Draft:Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation

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Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation is a non-profit charity, established for those individuals who are diagnosed with cancer and their families.  (1)

Anne Armstrong Gibson established Wellspring in the year 1992 with the deepest dedication to improving the quality of life for cancer patients. It offers a wide array of services and programs designed to meet the holistic needs of people who have been diagnosed with the disease. (2)

The Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation Toronto is an important organization in creating a supportive community through various initiatives, such as wellness programs that encourage both physical and emotional healing and support groups that facilitate connections and shared experiences. (3) (4)

Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation provides invaluable resources and fosters resilience in the face of adversity through educational workshops, financial assistance, and noteworthy initiatives. (5) (6)

 

HISTORY

Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by cancer. (1)

Since its founding the foundation has served as a ray of hope for persons facing cancer, offering a variety of services and initiatives to improve their quality of life.

Gibson collaborated with her family, friends, and supporters to develop Wellspring, a non-profit organization that provides cancer patients and their families with psychological, emotional, social, spiritual, and informational support. 

Wellspring was founded with the assistance of some of the top oncology specialists.  Gibson's goal for Wellspring was to establish a network of community-based centres across Canada that would offer cancer patients the support and resources they needed at no cost to them.

The Coach House, Wellspring's first centre, opened its doors on Toronto's Wellesley Street East in 1992. (2) Wellspring opened its second location in 1999 on the Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre campus in north Toronto.  

Despite Gibson's passing in 1995, her vision continues to direct the organization's expanding network, which currently provides services to families and individuals with cancer across Canada.

Wellspring has maintained its commitment to Gibson's vision by offering a fresh and imaginative approach to comprehensive care for people to enhance their quality of life. Based on the needs of patients and their loved ones, it is a collaborative, neighbourhood endeavour that is intended to support whatever medical treatments patients may be receiving.

Mission

Wellspring helps people living with cancer elevate their quality of life and strengthen their minds and bodies through innovative cancer support programs.

Vision

Helping people live better with cancer.

Values

At Wellspring, we value community, compassion, empowerment and respect.

Goals

·      Maintain excellence in all Wellspring centres.

·      Develop innovative programs and continuously improve those in existence.

·      Serve as many cancer patients and their loved ones as possible regarding Canada’s diversity.

·      Secure a sustainable funding base.

·      Achieve and maintain organizational health.

Services and Programs

The Wellspring Cancer Foundation provides a wide range of services and initiatives to help people at every stage of their cancer journey. Among them are:

Support groups: Support groups were developed by Wellspring to encourage people who are going through comparable difficulties to connect and exchange experiences. In these support groups, the participants get to talk to others who are experiencing the same problems.

There is a leader in such groups, who teaches and helps participants understand cancer.  (7)

Wellness programs: Wellspring offers wellness programs that help patients’ physical, mental, and emotional health.

In the wellness programs, some teachers will help and teach patients exercises like yoga, art therapy, and meditation. (4)

Workshops for education: Wellspring offers an educational program for patients who are not aware or are going through an overwhelming feeling of getting diagnosed with cancer.  These workshops Provide knowledge on coping mechanisms, cancer treatment alternatives, and cancer prevention. (8) (9)

Financial Assistance: Wellspring developed various financial programs, to help those people who need help financially. Financial assistance includes a Law clinic to help with financial planning, a wills clinic to help with power of attorney (at no cost), and an Income tax clinic to help with filing Income tax and understanding the exemptions. (6)

Organization info

Wellspring is a Canada-wide network of community-based charities. Similar programs and services, customized to meet the specific needs of the communities they serve, are provided by each Wellspring centre. Every centre within the Wellspring network is an independent legal organization with its own Board of Directors and financing source. Every Wellspring centre abides by the organization's principles, model, and procedures for quality control.

Following are the locations of the Wellspring:

Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation

·       Westerkirk House

·       Birmingham Gilgan House

Wellspring Chinguacousy

·       One location

Wellspring Alberta

·       Carma House

·       Randy O’Dell House

·       Edmonton House

Wellspring London & Region

·       Wellspring London

·       Wellspring Stratford

Wellspring Niagara

·       One location

Works Cited

1. Charitable choices: Toronto Guardian, 2022.

2. The New Cancer Center will offer patients support services. Wysong, Pippa. Toronto: Medical post, 1992.

3. Cancer patients still suffer after treatment. Teotonio, Isabel. Toronto: Toronto Star, 2018.

4. Slow moves to battle body pain. Kopun, Francine. Toronto  : Toronto Star, 2010.

5. TD and Wellspring launch new Virtual Centre for Cancer Support. bank, TD. Canada : CISION, 2022.

6. THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS OF CANCER. news, Hospital. Ontairo : Hospital news, 2016.

7. CANCER SUPPORT FOR BOTH THE PATIENT AND CAREGIVER. News, Hospital. Toronto : Hospital News, 2016.

8. Telling your kids about cancer. Hauch, Valerie. Toronto : Toronto Star, 2012.

9. You survived cancer treatment. Now how do you get your life back on track? JONES, JENNIFER. Toronto : The Globe and Mail, 2015.