UFO Edition, YAC Hangout!

craft supplies on table

Come join a UFO-edition Young Adult Cancer (YAC) Hangout next week!  Join together online with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers for an informal meet up via video chat.

What’s UFO you say?  Un-Finished Object!  Have a project you’ve been working on that’s been hanging out unfinished?  Tackle it while hanging out with a group of young adults facing cancer!  Want to just come and hang out?  That’s fine too!

Monday, November 9th from 5:30-7 pm PT / 7:30-9 pm CT / 8:30-10 pm ET!

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Make Beaded Coasters With Mary Clare

Join Lacuna Loft for our next online Creative Art Workshop: Bead Coasters and #LetsMakeStuff together!  Find your zen while crafting a bead coaster in this meditative (in technique) craft!  Make a beautiful coaster all while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.  We’ll send you what you need! Mary Clare will teach and lead you through the method!

Who: 20 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Thursday, October 22nd @ 5-7 pm PT / 7-9 pm CT / 8-10 pm ET via video chat.* (*US time zones…please double check when to participate where you live!)

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate! Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat. ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)

Join Another Online Coloring Themed YAC Hangout!

coloring book

Come join another coloring-themed Young Adult Cancer (YAC) Hangout this week!  Join together online with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers for an informal meet up via video chat.

Tuesday, April 14th from 3-4:30 pm PT / 5-6:30 pm CT / 6-7:30 pm ET!

When you sign up to receive notifications about this program, we will send you a link via email to join the video chat a day ahead of time. You’ll need internet (or data on your phone if you’re out and about) and a webcam, and that’s it! (A webcam can be the one built-in to your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. Don’t have one built-in? They are super cheap to buy, then all that’s left is to plug it into a USB slot in your computer!)

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Looking for some good coloring pages?  I just googled ‘free adult coloring pages’ and found some great printables!

Join A Coloring Themed YAC Hangout

colored pencils

Come join a coloring-themed Young Adult Cancer (YAC) Hangout this week!  Join together online with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers for an informal meet up via video chat.

Thursday, March 26th from 4-5:30 pm PT / 6-7:30 pm CT / 7-8:30 pm ET!

When you sign up to receive notifications about this program, we will send you a link via email to join the video chat a day ahead of time. You’ll need internet (or data on your phone if you’re out and about) and a webcam, and that’s it! (A webcam can be the one built-in to your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. Don’t have one built-in? They are super cheap to buy, then all that’s left is to plug it into a USB slot in your computer!)

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Last YAC Hangout Of The Year!

welcome sign

Come join the last Young Adult Cancer (YAC) Hangout of the year!  Before 2019 comes to a close, join together online with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers for an informal meet up via video chat.

Monday, December 23rd from 5:30-7 pm PT / 7:30-9 pm CT / 8:30-10 pm ET!

When you sign up to receive notifications about this program, we will send you a link via email to join the video chat a few days ahead of time. You’ll need internet (or data on your phone if you’re out and about) and a webcam, and that’s it! (A webcam can be the one built-in to your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. Don’t have one built-in? They are super cheap to buy, then all that’s left is to plug it into a USB slot in your computer!)

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Come Hangout Online With Other YAs Facing Cancer

friends around computer

Hey there! Looking for a chance to hang out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers? Want to do that without leaving your house? Have no fear, Lacuna Loft has the hookup!

Monday, October 21st from 5:30-7 pm PT / 7:30-9 pm CT / 8:30-10 pm ET, Lacuna Loft will host one of our YAC (Young Adult Cancer) Hangouts! They are online, via video chat, and super informal.

When you sign up to receive notifications about this program, we will send you a link via email to join the video chat a few days ahead of time. You’ll need internet (or data on your phone if you’re out and about) and a webcam, and that’s it! (A webcam can be the one built-in to your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. Don’t have one built-in? They are super cheap to buy, then all that’s left is to plug it into a USB slot in your computer!)

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!) If you’ve already filled out this form and selected YAC Hangouts, we’ll automatically send you a zoom link!

