Jerry Lieberman considers himself an atypical Gilda's Club
member: he's male, and he has been living with cancer for more than 30 years. MORE Make a Donation
Gilda's Club is completely free of charge for members. Help us ensure that no one faces cancer alone!
NBC-TV Visits Noogieland How do kids cope when cancer is in the family? Every Gilda's
Club has a special place called Noogieland, where both kids and teens can meet
other kids -- just like them -- and know they're not alone. NBC-TV took their cameras to Gilda's Club
Westchester to see what it's all about. MORE
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Welcome to Gilda's Club
Mission
To provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer, along with their families and friends, can join with others to build a personal network of social and emotional support as an integral part of cancer treatment. Free of charge and non-profit, Gilda's Clubs offer support and networking groups, seminars, workshops, specialized children's programs and social events, in a nonresidential and home-like setting. Funding is solicited from private individuals, corporations and foundations.
Vision
The Gilda's Club philosophy of providing an emotional and social support community as an essential complement to medical treatment when cancer is in the family enables the organization to serve as a beacon for the provision of health care services in the 21st Century. It is the vision of Gilda's Club Worldwide to become the international leader for strengthening the global awareness of this philosophy, and to advance an understanding of the essential bond that emotional and social support brings to the cancer experience, not only for those living with cancer, but also for the families and friends who surround them.