Social Activities
Our Social Activities offer you another way to spend time with other women who’ve also heard the words “You have cancer.”
Perhaps you’re not interested in a support group but would still like to meet and interact with other women in a safe, comfortable environment. Maybe you’re looking for a way to “escape” for a little while, to focus your mind on a fun, relaxing or creative activity, with others who understand what this feels like. Our social gatherings have what you’re looking for.
Our goal is to provide a variety of options to meet your needs and to enhance your quality of life while living with cancer.
Some social activities meet monthly. Others meet at different intervals throughout the year. Please view this page often to check for new offerings. You can also visit our calendar.
All of our programs are free. Pre-registration is REQUIRED. Call us: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
Book Club
WHEN: Thursday April, 11, 7-8pm
WHERE Zoom Video conference
Open to people who have or have had breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Pre-registration is required. To register, call Support Connection no later than 5pm NY time on April 10th: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
At this session, we will discuss Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Discussion leader: Fran Contino. We are always looking for good book suggestions. Please send suggested titles to robin.perlmutter@supportconnection.org
Healing Arts: Conscious Coloring
WHEN: Wednesday, April 17, 11am-12pm
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to people living with breast, ovarian and gynecological cancers. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. For information or to register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290. Must register before 5pm Tuesday April 16th.
You are invited to join us for a one-hour workshop focused on self-reflection, creative expression, and envisioning. In this unique workshop, the instructor will encourage you to color outside the lines so you can explore and uncover more of yourself.
In this workshop you will explore:
- How emotions impact your life and the importance of processing them.
- How to connect with emotions through the transformative power of colors.
- Basic coloring techniques.
And you take away:
- A beautiful coloring page; a reflection of your emotional self.
Program Participants are asked to Provide the Following Supplies: Program specific printable mandala template and printable color chart. Colored pencils or markers.
Instructor: Claudia Marulanda is a portrait artist and workshop facilitator on a mission to guide women in cultivating a deeper connection with themselves to envision a greater version of themselves through the transformative power of Art, even if they think they can’t color or draw.
Claudia holds certificates in: Therapeutic Art Life Coaching, Minority women-owned business enterprises, and Basic Level Neurographica.
Healing Arts: Drawing My Home
WHEN: Tuesday, May 21, 4-6pm
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to people living with breast, ovarian and gynecological cancers. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. For information or to register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290. Must register before 5pm Monday May 20th.
Relax, unwind, and enjoy yourself, in this virtual drawing workshop with teaching artist, Lauren Hollick. No previous drawing experience necessary.
Join us for this drawing “My Home” workshop, where we will reflect on memories of what “home” means to us. Each person’s life journey is unique, yet we’ve all experienced the comforting embrace of home. We will create a personal representation of where we feel most “at home”, whether it’s a building, a place, a person, or a pet. The instructor will guide you in drawing with pencil basics, shading, and color pencil blending during the workshop.
Participants are asked to provide the following supplies: Paper, Pencils, Erasers, Colored Pencils and reference photo or picture if interested.
Optional Supplies: Additional drawing, coloring, and painting supplies.
Instructor: Lauren Hollick is a rising artist and art educator who is a lifelong Hudson Valley resident. A graduate of SUNY New Paltz, she currently has a studio in Dutchess County, NY. As an educator, Lauren accommodates persons from all walks of life to use artmaking as a powerful and expressive personal tool, teaching students how to engage mind, hands, and heart to share their personal experiences. Art tells a story.
