Cancer in your Workplace

What happens when an employee gets a cancer diagnosis? What if the spouse or parent of an employee has cancer and they become the caregiver? What do you say to someone who has cancer? Can you work during treatment? Where do you go for support? With approximately 30,000 new cancer diagnoses each year in Washington State, employers and employees need to know what the answers are.

Gilda’s Club Seattle has been providing answers to questions like these to more than 83,000 people who have participated in our cancer support Program for the past six years … and we are now offering to bring this into your workplace.

We have created two series of four interactive, educational lectures: one series for management, the other for employees. Each two-hour lecture will be hosted by an MD or PhD who is the leading expert in his or her field. There will be ample time for questions and answers and we will provide resource materials for you to keep. The lectures will be scheduled at your convenience and both series can run concurrently or sequentially during the course of one year.

Cancer is costly … physically, emotionally, and financially. The more you know, the more appropriate and effective your response will be as a company and as a colleague. At the completion of the series, you will be better prepared to deal with cancer in your workplace. For more information please call the Clubhouse at 206-709-1400 or email Anna Gottlieb or Marlene Diskin.