Pickles Group’s successful activity-based peer group model for kids affected by a parent’s cancer is now offered nationally through our Youth Empower virtual program launching this September. Youth will build relationships with friends who get them in a safe, supportive, fun environment online by meeting every-other-week from September 18 OR September 25 through November 13. Example themes include learning about cancer and identifying and expressing feelings in healthy ways. Program dates are:
Sunday, September 18 OR Sunday, September 25
Sunday, October 2
Sunday, October 16
Sunday, October 30
Sunday, November 13
Please note that all event times are in Central Time.
Location: Virtual (Zoom) from 4:00-5:30pm CT
Event Type: Online Youth Peer Group Meetings
Who Can Attend: New and existing Pickles youth navigating a parent or guardian’s cancer diagnosis. We serve kids and teens ages 6-18.
Registration: Please complete our in-person youth registration form if you are a new Pickles family no later than Tuesday, September 13 to receive program information for the September 18 start date, or September 20 for the September 25 start date. After these two kick-off dates, all subsequent program dates will be the same.
Please select the “National Virtual Youth Empower Program.” Existing Pickles families will receive a separate link if they are interested in registering their child(ren).