Cancer Services

01/14/2026

What We Do Wednesday 💙
This week’s service spotlight is Nutrition Support. Cancer Services provides free nutritional supplements to help patients maintain protein, calories, and hydration during treatment. Please share this post with someone who may benefit.

01/12/2026

Let’s start the week with faith, hope, and courage.

01/09/2026

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 💙
Early detection saves lives. Regular Pap tests and HPV screenings play a powerful role in preventing cervical cancer. This month, let’s start conversations, share resources, and remind one another that taking care of your health matters.

01/09/2026

Thank you the 2nd grade class at Vermillion Elementary School for these beautiful pictures with very thoughtful notes written on them! These truly will help to brighten up local cancer patients day.

01/07/2026

This January, we’re starting a new What We Do Wednesday series to shine a light on the services we offer to cancer patients in our community. Today, we’re highlighting transportation because no one should miss a cancer appointment due to lack of a ride. We hope you’ll learn something new and share this with someone who could benefit.

01/06/2026

We are hiring! Visit our Website CancerResources.org for more information.

01/05/2026

Happy first Monday of the year ✨
A new year means new beginnings, fresh hope, and continued commitment to caring for our neighbors. As we step into this year, we remain dedicated to ensuring that no one in our community faces a cancer diagnosis alone. Wishing you a week filled with purpose, strength, and hope.

01/05/2026

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My friend Emily died on a Wednesday.
Cancer. She was thirty-six.

She left behind two kids — eight and eleven — and a husband who stopped knowing how to function.

The food showed up immediately. Neighbors from down the block. Coworkers from the hospital where she worked. Parents from the kids’ school. Aluminum trays stacked in the fridge. Freezer crammed full. The kitchen counters disappeared.

“Let us know if you need anything,” everyone said.

By week two, the meals stopped.
Everyone went back to work, schedules, normal life.

By week three, her husband was sitting on the kitchen floor at midnight, surrounded by unopened mail, crying.
“I don’t know how she did all of this,” he said. “School portals. Doctor appointments. Permission slips. She handled everything.”

The kids wore mismatched clothes. Forgot homework.
The youngest, Lily, started wetting the bed again.

No one brings casseroles for that.

So I moved in.
Quit my job.
Broke my lease.
Became the person holding together a family quietly falling apart in a small suburb outside Chicago.

That’s when I learned something no one really tells you:
Grief doesn’t need food.
It needs someone to sign the field-trip form.
Drive to soccer practice.
Remember picture day.
Sit through the 3 a.m. nightmares.

It needs the boring, invisible, everyday work that keeps children from completely unraveling.

By month four, I was exhausted. Drowning.

Then one afternoon, a neighbor knocked on the door.
“I’m already picking up my kids from school tomorrow,” she said. “I’ll grab Jack and Lily too.”

It was such a small thing.
I cried.

The next week she said,
“I’m going to Costco on Friday. Text me your list.”

Then another parent took over Tuesday carpool.
A neighbor started mowing the lawn.
A teacher stayed late with Jack when he shut down after school.

They didn’t ask what we needed.
They just showed up.
Again and again.
For the unglamorous things that never end.

Two years later, Emily’s husband is functioning.
The kids are okay — not perfect, but okay.
I have my own apartment again.

But here’s what changed me:

Last month, a coworker’s wife died suddenly.
People sent flowers. Organized a catered memorial.

I did something different.

I showed up the following Tuesday.
“I’m taking your kids to school this week,” I said. “Here’s my number. Text me their schedule.”

He looked confused.
“But the funeral’s over.”

“Yeah,” I said.
“That’s when it gets harder.”

Now I tell people this:

When someone experiences loss, don’t ask, “What do you need?”
They don’t know. They can’t think.

Instead say:
“I’m doing laundry Saturday. Bring yours.”
“I’m at the grocery store. What’s on your list?”
“I’m picking up my kids. Yours too.”

Specific.
Repeated.
Ordinary.

Because grief doesn’t end when the casseroles stop.
That’s when it begins.

Broken families don’t need sympathy.
They need someone who shows up for the tenth soccer practice, the fifteenth meltdown, the hundredth load of laundry.

Emily didn’t get a miracle.
Her kids grew up without their mom.

But they grew up.

Because a neighborhood decided that showing up mattered more than saying the right thing.

So when someone’s world collapses, skip the casserole.
Pick up their kid from school.
Mow their lawn.
Remember their child’s name.

Be the boring help.
The repetitive help.
The help that lasts past week two.

That’s what actually saves people.

01/02/2026

Our 2026 Scholarship Application is available online at CancerResources.org! Please apply if you reside in Erie, Huron or Ottawa Counties.

01/01/2026

A new year brings new hope.
Wishing you and your loved ones a year of health, wellness, and brighter days ahead. Thank you for being part of a community that cares deeply for one another. Happy New Year!

12/31/2025

Have a Happy New Year!

12/31/2025

We’re Hiring! Join Our Team at Cancer Services

Cancer Services is seeking two part-time Patient Services Coordinators to join our compassionate team. This role provides direct support to individuals and families facing a cancer diagnosis helping ensure no one in our community faces this journey alone.

If you are organized, caring, and passionate about making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

- Apply by submitting your resume to CecilyBrownCS@gmail.com

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Careers Join our team! At Cancer Services, we are a compassionate team dedicated to ensuring that no one in our community faces a cancer diagnosis alone. Every role plays a part in providing support, hope, and care to those who need it most. Patient Services Coordinator. Cancer Services is seeking t...