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TO HOST FREE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR INDIVIDUALS TOUCHED
BY CANCER
Brattleboro Memorial Hospitalšs Oncology Department and Forest Moon are
partnering again to offer Spirit of the Written Word, a ten-week writing
workshop for Brattleboro area residents affected by a cancer diagnosis. The
free workshop will take place on Tuesday evenings, March 4 - May 6, 2008,
6:00pm to 8:00pm at BMH in Tyler Conference Room on the main level of the
hospital. No writing experience is required and all sharing is confidential.
The workshop will be facilitated by Forest Moon’s
program director Pam Roberts. Roberts is a writer, artist
and energy healer who found writing to be an important
part of her healing process when she was diagnosed with
breast cancer twelve years ago. She believes deeply
in the transformative and healing power of writing within
the safe and supportive workshop environment and leads
several workshops in Massachusetts.
More than 500 individuals in Windham County are treated
annually for cancer at the BMH Oncology Department.
Forest Moon, a Whitingham nonprofit organization founded
by a local cancer survivor, provides support programs
to the cancer community, and has served 150 individuals
since beginning offerings in January 2006. The writing
workshop is made available to participants thanks to
a generous grant from The Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate
of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The purpose of Spirit of the Written Word is to promote
emotional and spiritual healing in individuals who are
touched by cancer, including survivors, family members,
friends, and caregivers. A former writing workshop participant
wrote that the most valuable part of the experience
was, “Being able to write each week about my feelings
having cancer. It’s easier for me to write and
read than to speak those feelings.”
Spirit of the Written Word is limited to 12 participants;
registration is required. To register, or for more information,
contact Pam Roberts at 413-625-2402 or pam@forestmoon.org.
More information about Forest Moon: www.forestmoon.org.
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