Big News for Thrive!

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Thrive Together and Facing Cancer Together will be merging. The combined entity will operate as Facing Cancer Together. Thrive will cease to exist as a separate organization in 2012. Given the challenging economic times, the similarities of our missions, and our long history of collaboration, we believe that this merger will improve our ability to serve you.

Facing Cancer Together was founded in 2009 by a group of clinicians dedicated to providing support, education and wellness services to people with cancer in Greater Boston. Services include support groups, expressive arts programming, and mind-body wellness classes for people living with cancer and their loved ones. Thrive was founded in 2003 to serve pre-menopausal women with breast cancer. Programs have included support groups for cancer survivors, peer-to-peer mentoring, and information services.

Please be assured that there will be no disruption in services or programming at Facing Cancer Together as a result of this merger. Facing Cancer Together will begin to manage the Thrive Survivorship Group in 2012 and is currently investigating ways to expand programming for young women with breast cancer. Additionally, Jennifer Rosenberg and Cynthia Lacasse, President and Treasurer of Thrive, will join the Facing Cancer Together board.

We are also very excited to announce that the Friends of Mel Foundation is recognizing the importance of this merger with a generous matching grant of up to $2,500 to Facing Cancer Together. For the next 30 days, every dollar you donate to Facing Cancer Together will be matched by Friends of Mel. Please take advantage of this limited time offer by giving generously today. Many thanks to Friends of Mel for this special grant.

We are certain that, together, we will continue to make a positive difference for those affected by cancer.

For more information, please visit www.facing-cancer.org.