Go Gray in May: Brain Tumor Awareness Month 2024
Knowledge is empowering.
May is brain tumor awareness month. This year, we advocate knowledge as an empowering force. Join Pacific Neuroscience Institute for a celebratory walk on Wednesday, May 29th at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA. Plus, check out the myriad resources we have gathered for those living with brain tumor.
Raising Awareness for Brain Tumors
Our patients with brain tumors, and their families, frequently express feeling unnoticed, eclipsed, and isolated. A diagnosis labeled as “rare” or “uncommon” can pose difficulties, partly due to the invisible nature of symptoms and treatment effects on the mind and body. It’s crucial to acknowledge and celebrate the strength of our remarkable patients and their families. Let’s unite in the #GoGrayinMay campaign to honor them together.
Throughout Brain Tumor Awareness Month in May, we offer a range of educational and informative resources tailored for individuals with brain tumors and their care partners. Additionally, we are organizing a celebratory walk around Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us.
Brain Tumor Awareness – Events & Brain Tumor Awareness – Walk
Date: Wednesday, May 29th
Events Time: 12pm – 2pm
Walk Time: 12:30pm
Location: Providence Saint John’s Health Center, 2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Join us in an in-person celebration with informational booths, followed by our awareness walk!
This 4th annual event is a special walk around the hospital for patients, caregivers, loved ones, advocates, and staff at 12:30pm. Join our community events starting at noon at Flaherty Commons with fun activities such as a photo booth, gratitude table and poster station. Enter our raffle to win tickets to a show at the Los Angeles Orpheum. The event features a catered lunch from Milo & Olive.
This event is open to all patients, care partners, family, friends, researchers, and clinicians. Registration is not required.
Resources
Brain Tumor Support Group
Free meetings are held monthly via Zoom
2nd Thursday of the month | 4:30pm to 5:30pm PST
Virtual: Zoom details will be emailed to you with registration.
May speaker: Akanksha Sharma, MD
Join brain tumor patients and their loved ones for a special support group. You will have the opportunity to share your brain tumor journey and socialize with brain tumor patients at Pacific Neuroscience Institute.
Supportive Care Clinic
At Pacific Neuroscience Institute, we believe that your healing and health is an ongoing journey. We have developed a new brain tumor supportive care clinic to help our patients live well. Our goal is to provide an added layer of support for both the patient and their loved ones, with the aim of improving both your quality of life and longevity.
Webinars
Radiation Series
Care Partner Support Videos
Podcasts
PNI Minute Videos
Educational Articles & Videos
Check out our website for blog posts that are dedicated to education and knowledge. Explore our full library of brain tumor related videos.
Social Media
Raise awareness for brain tumor treatment and research in May by wearing GRAY ribbons, clothes, and masks. Help spread the word to friends, family, and colleagues by tagging @pacificneuro and #gograyinmay on social media.
Gratitude Tree
Come visit our Gratitude Tree in the Cancer Center Waiting Room (Level G, Saint John’s) and start your practice of gratitude – what are you grateful for in your day, despite the challenges of this journey?
Learn more at 310-829-8265
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Last updated: July 2nd, 2024