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Stupid Cancer

Digital and IRL Meetups · About this organization

What you get

Peer connection, casual conversation, online meetups, and in-person social activities.

How to start

Fill in the registration form.

Good to know

  • These social gatherings are explicitly not clinical support groups.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Recurring online and in-person social gatherings connect AYA cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and professionals with peers who understand the cancer experience.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Peer And Emotional Support

AYA peer meetups

Casual recurring digital and in-person gatherings where patients, survivors, caregivers, and professionals can connect with others who share the AYA cancer experience.

Noncash help · Recurring

support sessions per month

Can cover

  • Peer connection
  • Casual conversation
  • Online meetups
  • In-person social activities

Does not cover

  • Clinical therapy
  • Formal support group treatment
  • The organization publishes monthly Monday and Thursday digital meetup series plus varying IRL events.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Stupid Cancer serves people affected by AYA cancer without a cancer-type restriction, so B-ALL fits for participants in the AYA age range.

Age

Age 15 to age 39, measured at application.

  • Caregivers may be outside this age range; the organization defines AYA as ages 15–39.

Treatment status

Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Relapse Or Recurrence, Within One Year Post Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • Programs serve patients and survivors at any stage of the cancer journey.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Digital meetups connect AYAs across the United States..

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Stupid Cancer Digital Meetups — Monthly online meetups are delivered via Zoom.
  • IRL Meetup locations — In-person meetup locations vary and are listed in the current calendar. — Locations vary by event

How to get started

Get ready to apply

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Patient, Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver

  1. Review the Programs Code of Conduct and choose a current digital or IRL meetup from the official calendar.
  2. Open the selected event and use its current registration link.
  3. For a digital meetup, install Zoom before the session and use the confirmation details to join.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Online Portal · Open form or page — Open a current event and follow its Register link.

Documents to prepare

No documents are listed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Applicable
Application windowEvent Specific
Last checkedAug 26, 2026
  • Individual event registration and capacity vary.
  • Registration timing and capacity vary by event.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • The program is for the AYA cancer community, generally ages 15–39.
  • These social gatherings are explicitly not clinical support groups.
  • Minor consent and supervision rules are not published on the general meetup page.
  • What consent or supervision rules apply to participants ages 15–17?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program