Our Programs

Dear Jack Foundation’s programs offer hope and support to young adult patients, survivors, and their caregivers who are coping with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. 

Dear Jack Foundation’s programs offer hope and support to young adult patients, survivors, and their caregivers who are coping with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. 

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Breathe Now

Dear Jack Foundation’s Breathe Now program for young adult survivors and their partners utilizes the tools of yoga, meditation, and therapeutic conversations to heal the mind and body and restore balance to their relationship post cancer.

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LifeList

Dear Jack Foundation's LifeList program gives young adults, who are currently facing a life-threatening cancer diagnosis, something positive to focus on outside of their treatment through wish-granting and community connection.

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Community Forum

The Dear Jack Foundation has created a space where hope, compassion and community converge – a digital space created to provide AYA cancer patients, survivors, and thrivers with access to virtual get-togethers, resources, and mental health support.

For more information or, if you are an AYA patient, survivor, or thriver looking to register, head to our Community page.

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We have two virtual get-togethers twice a month on the second and fourth Mondays at 6 pm MT. These are for any AYAs from diagnosis through survivorship.

To register for our community resources, sign up for calls, and access our AYA website, register here!

LifeList Applications

Applications Reopen March 21, 2025

LifeList applications for Q1 of 2025 are now closed. Our next application cycle will open on March 21st at 10 am MST. To receive information about the LifeList program and updates about the next application cycle, please complete the interest form. If you are a young adult, ages 18-39, currently in treatment for cancer, you may qualify for the LifeList program.

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Breathe Now Wellness Retreats

2025 Breathe Now Wellness Retreats

Dear Jack Foundation Breathe Now Wellness Retreats are for young adult survivors and their partners. Applications are open from November 15 - January 10th for our March and May retreats. Applications for our September and October retreats will be open from May 2 - July 11th.

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Community

Join our community!

Welcome to a space where hope, compassion, and community converge – a digital space created by the Dear Jack Foundation to provide AYA (ages 18-39) cancer patients, survivors, and thrivers with access to virtual get-togethers, resources, and mental health support. At the heart of our mission lies a profound commitment to supporting the mental health of AYAs through every phase of their cancer journey.

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Program Referral Hospitals

The young adult cancer patients and survivors Dear Jack Foundation serves through our programs are referred to us in part by leading cancer care hospitals in the United States. Program participant applications are also accepted directly from the applicant.

Are you interested in becoming a referral hospital? Are you a hospital staff member and interested in learning more about Dear Jack Foundation’s program requirements and patient referral process? Please fill out our hospital inquiry form.

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