Once we received the grant, we got right to work with the college. “There’s over 60,000 new diagnosis each year in that age range and we’re just trying to find a new way to reach them. “I think they just recognized that the young adult population, which is about 18 to 39, is a unique population when it comes to cancer,” says Allen. They received the news of the grant in July 2022. Allen says Gilda’s Club headquarters, Cancer Support Community, is the brains behind the new project. This group, known as Gilda’s Club University, is special because it’s one of only two in the nation to be headquartered at a college campus. Kelsey Allen, program director, and Vicente Solis, program manager, with Gilda’s Club Quad Cities are the organizers behind the latest Club in the area, this time at St. Ambrose University is offering support to those who are dealing with cancer, whether it’s their own or a family member’s diagnosis.
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