My Nonprofit Reviews

I attended a grief support group for over a year and a half at WeSpark. It was a tremendous help, and in fact a lifesaver as I coped with the death of my boyfriend after a five-year battle with liposarcoma. WeSpark was the only place in Los Angeles where I found a group that was specifically for spouses and partners who had lost someone to cancer. While their main focus as a non-profit is to provide support for cancer patients and caregivers, the sad reality is that many of us need help when the fight against cancer is not won. WeSpark provides a very important and specific service to those of us who are dealing with the aftermath of an oftentimes years-long fight for survival. The love and support I felt in the group from our counselor and from the other members was unconditional, amazing and incredibly important in my process of dealing with such a devastating loss. I don't know what I would have done without them. And the fact that the service was free was the difference in me being able to attend or not. They are an incredible, necessary resource for those of us whose lives are bent sideways by this terrible disease, and they are so deserving of additional funding to provide more services, as the community touched by cancer seems only to grow. The group I was part of just ended, in fact, after a year and a half, and while it was sad to say goodbye, it was nothing short of miraculous, how far we had all come along the path to recovery. My heart breaks, thinking of the new group waiting to start in our place, but I also know that they will find what they need at WeSpark - warm, loving, accepting and wise counsel as they navigate what is no doubt the most difficult challenge they have ever faced.

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