Join A Meditation Workshop

sky with flowers

Join Micah Walsh, Help with Hope’s Director of Wellness in practicing mindfulness meditation moments in our online Meditation Workshop for young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers!  The meditation group meets monthly on the first Wednesday of every month.  October’s meditation evening is Wednesday, October 2nd at 6 pm PT / 8 pm CT / 9 pm ET and will last for one hour via video chat.  RSVP below and we’ll send you the link to join the video chat!

Meditation and mindfulness have been proven to contribute to the overall well-being of the body, mind, and spirit.  When combining the two, mindfulness meditation allows us to access the inner calm of our minds and activates our innate ability to heal physically, emotionally, and psychologically.  Last month’s group had a great time and I expect nothing less from this our October evening together.

Sign up here!

Just Craft Evening Of YAC Hangouts Is Thursday!

craft area

Hey there! Looking for a chance to hang out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers? Want to do that without leaving your house? Have no fear, Lacuna Loft has the hookup!

Thursday, Aug. 8th from 5:30-7 pm PT / 7:30-9 pm CT / 8:30-10 pm ET, Lacuna Loft will host one of our YAC (Young Adult Cancer) Hangouts! They are online, via video chat, and super informal.

This month’s theme: crafts! You can work on anything! Feel free to just hang out and doodle, draw, puzzle- the sky’s the limit!  (Or just hang out without a craft!  That’s fine too!)

Join Mary Clare as she creates one of a kind jewelry to donate for Lacuna Loft’s Masquerade on the Moon Gala.  Feeling inspired?  You can send in anything to Lacuna Loft you make to be auctioned off to help raise funds!

When you sign up, we will send you a link via email to join the video chat. You’ll need internet (or data on your phone if you’re out and about) and a webcam, and that’s it! (A webcam can be the one built-in to your computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. Don’t have one built-in? They are super cheap to buy, then all that’s left is to plug it into a USB slot in your computer!)

Interested in joining? Sign up here!  (Just fill out the form and make sure to choose YAC Hangout under the ‘Programs you’re interested in’ section!)

Sign Up For An Open Write Night!

online writing workshop

Interested in checking out what it’s like to join the online Unspoken Ink Creative Writing Workshop before committing to 8 weeks of the group?  You’re in luck!  On November 19th from 5-7 pm PT / 7-9 pm CT / 8-10 pm ET we’ll be hosting an Open Write Night (aka Unorthodox Ink)!  You can spend an evening with other young adult cancer survivors and caregivers and do some creative writing while you’re at it.

Sign up today!

Where: *Online* video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.

Who: Young adult cancer survivors and young adult cancer caregivers.

When: November 19th, 5-7 pm PT / 7-9 pm CT / 8-10 pm ET.

Sign up here!

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How does it work:

  • This workshop uses the Amherst Writing and Artists (AWA) Method.  The facilitator provides a writing prompt and you can use that prompt in any way you’d like to create a story over a set amount of time. Once we’ve finished our writing (yes, the facilitator writes too!), everyone is given the opportunity to read their writing out loud. Though sharing is optional, hearing your own story and hearing someone else’s, teaches us about our experiences and our stories. Once the piece is read, we reflect on the writing – what did we like, what stood out, what did we remember. Everything is considered fiction so we do not respond to the writer as a support group may, but keep the focus on the writing.
  • Sometimes the prompts are about cancer, sometimes indirectly related to cancer, and sometimes not about cancer at all. Above all, the writing program emphasizes that we are more than a diagnosis.
  • Following each weekly session, you may decide to submit your writing to Mallory (mallory@lacunaloft.org) for publication on LacunaLoft.org in their Young Adult Voices program section. This is not mandatory!

Join The Next Online Meditation Group!

man meditating on dock

Join Micah Walsh, Help with Hope’s Director of Wellness in practicing mindfulness meditation moments in our new, online Meditation Group for young adult cancer survivors and caregivers!  The meditation group meets monthly and August’s evening is Wednesday, August 1st at 6 pm PT / 8 pm CT / 9 pm ET and will last for one hour via video chat.  RSVP below and we’ll send you the link to join the video chat!

Meditation and mindfulness have been proven to contribute to the overall well-being of the body, mind, and spirit.  When combining the two, mindfulness meditation allows us to access the inner calm of our minds and activates our innate ability to heal physically, emotionally, and psychologically.  Last months group had a great time and I expect nothing less from this evening.  Join!

Sign up here!