


Youth Program: Noogieland and Teen Scene –
Noogieland, named after the noogies that Bill Murray gave to Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live, is both the Gilda's Club program and play area for children and teens. Weekly support groups are offered in the evenings and are for children ages 5-12. The children participate in an art-based activity that is developmentally appropriate and targets the cancer experience.
Noogieland Offerings for Children Include –
Kid Support™ in Noogieland, offered for children 3-12 years old, is a peer support group for children who have a parent, grandparent, other family member or friend with cancer (either in treatment or post-treatment), or for children who have cancer themselves. This is a 10 week group that offers children ages 3-11 an opportunity to make friends and learn skills to help them when cancer is in their lives. This group meets Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8pm.
Grief Busters, also offered for children 3-12 years old, is a peer support group for children who have lost a family member or friend to cancer. Through age appropriate activities such as arts and crafts, stories, poems, and games, children are given the opportunity for expressing and processing the death of a loved one. This group meets Thursday evenings from 6:30-8pm.