1. ACOR's 4Youth - This site provides support for teens and young adults, as well as for young survivors of cancer. http://listserv.acor.org/archives/4youth.html
The ARC - Community-based peer support programs for siblings of children/teens with serious medical conditions. http://www.thearc.org/siblingsupport/
The ARC also has an online listserv for brothers and sisters of children/teens with special needs. http://www.thearc.org/siblingsupport/sibkids.htm
Brave Kids - Brave kids is an online community for children/teens with special needs and their caretakers. Services include message boards, directory of healthcare resources, medical information, interactive games and contests. http://www.bravekids.org
Cancer Source Kids - This site provides children and teens who have cancer, as well as children and teens whose sibling has cancer to read cancer information, play interactive games, and learn coping strategies. http://www.cancersourcekids.com
Caring Bridge - A non-profit organization providing free online service connecting patients to friends and families. http://www.caringbridge.org Phone: (651) 452-7940.
ChemoCare.com - Scott Hamilton's (Olympic skating champion and cancer survivor) website is designed to provide the latest information on chemotherapy to patients and their families, caregivers and friends. http://www.chemocare.com
Connect - A website created by a group of high school and college students who have experienced a life-threatening illness and realize the importance of talking to someone who's been there. http://www.letsconnect.org
Cure Childhood Cancer - A non-profit organization dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through research, education and support of patients and their families. http://www.curechildhoodcancer.org/ Phone: (800) 443-CURE (800-443-2873).
Group Loop - A place for teens with cancer and their parents to build an online community to find support, education, and hope while dealing with a cancer diagnosis. http://www.grouploop.org/ Phone: (888) 793-WELL (888-793-9355); (202) 659-9709.
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Imerman Angels - This
site connects a person fighting cancer today ("cancer fighter") with
someone who has beaten the same type of cancer ("cancer survivor").
The relationship provides a fighter the opportunity to ask personal
questions and receive encouragement from someone who is uniquely
familiar with the situation. The relationship provides a survivor
the opportunity to personally help a fighter as (s)he battles the
disease.
http://www.imermanangels.org
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International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organization -
A worldwide network of parents of children with cancer. http://www.icccpo.org/ Netherlands Phone: (31) 30-242-2944.
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Kids Cancer Network - Young cancer survivor Kenon Neal founded Kids Cancer Network to provide "a dose of hopeTM" for kids and their families isolated by the rigors of childhood cancer treatment. There are plenty of opportunities on this site to be encouraged! Discover tons of wonderful hard-to-find stuff, and places to: say thanks, get mail, be prayed for, share with thousands, and be creative. Truly a kids cancer network! http://kidscancernetwork.org/
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Less Than Four - This
is the premier online community for amputees around the world.
People with limb differences gather here to ask questions, find
answers and connect with one another. Membership is absolutely free.
Members get their own personal blog and can upload unlimited photos
and videos.
http://www.lessthanfour.org
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Planet Cancer - Planet Cancer is an online community of young adults with cancer. It's a place to share insights, explore fears, and laugh with others who just plain get it! http://www.planetcancer.org/index.php Phone: (512) 452-9010.
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Teens Living with Cancer - This website for teens with cancer offers medical information and provides psychosocial support designed to enhance a teen's quality of life. http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org Phone: (585) 334-0858.
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@neWorld is a place where kids who are hospitalized or undergoing treatment for cancer can keep in touch with their communities of family, friends, classmates, teachers and doctors. It's a virtual community designed to maintain a child's social networks that are part of his or her physical community. @neWorld has been developed by Leap of Faith Technologies, Inc. with funding from the National Institutes of Health.
http://www.leapoffaith.com/oneworld.htm
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Youth Health Talk (Digex) - Check this site out for interviews with
teens and young persons who talk about their individual experiences
of cancer.
http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/teenagecancer Phone - 01865
226672; info@dipex.org