📅 Meeting Dates: June 4 · June 18 · June 25 · July 16 · July 23 · July 30 · August 6 · August 13 · August 27
Programs
Current Programs
Gathering HOPE: Young Lung Community Social YLCI & GO2 For Lung Cancer
GO2 For Lung Cancer & YLCI are partnering to host Gathering HOPE: Young Lung
This is a free monthly Zoom event for young lung cancer patients and/or their loved ones. Join us the last Wednesday of the month at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET.
Registration required. Sign up once and you'll receive one Zoom link that works for every Gathering HOPE Young Lung meeting.
Care Together
Young Lung Cancer Caregiver Support Group
Join us the second Tuesday of every month at 1 PM EST for a safe, non-judgmental virtual space where caregivers, support partners, and loved ones, present and past, of young lung cancer patients can connect, share, and be understood.
Registration required. Sign up once and you'll receive one Zoom link that works for every Caregiver Support Group meeting.
In Loving Memory
A Grief Support Group for the Young Lung Cancer Community
Join us the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM EST for a safe, non-judgmental virtual space where those who have lost someone in the young lung cancer community can grieve, connect, and be understood.
Registration required. Sign up once and you'll receive one Zoom link that works for every Grief Support Group meeting.
YLCI’s Virtual Summer Book Club
A virtual summer book club for the young lung cancer community, reading The End of My Life Is Killing Me by NYT bestselling author and lung cancer patient Annabelle Gurwitch. We'll meet Thursday evenings at 8 PM EST, discussing two chapters at a time, with dates spaced to fit your summer. Patients and care partners are welcome.
Registration required. Sign up once and you'll receive one Zoom link that works for every book club meeting.
Past Programs
Spring 2026 Shared Moments, Lasting Memories Patient Giving Program
In Spring 2026, YLCI launched its Shared Moments, Lasting Memories Patient Giving Program, providing experience-based support to help young lung cancer patients create intentional, meaningful moments. This program was created in part in loving memory of Mike Scaglione, diagnosed with stage IV HER2 lung cancer at 45, who believed life is measured not in years, but in moments.
Winter 2025 Patient Giving Program
In Winter 2025, YLCI launched a Patient Giving Program providing small, meaningful gift card support to young lung cancer patients in our community during the holiday season.
Together for 30
Together for 30 was an informal one-time virtual gathering for YLCI patients and their loved ones – a low-key, no-agenda space to simply show up and connect with others who get it.
Wonders and Worries Q&A
In partnership with Wonders & Worries, YLCI hosted a live Q&A on talking to children about a parent's lung cancer diagnosis, offering YLCI patients and caregivers a space to ask questions and get real guidance on one of the hardest conversations families face.
Twist Out Cancer
Virtual art therapy session just in time for Valentine's Day- a creative space for the young lung cancer community to practice a little self-care and connection.
The Jackie Banana Wanderfund Travel Grant Program in partnership with YLCI
Young Adult patients living with advanced stage lung cancer who qualify, received a $500 grant towards their leisurely travel getaway! Multiple grants were offered to patients on a first come, first served basis.
