Village 360 is a companionship circle for cancer patients. They provide compassion, companionship, and community, offering cancer patients a reprieve from the weight of their diagnosis. They assist with errands and duties that seem simple when one is well but feel overwhelming during a battle with cancer. They offer a distraction from the diagnosis with a listening ear. When a companion is needed, they care.
Village 360 is a refuge. They help alleviate the worry, uncertainty, overwhelm, and fear of facing a diagnosis alone by offering their support. With firsthand experience, they provide a dependable listening ear and a helping hand when needed. Like family, they go where they are needed, always making room for one more. They search for light in places where others see only darkness.
Ways They Help
- Offer strength when support is needed after a diagnosis
- Assist in sorting through common questions before and after tests or treatments.
- Introduce therapeutic animals to provide comfort and connection.
- Offer respite for loved ones and caregivers, giving them a chance for some serenity.
- Help manage expectations and provide compassionate reassurance.
- Emphasize the importance of self-care and help attain it when it feels overwhelming.
- Empower patients, acting as companions and allies.
- Lighten the load and ease the journey, recognizing that there is so much more life to live.
Their goal is to be a warm hung when the cold reality of a cancer diagnosis hits. This began from a need to see that no one else has to face cancer alone. The founder of Village 360 was a single mother when she was casually informed of a mass that turned out to be cancer. Although she came from a large family eager to help, they were uncertain about how to provide the necessary emotional and physical support. This need does not go unfulfilled any longer with Village360.
More information about this Difference Maker can be found at: www.village360.org
