ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association Launches Online Support Community
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. has partnered with Inspire to launch a new online support community for people coping with thyroid cancer, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers.
OLNEY, MD, December 29, 2010
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. today announced it launched a new online support community for people coping with thyroid cancer, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers.ThyCa created the community in partnership with Inspire, a company that works with nonprofits to provide safe, online health and wellness communities.
Members of the community (http://thyca.inspire.com) will participate in moderated discussion groups and post personal journals. Registration is free. Upon joining, members will have complete control of their privacy options and can communicate with others in a safe, secure environment.
"We initiated this new online community to benefit people with thyroid cancer, wherever they live, as well as caregivers and friends, through Inspire's resources," said Gary Bloom, Executive Director of ThyCa.
"We are proud to partner with ThyCa and do our part to support everyone involved in thyroid cancer. We expect this community will be a trusted, thriving online space," said Brian Loew, CEO of Inspire.
ThyCa is a non-profit organization of thyroid cancer survivors, family members, and health care professionals. ThyCa is dedicated to support, education, and communication for thyroid cancer survivors, their families and friends, as well as Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month and year-round awareness campaigns, plus thyroid cancer research fundraising and research grants.
CONTACT: John Novack, Director of Communications, Inspire, john@inspire.com. Follow Inspire on Twitter at http://twitter.com/teaminspire and on Facebook.
Princeton, NJ-based IInspire creates safe, moderated online communities, organized by medical condition, for patients to share information and to support each other. Inspire builds and manages these communities in partnership with more than 70 national patient advocacy and support organizations. Among the organizations are the National Osteoporosis Foundation, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. For more information, call 800-945-0381.