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August 29, 2022YACCtivists on laughter
Cancer is shit, but there can be moments that are humorous, moments that give us pleasure in the darkest of days, and moments we can do nothing more than shake our heads and laugh at. Read on to hear your YACCtivists share their funny stories!
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August 04, 2022Parenting through cancer: Caregivers weigh in
In this collaborative blog post, four YACCtivists examine parenting through cancer from the patient’s and the partner’s perspectives.
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August 09, 2021Be a YACCtivist!
YACCtivists further the mission and impact of YACC through advocacy, communications, and fundraising.
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May 11, 2020
Things that make our YACCtivists happy
We asked our YACCtivists to send in a picture of something that made them happy recently. Here’s what they had to report!
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May 01, 2020What are you looking forward to after COVID-19?
We asked our YACCtivists to complete the sentence, “Something I’m looking forward to is…” Here’s what some of them had to say.
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March 23, 2020What has COVID-19 taught you?
We asked our YACCtivists to answer the question, “What have I learned about myself this week?” Here’s what some of them had to say.
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December 05, 2019To all the doctors I’ve loved(?) before
YACCtivist Dani prepares her holiday cards for her medical team — six years later.
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January 11, 2017Heather’s blog: On grief
There is no right answer on how you are supposed to grieve the loss of someone. This is the first death of a family member since my diagnosis, since connecting with YACC, and I didn’t expect it to be this hard this soon.
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December 19, 2016
Heather’s blog: My diagnosis didn’t just change my life
Cancer changed my life, but it also changed the lives of everyone close to me.
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November 17, 2016
Heather’s blog: My five year YACCiversary
By Heather Bonynge Five years ago, my life changed forever. Similar to the day I was told I had cancer, I didn’t know exactly what was going to come next […]
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March 28, 2016Heather’s blog: The part we rarely talk about
“Since being diagnosed with cancer and becoming connected with YACC in 2011, I have lost a lot of people; it comes part in parcel with being linked with this community. Even though most of us know this going in, and accept it in part because the gains outweigh the losses, doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. “
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