70 YEARS OF ACTIVITY For Cancer Patients

Israel Cancer Association // Annual Report 2022

‘Strong Together’ ® Activity and Support Centers

center hosts various support groups, workshops, lectures, and body-mind activities. A number of unique support groups are held in Givatayim and are open to participants from all over the country: • ‘Young Adults Embarking on Life’® – a nation-wide support group for singles aged 20-35 • A group for young women (aged 30-50) coping with cancer • A group for young couples (aged 30-50) in which one partner has cancer • A group for women coping with metastatic breast cancer • A group for bereaved parents who accompany an adult child with cancer • A group for bereaved parents who lost a child (young or adult) to cancer • A group for adult children who lost a parent to cancer • A group for adults who lost their siblings to cancer The Claire and Emmanuel G. Rosenblatt ‘Strong Together’ ® Center at the Aaron and Olga Rosenfeld House, Haifa The Strong Together® center in Haifa offers a wide range of activities for patients, survivors, and family members, such as support groups, workshops, mind-body activities, and lectures. The ongoing collaboration between the center and teams at the medical centers in the Haifa area aims to strengthen the connection between the community, the center, and the ICA Haifa branch. • A group for family members • Bereavement and loss groups

The ‘Strong Together’® support centers of the Israel Cancer Association currently operate in Givatayim, Jerusalem, Haifa, Afula, and Beer Sheva and in ICA branches across the country. The centers serve as a second home for patients, survivors, and their family members and offer a variety of support, information, enrichment and leisure activities such as music, art and painting, mind-body workshops such as yoga, Pilates, Nia, Qi-Kong, Feldenkrais, sculpting and strength training, which help them cope with the emotional and psychological challenge of being sick. The centers are also a home to patients who have completed their active treatments but still need support and rehabilitation. The centers are also designed for patients who have completed their active treatment, but still need support and rehabilitation. All patient and family members’ activities are offered free of charge. The ‘Strong Together’® support centers across the country are run by MSW Orit Spira , ICA’s Rehabilitation and Support Director, with assistance from the regional and district social workers: MSW Ariela Shuva is in charge of the support center activities in the northern ICA branches and in the Ruthi Vrubell (Schneider) ‘Strong Together’® Center in Afula. MSW Nechi Feingold is in charge of the support center activities in Haifa. MSW Dana Rechavi-Heller is in charge of the support center activities in the ICA branches in the center. MSW Hodaya Wolf is in charge of the support center activities in the ICA branches in Jerusalem and the area. MSW Miri Mor Yosef is in charge of the support center activities in Beer Sheva and the southern ICA branches. The ‘Strong Together’ ® Center at Ica Mati House Headquarters, Givatayim The ‘Strong Together’® center at Mati House, the ICA’s headquarters in Givatayim, is a home for the community, offering diverse annual activities to patients, survivors, and their family members. The

The Israel Jacob And Layla Alter ‘Strong Together’® Support Center, Jerusalem

The Israel Jacob and Layla Alter ‘Strong Together’® support center in Jerusalem continues its activities for patients, survivors, and family members in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. The great positive feedback is a

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