Living With Cancer. A Collection of Essays from the Gilda's Club New York City Teen Essay Contest PDF
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L IV ING WITH CANCER : A Teen Perspective A Collection of Essays From the Gilda's Club New York City Essay Contest ED ITED BY TONYA HURLEY WITH A FOREWORD BY EMMA STONE © 2014 Tonya Hurley, Editor All rights reserved. CAUTION: “Living with Cancer-A Teen Perspective: A Collection of Essays from the Gilda’s Club New York City Essay Contest” is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America and of all countries covered by the International Copyright Union (including the Dominion of Canada and the rest of the British Commonwealth), the Berne Convention, the Pan-American Copyright Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention as well as all countries with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations. All rights, including excerpting, professional/amateur stage rights, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound recording, all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as CD-ROM, CD-I, information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved. Inquiries concerning rights should be addressed to: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC Attn: 212 Books 1325 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 Contents Title Page Copyright A note from Gilda's Club CEO, Lily Safani A note from the Editor, Tonya Hurley A Special Note from Gilda's Club NYC Ambassador, EMMA STONE 1 About Me 1 Strength in Normalcy By: Jodi Ahn-Ting Chan 2 A Relay for My Life By: Molly Prep 3 A Different Route By: Jamison Buchanan 4 Dreams Deferred By: Dana N. Laurie 5 A Suburban Life By: Andrea Baatz 6 The Broccoli Rabe Blog Story By: Donna Coane 7 Cancer...Cancer By: Samantha Ashburn 8 Life is a Journey, Not a Destination By: Saul Tbeile 9 Me and My Leukemia By: Mallory Evans 10 Cancer Kickoff By: Kalyn Faller 2 My Parents 11 A Soft Blow By: Kayla Halvey 12 Aloha Mahuakine: A Story in Pictures By: Emma Burger 13 An Inspiration to Us All By: Jared May 14 It Was Something By: Joy Chiang Ling 15 My Greatest Accomplishment By: Chelsea De Jesus 16 Untitled By: Kenneth Hicks 17 Our New Lives with Cancer By: Saloni Vishwakarma 18 On The Sidelines By: Nina Leeds 3 Brothers, Sisters, and BFFs 19 The Sibling Story By: Sophia Capellini 20 The Strongest Mother By: Erica Galluscio 21 One Dreadful Thing By: Alicia Romeo 22 The Contradictions of Cancer By: Emily Marcus 23 The Unbreakable Bond By: Bryce Cammarata 24 The Ripple Effect By: Marcus Thomas 25 Indelible By: Annie Fan 4 My Family 26 Nana By: Emily Friedman 27 A Yellow Bracelet By: Caitlin Rubin 28 Uncle Santa By: Rachel Rigodon 29 Always In My Heart By: Ryan Markoe 30 Thank You By: Hannah Chi 31 The Emotional Rollercoaster By: Jack Bellear 32 Diagnosis By: Cassidy Latham A NOTE FROM G ILDA ' S CLUB CEO , L ILY SAFANI A cancer diagnosis can be an extremely isolating experience that triggers many emotions including fear, anger, depression and an overwhelming sense of helplessness. Gilda’s Club New York City (GCNYC) is a non-profit dedicated to helping New Yorkers who have been impacted by a cancer diagnosis – men, women, teens and children – learn how to live with cancer. Our innovative program is an essential complement to medical care, providing networking and support groups, workshops, educational lectures and social activities, all free of charge. More important, we provide welcoming communities where people living with cancer, young and old, can share their experiences with others who understand what it means to be living with cancer. At Gilda’s Club, we believe no one should face cancer alone. The “It’s Always Something” Teen Essay Contest was started four years ago to provide a forum for teens in grades 9-12 to share their own personal cancer experience with other teens. A cancer diagnosis in the family is particularly hard on teens, who may have difficulty expressing their feelings, and whose parents may not know how to talk to them. The essay contest provides them with an outlet to initiate a crucial dialogue about the impact of a cancer diagnosis in the family. Through the generous support of the Heidi Paoli Fund, Gilda’s Club NYC has now been able to publish selected essays from the “It’s Always Something” Teen Essay Contest—a first for Gilda’s Club NYC. This special publication of selected works from the 2010-2013 Teen Essay Contests provides teens with a forum to express themselves that many did not think was possible and helps to educate the public about the issues teens who are living with cancer face. We hope by publishing these essays other teens will understand that they do not have to face cancer alone. Our annual “It’s Always Something” Teen Essay Contest will continue to contribute to the mission of GCNYC and help identify teens who may benefit from our free cancer support program, Teens Connect, as well as educate a wider community about the benefit of social and emotional support for everyone living with cancer. We could never accomplish what we do without the support of our special community of volunteers, donors and our Gilda’s Club New York City staff. It is an endless list of people who truly believe in what we do and for whom we are forever grateful. Special thanks to our contributing teens, our judges, Dennis Paoli and the Heidi Paoli Foundation, Nancy Cambino, Michele Halusic, Tonya Hurley, Tracy Hurley Martin, William Morris Endeavor/212 Books, Kevin Dixon, Emma Stone and Migdalia Torres – all of whom have made the Teen Essay Contest what it is today. Lily Safani CEO Gilda’s Club New York City
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