Cancer Survivorship Celebration Taking Place At Franklin Street Bazaar Including Mural Art Project

Local Nonprofits Serving Cancer Survivors And Their Families Collaborate With Franklin Street Events Association For Special End of Season Franklin Street Bazaar

Gilda’s Club Evansville, along with five other local nonprofits serving cancer survivors and their families, will be hosting a Cancer Survivorship Celebration – A Tapestry of Courage, Hope and Strength, on Saturday, September 17 from 9am-1pm at the library lawn during the Franklin Street Bazaar.

“The Franklin Street Bazaar is committed to creating a space where health and community are nurtured,” Karen Sue Conaway Blaize, Franklin Street Bazaar Market Master, stated. “We are honored that Gilda’s Club has chosen the bazaar to celebrate survivorship!”

The event will include the following nonprofits that will have tents at the event offering fun activities or crafts: American Cancer Society, Chemo Buddies, Susan G. Komen Evansville Tri-State, Touch, Wish Upon a Star and Gilda’s Club Evansville.

The event will also include a community mural art project called Tapestry of Survivorship. SnickerDoodle Kids Art will have a table set up for attendees to participate in the mural painting project. Each 5×7 inch canvas panel is $6, which includes the canvas and paint, and $3 of each panel sold will be donated to Gilda’s Club Evansville. Once completed, all panels will go back to Gilda’s Club Evansville to be made into a piece of art work, be it a border around their Clubhouse walls or all gathered on one wall.

“Can you imagine the beauty of 200 hand printed panels from people that have been impacted by cancer?” Melanie Atwood, Gilda’s Club Evansville Executive Director, exclaimed. “What an inspiration to all that walk through our red door…as they realize they are not alone!”

About Gilda’s Club Evansville:
Gilda’s Club Evansville is a free cancer support community for anyone living with cancer and their families and friends.  Gilda’s Club recognizes that social and emotional support is as essential as medical care when cancer is in the family and offers a variety of workshops, classes, groups and activities in a non-residential, home-like setting.