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Gilda's Club opened earlier this
year at 3517 Rochester Road in Royal
Oak, "and we had 100 people come
to new-member meetings in the first
four days, and more than 220 people
in the last eight weeks," says Execu-
tive Director Joyce Bichler.
The club does not provide tradi-
tional therapy and is not affiliated
with any medical community. It helps
all kinds of people with all kinds of
cancer.
"A woman whose husband has can-
cer said that whenever they got near
the hospital for the support groups,
her husband would get nauseous,
because he associated the hospital with
treatments," says Joyce Bichler. "When
she came in here, she said, 'Finally, a
place we can both come to.'"
One of the most important aspects
of Gilda's Club is that it is free to
anyone in the community. To become
a member, one can be referred by a
physician, a health care professional, a
family member, or yourself
Newcomers attend a new
meeting, and then can choose sup-
port groups, workshops, social events,
lectures, self-help groups, and many
other activities.
"People often say after they learn
they have cancer, 'I wish I had tried
art,' or whatever. Here they can," says
Bichler.
Bichler says Gilda's Club is a fun
place where people learn to celebrate
life. "No matter what the outcome,
they learn to celebrate every day," she
says. It is not uncommon to hear
laughter pouring out of rooms.
The club is more like a warm
home, with many children. Children
with cancer, or who have a parent
with cancer, come to Noogieland, a
room sponsored by the Charach fami-
ly and Toys a Us. It features a paint-
ing by local muralist Kate Paul, and is
filled with toys.
"At Gilda's Club, we know cancer
happens to the whole family, not just
the family member," says Bichler.
"It's sweet and it's sour," says
Michael Radner. "The sour part is
that there is cancer, and a need for
this kind of help.
"The sweet part is that at least we
are there." O
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