SHARED STORIES AND SUPPORT
Discover a compassionate community offering encouragement, shared stories, and support resources for people affected by cancer—helping reduce isolation and foster connection.
EXPLORE
Breast Cancer • Community Support • Healing
A personal journey through breast cancer led to the creation of a supportive community—offering connection, shared experiences, and practical resources for healing.
Quick answer: This initiative was created to support, connect, and empower individuals facing cancer through shared stories, education, and community-based resources.
In June 2025, Siobhan, Chair of Growing to Give, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through treatment, she experienced firsthand how isolating and overwhelming the journey can feel—and how powerful connection and shared understanding can be.
Definition: Community-based cancer support focuses on providing emotional connection, shared experiences, and accessible information to help individuals navigate diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
That experience led to the creation of Cancer Bites—a community-focused initiative designed to offer real stories, practical insights, and a sense of belonging for those navigating cancer.
Did you know? Many individuals facing cancer report that community support and shared experiences play a critical role in emotional resilience during treatment.
Cancer Bites was created to ensure that no one has to face this journey alone—providing a space where individuals can feel seen, supported, and informed.
Cancer Bites and Growing to Give do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The information and personal stories shared are for informational and community-support purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical care. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional with any medical questions or decisions.
Cancer Bites is a storytelling and community-support program. It exists to share encouraging stories, offer emotional support, and connect people who are affected by breast and other cancers. We focus on compassion, practical resources, and a sense of community that may help some people feel less alone as they navigate treatment and life beyond diagnosis. Cancer Bites does not replace medical care or counseling.
You are invited to join us on Facebook and connect with a network built on understanding, respect, and shared experiences. In this community, people can talk about the fears, questions, and everyday moments that arise along the cancer journey—at their own pace and comfort level.
Here, you’ll find encouragement on hard days and celebration on better ones. It’s a space where you can share your story, listen to others, or simply read and feel less alone. Some people find that offering support to others can also be meaningful and personally healing.
Whether you’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, a long-term survivor, or a loved one walking alongside someone who has cancer, Cancer Bites is a place where you are welcome. Our goal is to reduce feelings of isolation and offer hope-filled connection—not to provide medical guidance or promise particular health outcomes.
If you would like to support Cancer Bites and Growing to Give, you are invited to give in whatever way feels right for you. Donations help us expand our community outreach, storytelling projects, and comfort-focused initiatives. Descriptions below are examples of how contributions may be used; actual allocation may vary based on program needs.
A gift of $25 helps us send small, uplifting touches to people facing cancer, such as a care card, encouraging note, or a modest comfort item (for example, tea or affirmation cards). Your support also helps with volunteer coordination, postage, and outreach so that these gestures reach more people.
• Supports the cost of a care card or small comfort item.
• Contributes to volunteer outreach and matching efforts.
• Helps send messages of community, care, and solidarity.
A $50 donation helps sustain the Cancer Bites Podcast, which shares stories from survivors, caregivers, and professionals about resilience, healing, and hope. Contributions may support episode planning, production, editing, and guest outreach—helping these voices reach more listeners who are looking for encouragement and information.
• Assists with the production and editing of podcast episodes.
• Helps us invite and feature more guests and survivor stories.
• Supports efforts to share the podcast across platforms and with partner organizations.
• Offers listeners stories and perspectives that may help them feel more informed and supported.
A $100 donation helps us prepare and distribute thoughtfully assembled care bags filled with comforting and practical items that can support patients during hospital stays or clinic visits. These bags are designed to offer a sense of dignity, warmth, and care—reminding recipients that someone is thinking of them.
• Supports the preparation of carry bags for patients in hospitals and recovery centers.
• Helps provide comfort items, self-care essentials, and inspirational materials.
• Contributes to emotional encouragement during challenging phases of treatment.
All donations support nonprofit programs and services for people in need. Growing to Give operates as a registered nonprofit organization. Donations do not influence medical treatment decisions and are not a substitute for professional medical or mental health care.
You can support our work by sharing our resources and mission on social media, in your community, or with friends and family. This helps us connect with more people who may benefit from encouragement and support.
Committee members help provide guidance on how donations are used, support program planning, and work to ensure that each contribution is used thoughtfully to serve our mission.
Volunteers play an important role in outreach, event support, storytelling, and care initiatives. Whether you offer your time, skills, or presence, your involvement can help strengthen our programs and reach more people.
Your support—whether through listening, sharing, volunteering, or giving—helps us build a community where people affected by cancer can feel seen, heard, and supported. With Cancer Bites, our goal is to transform moments of isolation into opportunities for connection, encouragement, and shared strength. We honor that everyone’s cancer experience is different and that medical decisions always belong with each person and their healthcare team.
Names and email addresses collected by Growing to Give are used only for nonprofit communications (such as updates, newsletters, or event information). They are not sold, are not used to personalize advertising, and are not linked to any individual’s health status, diagnosis, or treatment information.
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