Gilda's Club

Gilda's Club

Gilda's Club, named in tribute to the late comic actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer in 1989, is a community meeting place for people living with cancer, their families and friends. There are 22 open clubhouses and nine in development in North America. Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Gilda Radner's cancer psychotherapist during the time she had cancer; Radner's husband, Gene Wilder; and broadcaster Joel Siegel. Radner's story can be read in her book, "It's Always Something".

The organization takes its name from Radner's comment that cancer gave her "membership to an elite club I'd rather not belong to". [cite web| title = FAQs| work = Website| publisher = Gilda's Club| url = http://www.gildasclub.org/faqs.asp| accessdate = 2008-08-05]

Mission

The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build emotional and social support as a supplement to medical care. Free of charge and nonprofit, Gilda's Club offers support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a nonresidential, homelike setting.

upport

In 2007, Gilda's Club New York City was among over 530 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $30 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. [cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html?ex=1278302400&en=93a1beabd4ede5b8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss| title=New York Times: City Groups Get Bloomberg Gift of $20 Million Retrieved on August 28, 2007] Since 2002, the Carnegie Corporation has allocated more than $115 million. [cite web| url=http://www.carnegie.org/sub/news/2007anonymous.html| title= Carnegie Corp: NYC Arts & Social Service Orgs Awarded Grants Retrieved on August 28, 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.gildasclub.org/ Gilda's Club Website]
* [http://www.gildasclubnyc.org/ Gilda's Club New York City Website]
* [http://www.gildasclubrochester.org/ Gilda's Club Rochester, NY Website]
* [http://www.gildasclubtwincities.org/ Gilda's Club Twin Cities Website]
* [http://www.gildasclublouisville.org/ Gilda's Club Louisville, KY Website]
* [http://www.gildasclubqc.org/ Gilda's Club Quad-Cities, IA-IL Website]
* [http://www.gildasclubsewi.org/ Gilda's Club Southeastern Wisconsin Website]


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