Be a Part of the
Memory Garden

The stunning Memory Garden at the Sunstone Healing Center is open for guests. We still need plants, and Memory bricks are also available for the names of your loved ones. Please contact Joan Ardern if you are interested in learning about our Memory bricks!

Cancer Support Goes Beyond the Doctor’s Door

By Carrie M. Stusse
Former Retreat Services Coordinator and Managing Editor

Hope Is, By Far, Best Therapy for Survivors

By Chris Anderson
Former Programs Coordinator

Annual Report
PDF Available

Sunstone Cancer Support Centers has been offering its services to those touched by cancer for almost seven years. We define a cancer survivor as a person coping with cancer on the first day of their diagnosis. This is the definition of the National Coalition of Cancer Survivors. Whether you are newly diagnosed or past treatment, Sunstone is available for you.

Sunstone offers its programs at little or no cost to the participants. Throughout each and every week we offer a range of integrative therapies to help survivors manage their stress and cope with the existential crisis called cancer.

Most of these therapies are based on a mind-body approach to healing, with a focus on experimenting and learning what’s right for you. These programs are offered at one of five locations throughout Tucson—just choose the one that is the most convenient for you. Our programs can help ease your body and soul through relaxation, new knowledge and community connections.

Sunstone offers its programs at little or no cost to the participants. Financial assistance is needed to help provide cancer survivors and their loved ones with the ability to attend our day programs, educational programming, navigation, counseling, referral consultation and touch therapies. We also need volunteers for a variety of projects and special events. You can help whether you are a large or small donor, an individual, or a representative of a community business, corporation, foundation or other grant-awarding organization. Donations made to the Centers are tax deductible.

Throughout each and every week, we offer a range of integrative therapies to help survivors manage their stress and cope with the existential crisis called cancer. Most of these therapies are based on a mind-body approach to healing, with the focus on experimenting and learning what is just right for you! These programs are offered at one of our five resource centers across the Tucson area. They can help ease your body and your soul through relaxation, new knowledge and community connections.

Having cancer causes many changes in survivors' lives, including economic ones. To support its survivors, Sunstone Cancer Support Centers makes every effort to keep its programs at little or no cost. This is made possible through the generous donations of community members committed to the mission of bringing hope and healing to people touched by cancer. If you are a survivor and can afford the nominal fees, we welcome your contribution. If you cannot afford the fees, we are pleased to assist you by providing the services at reduced or no tuition.

Breakfast at Sunstone

Are you new to Tucson or the Sunstone Community? Please come to a breakfast at the Sunstone Resource Center NE to learn about Sunstone and why cancer survivors find it so helpful.

At attend a breakfast, please RSVP to Joan Ardern, Fund Development Coordinator at (520) 749-1928 ext. 114 or jardern@sunstonehealing.org Please look for our upcoming breakfast dates on our calendar.

Donations and Funding

Throughout the year, all of us will be asked to consider a donation to a charitable organization. We hope that you will choose Sunstone. Sunstone is providing essential care to those touched by cancer through all of the services listed on this Web site. Because we offer these at little or no cost to the participants, we depend on the generosity of our community. Survivors who use our services say they cannot imagine coping with cancer without Sunstone. It is our responsibility to assure that this never happens.

If you are in treatment and struggling financially, we want to be able to offer all of our programs and services to you at little or no cost. In turn, we ask that when you are returned to health and ready to give back, that you will consider making it possible for others to benefit by financially supporting Sunstone.

For those of you who can, please consider helping Sunstone to continue on its path to bring hope and healing to everyone touched by cancer by making a donation. We can’t do this without you!

Donations can be made online or by sending a check to the Sunstone Cancer Support Centers, 2545 N. Woodland Road, Tucson, AZ 85749 or by calling our offices at (520) 749-1928 for making a donation via credit card. American Express, Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

You can now make a donation online with PayPal by clicking the “Make A Donation” button below. Thank you.

Sunstone Day Programs

Sunstone Cancer Support

Centers offer day programs for cancer survivors, health care professionals, support groups and non-professional caregivers.

Sunstone Day Programs are a time away from the normal business of life, decisions and stressors. It is a time taken apart in which you will be guided onto a path of feeling more whole and "at home" with yourself despite whatever circumstances are pressing you. A Sunstone retreat is a time to learn new skills that are integrative and empowering. It is a time to relax and enjoy healthy food in a lovely, nurturing setting. It is a time to meet others who are also seeking a respite, and to feel a part of a supportive community. It is a time to gain a new perspective, through a blend of experiential and interactive methods within a supportive group. that will help to sustain you throughout the rest of your journey.

Sunstone Volunteers

Volunteers are vital to our daily operations here at Sunstone. From sitting with survivors during cancer treatments and greeting visitors and their families, to referring survivors to resources within the community and assisting in Sunstone events, our volunteers are not only the backbone of our organization, but they are often the first contact a survivor has with our organization. Volunteers are always needed – those with special talents and expertise, as well as those who just want to work with awe-inspiring cancer survivors.

For more information, please see our How You Can Help Section or call our Volunteer Information line at (520) 324-3559.