Connection Program Archives | West Coast Kids Cancer Foundation

Volunteering builds confidence

Bronwyn taking a selfie on a hike with a lake and mountains in the background.

Bronwyn shares how taking a lead through various volunteering opportunities has increased her confidence and sense of self. March 2025 Hi, my name is Bronwyn Christison. I am 20…

Building community

Kayla shares how she has benefited from The Club community that she now takes a lead in helping to build. My name is Kayla Young (she/her). I was diagnosed with…

How we make movement fun and empowering for children at WCK City Camp “Movement is possible and important for every child and adolescent with cancer” international Pediatric Oncology Exercise Guidelines…

Getting into flow

A photo of Makayla with her partner and dog going hiking.

Therapeutic Recreation intern Makayla explains what we mean by “getting into flow,” and how WCK’s City Camp programming makes it happen. What is a flow state? A flow state…

Being the little sister

Abbey as a little girl with her brothers Caleb and Gabe

Abbey previously wrote an amazing blog about how programs like The Club have helped her piece things together. In this blog, she shares in more detail her experience as a…

Building the things that matter

Chuck Oliver shares how woodworking can bring so many small but wonderful things that matter to kids on the childhood cancer and blood disorder journey. From building something they can…

Here for the whole family

How WCK brings happy tears and space to heal Over the course of a single day in December 2021, the Joshi family’s world shattered. Hema Joshi took her nine-year-old…

Piecing things together

A photo of Abbey in a forest (taken at the 2023 She Can retreat). She has her right foot on a log and her hands by her side. She's smiling at the camera. Her t shirt says "Empowered women empower women"

Abbey Macey shares what has helped her to piece things together, years down the line from a childhood cancer diagnosis in the family My name is Abbey. In 2006, my…

Life doesn’t happen in a straight line

A mom with her three children, all sitting on the couch. Four-year-old twins boys climbing over each other in the middle and smiling, and their nine-year-old brother (who's wearing a purple WCK t shirt) kissing one of them on the head. Mom is holding one of the twins on her lap, looking at them, and smiling.

Walking alongside families at each step of the journey, and supporting them as they navigate their way. For families, the childhood cancer or blood disorder journey is far from linear.…