Cancer support group meets twice a month

A cancer support group gathers from noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the Chapel at St. Joseph Medical Center.

The Cheerful Heart Cancer Support Group is for anyone affected by cancer and is led by Pastor Matthew Connally of the Ronan/Polson Nazarene Church. The chapel is located inside the front entrance to the hospital.

The group welcomes those recently diagnosed, those undergoing treatment, cancer survivors, and/or family members. The group aims to provide a safe place for members to share, learn, support, and encourage members after a cancer diagnosis, and to help them conquer the fear in themselves and others. Confidentiality is practiced; anything spoken in the group stays with the group.

Participants are encouraged to drop-in when schedules and life permits and are invited to bring a brown-bag lunch.

Cheerful Heart, an organization of volunteers that provides non-medical services for cancer patients in Lake County since 2002, sponsors the support group.

For more information, check out the Cheerful Heart website at www.cheerfulheart.org, email cheartinc@gmail.com, or call the Cheerful Heart message line at 406-883-3070 and leave the best time and day to receive a return call.