Bay Area Young Survivors Bays Inc

Financial Assistance: We created the BAYS Steps Up Fund to offer financial assistance to our members who struggle financially while undergoing treatment and beyond. We also offer scholarships to attend cancer-related scientific and support conferences and/or grants for self care.21 members received financial assistance.13 members received financial assistance to attend Commonweal Cancer treatments.3 members received financial assistance to attend BACC Conference.

Support Services: -We offer peer- and professionally- led support group meetings (with separate additional support groups for our members with metastatic disease who are facing unique end-of-life issues)-We also offer unstructured support groups over coffee or a meal-We host an online network for communication and virtual support. -We offer writing workshops and coordinate additional avenues to share written expression through public readings and publications.Online Support Groups-We offered 59 support groups from January-December 2024. a) 2-3 monthly support groups via Zoom/Google Meet with an average attendance of 4-5 per support groupb) We also did 4 in person support groups and we estimate 5 attendees per support group. c) We also offered 2 monthly support groups via Zoom for our MITC members (we estimate 4-5 people attended each of the 24 online sessions)Unstructured support-50 members attended unstructured support meet-ups (e.g., coffee, lunches)Hosted discussion forum-1036 members of our online discussion and support forumWriting Workshops-We hosted 6 writing workshops with 7-10 members attending eachMITC Unstructured Support Social and Educational Events-Approximately 25 MITC members attended in-person social and community buildingevents (e.g., Luncheons, tea, and dinners). Events may have had overlapping attendees.