HOPE, HELP & EDUCATION
For Families Affected By Terminal Cancer
Serving Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
When A Parent Has Cancer
Children's Support Group (C.L.I.M.B.)
Hearing your parent is diagnosed with cancer is difficult at any age but it is extremely stressful on children ages 6-11. This program helps provide children with the tools and emotional support they need to navigate the immediate and long term effects of parental cancer.
This is a 6 week closed support group focusing on helping children learn a little about cancer and provides a safe, enjoyable place where they use art, games and journals to express their feelings and emotions.
Through art projects and discussion this program helps normalize the feelings of sadness, anxiety, anger and fear in the children and help nurture positive communication between the child and their parent. We partner with Loma Linda University Child Life Sciences and The Children’s Treehouse Foundation to train our facilitators.
A light meal is provided at the start of each session
The CLIMB Program Children’s Lives Include Moments Of Bravery is offered free of charge to children whose parent or primary guardian has been diagnosed with cancer however you must pre-register to attend.
Our CLIMB program is held twice a year at the Burrage Mansion in Redlands thanks to the generosity of the Rochford Foundation.