Seattle Children's FDi

So aparently when you work with people with cancer and do fun things everyone thinks you are running kids camps.  Everyone is always asking me how the kids were at a camp and of course partnering with children's hospital really helps keep that misconception going.  What people don't realize is that First Descents works exclusively with young adults with cancer ages 18-39 and are just recently branching out to offer a few programs for survivors over the age of 40.  Last weekend I spent the weekend in Leavenworth with some awesome survivors with the help of the young adult outreach program at Children's Hospital.   Many 18-39 year olds end up seeking treatment at hospitals that provide care mainly to kids.  Enough of my rambling, here's a blog post from a participant, "Gig" that was there for the weekend and she sums it up much better than I ever could.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-havel/breaking-through-cancer-b_b_3423990.html

Thanks to the John Wayne Cancer Foundation for making this weekend possible!

If you want to help offer more programs for young adults with cancer please donate! It is the fastest growing demographic to be diagnosed with the disease and they need as much or more support as the kids do, but there are less programs offered.
http://teamfd.firstdescents.org/2013/fd/bennydubs/