"You can't imagine how good it feels to come for your orientation session at Gilda's Club and find out that in whatever ways you choose to participate, it's all free and its yours for the asking. 'Free' is not just about money, it's about 'giving away' — the attitude with which Gilda Radner faced her difficulties.

The message is: You're not alone. We're here for you. And your family and friends and caregivers. Welcome."

"At Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, people come together to find strength, share experiences, and build a supportive community for anyone impacted by cancer."

"Coming to Gilda’s Club was like entering an oasis. I was in the most devastating place of my life, but I kept coming. I listened. I learned. I shared. I stayed until I could breathe again. I found [support] group a safe place to cry and decompress with people who didn’t try to fix me."

I found a community where despite all of our differences in our individual cancer journeys, we all strive to raise each other up and help each other thrive through this process.

"My Gilda’s caregiver group is unshockable. Cancer caregiving brings so many feelings that are embarrassing, even shameful. Not infrequently I have wondered whether I should share some thought or action with my group. Would I not be roundly censured by group members who take the high road? Instead, there is at a minimum thoroughgoing compassion and consolation, and there are always others who have thought or said or done things just as outrageous as I perceive my own to be. Moreover, group members have concrete suggestions that give me hope for more equanimity and constructive behavior."