Before I was diagnosed with cancer, I worked as a volunteer for a while at WCRC, and I found the group there to be professional, kind, and a joy to work with. After my diagnosis, I went back, both to volunteer and to use the Center as a research resource. It's so valuable to me to have this place in my neighborhood, and I wish its services and caring staff were available to all women everywhere.
In addition to being a cancer patient and client at WCRC, I am also a writer. I'm a walking rolodex of cancer community resources nationwide as a result of five years of research for my book Everything Changes, about 20 and 30-something cancer. WCRC is still among the top organizations I have found nationwide. They are committed to the cause, meaning their focus remains on providing relevant services to women with cancer, instead of getting side tracked by pink glitz and fundraising glam. They use their resources, time, and money well. Their staff is smart, respectful, resourceful, and totally committed, as seen by their comparatively low turn over. They listen to what patients need, and offer services that we didn't even know we needed until we found WCRC. Most importantly, they understand that cancer patients are not just one kind of woman. We come from many different racial, social, and religious backgrounds and they provide services to meet so many of our particular needs.
The Women's Cancer Resource Center is a place that I wish I'd known about when I was undergoing treatment for cancer. I learned about it from a fellow yoga teacher with whom I volunteer at WCRC teaching yoga. It's a wonderful place with so much to offer cancer patients, survivors and their support people.
I think WCRC is a great organization. I started going there when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and joined the friends and family support group. It was great, support groups are very helpful, Ihave in the past for myself. Then later on as a way of paying back to the community that had helped me, I started volunteering. There is no better place for anyone who has felt the devastion of cancer, either personally or in the family.