Cues for Cancer

About the Organization

Organization category

Public Charity

Country / State

United States / Virginia

Mission

To inspire hope and transform lives for those in the community affected by cancer through the power and healing of the performing arts

Programs or services

Cues For Cancer uses the performing arts to inspire hope, resilience, and healing for individuals and families affected by cancer. Our programming bridges the stage and the recovery room — meeting people in treatment, in recovery, and in caregiving with creative experiences that restore voice, connection, and joy. Every program is trauma-informed, community-centered, and designed to reach those too often left out of traditional support systems.

Therapeutic Performance Residencies
We bring artists and survivors together in guided creative residencies that use performance, storytelling, and theatrical expression as tools for processing, healing, and reclaiming identity after a cancer diagnosis.

Pediatric Outreach
Through handmade comfort items and creative engagement, we support pediatric patients and their families, softening the clinical environment with warmth and human connection.

Target Audience

Cues For Cancer serves individuals and families whose lives have been touched by cancer, with a special commitment to communities too often left out of traditional support systems.

The performing arts community affected by cancer — actors, directors, choreographers, stagehands, ushers, students, and other theater professionals whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by a cancer diagnosis.

Children undergoing treatment — pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy, who we support through handmade comfort items and creative outreach that bring warmth to the treatment experience.

Survivors and individuals in active treatment — people navigating diagnosis, treatment, and recovery who find healing, voice, and connection through creative expression.

Caregivers and families — the loved ones walking alongside those in treatment, who need support and community of their own.

LGBTQIA+ individuals affected by cancer — a community that faces added barriers in healthcare and is often underserved by mainstream cancer support, and whom we intentionally center in our work

Geographic Focus

United States, Virginia (USA), Accomack County (VA), Albemarle County (VA), Alexandria city (VA), Alleghany County (VA), Amelia County (VA), Amherst County (VA), Appomattox County (VA), Arlington County (VA), Augusta County (VA), Bath County (VA), Bedford County (VA), Bland County (VA), Botetourt County (VA), Bristol city (VA), Brunswick County (VA), Buchanan County (VA), Buckingham County (VA), Buena Vista city (VA), Campbell County (VA), Caroline County (VA), Carroll County (VA), Charles City County (VA), Charlotte County (VA), Charlottesville city (VA), Chesapeake city (VA), Chesterfield County (VA), Clarke County (VA), Colonial Heights city (VA), Covington city (VA), Craig County (VA), Culpeper County (VA), Cumberland County (VA), Danville city (VA), Dickenson County (VA), Dinwiddie County (VA), Emporia city (VA), Essex County (VA), Fairfax city (VA), Fairfax County (VA), Falls Church city (VA), Fauquier County (VA), Floyd County (VA), Fluvanna County (VA), Franklin city (VA), Franklin County (VA), Frederick County (VA), Fredericksburg city (VA), Galax city (VA), Giles County (VA), Gloucester County (VA), Goochland County (VA), Grayson County (VA), Greene County (VA), Greensville County (VA), Halifax County (VA), Hampton city (VA), Hanover County (VA), Harrisonburg city (VA), Henrico County (VA), Henry County (VA), Highland County (VA), Hopewell city (VA), Isle of Wight County (VA), James City County (VA), King and Queen County (VA), King George County (VA), King William County (VA), Lancaster County (VA), Lee County (VA), Lexington city (VA), Loudoun County (VA), Louisa County (VA), Lunenburg County (VA), Lynchburg city (VA), Madison County (VA), Manassas city (VA), Manassas Park city (VA), Martinsville city (VA), Mathews County (VA), Mecklenburg County (VA), Middlesex County (VA), Montgomery County (VA), Nelson County (VA), New Kent County (VA), Newport News city (VA), Norfolk city (VA), Northampton County (VA), Northumberland County (VA), Norton city (VA), No

Funding Needs

Grant categories you're seeking

Arts and Culture, Community Services, In-Kind Support, Mental Health, Operating Support, Quality of Life

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