I 2 Y - I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation Inc

Official Information

Full Name:	I 2 Y - I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation Inc
EIN:	20-2027782
Tax Status:	501(c)(3)
Website:	http://www.imtooyoungforthis.org
Address:	34 - 71st Street Brooklyn, NY 11209
Contact Info:	Matthew Zachary stupidcancer@imtooyoungforthis.org 8777354693

Official Cause

I'm Too Young For This!

2,023 members - $685 donated

Ending isolation and improving quality of life for young adults affected by cancer through advocacy, research and support.

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About this Nonprofit

Mission:	Our mission is to end isolation, improve quality of life and provide meaningful survivorship for young adults affected by cancer, an orphan population within the cancer continuum for whom 5-year remission rates have not improved over the past 30 years.
Description:	Our mission is to end isolation and improve quality of life for young adults affected by cancer. We do this by: (1) serving as a global support community that provides 'one-stop' access to hard-to-find resources, peer support and social networks; (2) educating providers about the unique issues facing this population; (3) advocating on behalf of over 1 million young adult survivors to raise awareness of the 'cancer under 40' movement and drive change; (4) gaining a better understanding of the needs of young adult survivors and (5) using music and the arts to connect and unite young adults, build community and make it hip to talk openly about their experiences. We're using music, the arts and social media to organize, mobilize and activate young adults to the cause, destigmatize cancer as a death sentence and make it hip to talk openly about stupid cancer. Why? Because the past 30 years of "progress" have failed survivors under 40 so there's no reason to think the next 30 years will be any different unless change starts now. Young adults are a critically underserved population who have much different needs (fertility, education, sexuality, peer support, financial aid, insurance, employment) than other age groups to survive and move forward with their lives. With an international provider network of over 255 cancer centers, we advocate on behalf of over 400 young adult support resources and over 1 million adolescent and young adult survivors* (ages 15-39) who are living with and beyond cancer worldwide; a population for whom survival rates have not improved in 30 years.*

Mission:

Our mission is to end isolation, improve quality of life and provide meaningful survivorship for young adults affected by cancer, an orphan population within the cancer continuum for whom 5-year remission rates have not improved over the past 30 years.

Description:

Our mission is to end isolation and improve quality of life for young adults affected by cancer. We do this by: (1) serving as a global support community that provides 'one-stop' access to hard-to-find resources, peer support and social networks; (2) educating providers about the unique issues facing this population; (3) advocating on behalf of over 1 million young adult survivors to raise awareness of the 'cancer under 40' movement and drive change; (4) gaining a better understanding of the needs of young adult survivors and (5) using music and the arts to connect and unite young adults, build community and make it hip to talk openly about their experiences.

We're using music, the arts and social media to organize, mobilize and activate young adults to the cause, destigmatize cancer as a death sentence and make it hip to talk openly about stupid cancer.

Why? Because the past 30 years of "progress" have failed survivors under 40 so there's no reason to think the next 30 years will be any different unless change starts now. Young adults are a critically underserved population who have much different needs (fertility, education, sexuality, peer support, financial aid, insurance, employment) than other age groups to survive and move forward with their lives.

With an international provider network of over 255 cancer centers, we advocate on behalf of over 400 young adult support resources and over 1 million adolescent and young adult survivors* (ages 15-39) who are living with and beyond cancer worldwide; a population for whom survival rates have not improved in 30 years.*

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