apple a day…Everyone knows how the rhyme ends
but is it true? Harvey Goodman shares his simple sensible
blueprint that helped him overcome his cancer diagnosis
51/2 years ago. Harvey will share how he addressed the
emotional aspects of cancer and how he changed his
lifestyle choices to ultimately survive. Find out if an
apple a day has kept his doctor away.
AT DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL
Tuesday, December 16 • 7-8:30pm
My Spouse Has Cancer Support Group
If your spouse has been diagnosed with cancer and you
have thought about what it might be like to meet others
in the same position, please consider attending this
group. Meeting monthly on the third Tuesday of each
month at our Doylestown satellite, this group provides
a nurturing setting in which individuals can give and
receive support related to the unique and oftentimes
challenging experience of having a spouse with cancer.
Call to register! 215-345-2022
The workshop/seminar presents the concept of using spiritual gifts and laughing with oneself, frequently overlooked
in the healing process. It is a different interpretation of
the serenity prayer using prosperity and abundance as
emotional themes. Dr. Kaye has laughed her way through
extreme trauma whilst still paying attention to the required
footwork. She is a Storyteller, Addictionist, Thanatologist,
Care-sharer,veteran radio talk show host, Interfaith Minister,
author, columnist, keynote speaker/trainer for corporations.
Her work is ecletic and appropriate for all professions,
Veterans Administration, and many others, believing in
the power of the human spirit. Call 215-879-7733 to
RSVP by December 9.
December 4 • 6:30-8pm
New Groups
Life After Treatment Networking Group
Thursday, spend time networking and discussing the
‘new normal’ with other individuals and their family
post-treatment. This group will meet the first Thursday
of each month.
Thursday, December 18 • 1-3:30pm
Metastatic Support Group
Members of this support group will meet monthly to
discuss issues and concerns pertinent to individuals
with metastatic cancers. This group will meet on the
third Thursday of each month.
Alex and Arleen Boyes Memorial 5k
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the
Boyes family for their generosity in making the printing
of this program calendar possible. John Boyes leads the
“Alex and Arleen Boyes Memorial 5K” in Warminster in
memory of Arleen, his wife, and Alex, his son. Both were
very active members and touched many lives. We are so
appreciative of all they have contributed to the community.
Giving through United Way
An easy way to give regularly to support the Cancer
Support Community Greater Philadelphia/Gilda’s Club’s
efforts to help local families living with cancer is to give
through the United Way—and choose us as your charity!
Here’s how:
• If your company is asking you to give through the United
Way of Bucks County or the North Penn United Way,
simply write in “Cancer Support Community Greater
Philadelphia” as your charity of choice.
• If your company is asking you to give through the United
Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey,
write in charity number 3912.
For information on how to give through other
United Ways—or for more information on this
form of giving in general—please visit
cancersupportphiladelphia.org/UnitedWay
www.cancersupportphiladelphia.org
Cancer Support Community of Greater Philadelphia at
Gilda’s Club in Warminster
200 Kirk Road • Warminster, PA 18974
Cancer Support Community of Greater Philadelphia at Ridgeland
4100 Chamounix Drive • Philadelphia, PA 19131
(SMMC) St. Mary Medical Center
215-710-6828
(DH) Doylestown Hospital
215-345-2022
(AMH) Abington Memorial Hospital
215-481-6700
Gilda’s Club in Warminster
215-441-3290
Ridgeland in Philadelphia
215-879-7733
Locations
Providing FREE Cancer Support
for All People Affected
by Cancer.
2014 December Program Calendar
The Suzanne Morgan Center at Ridgeland
4100 Chamounix Drive • Philadelphia, PA 19131
www.cancersupportphiladelphia.org
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2014 December Program Calendar