Coverage and Photos from NCSD 2009

Coping® magazine is an ongoing national sponsor of National Cancer Survivors Day®. In cooperation with the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation, Coping provides the official coverage of NCSD each year. The 22nd annual Celebration of Life was held on Sunday, June 7, 2009, in over 700 communities throughout the United States and Canada, and in other participating countries. Download a PDF of Coping's 2009 coverage.

Each year, Coping magazine chooses photos from hundreds of submissions to appear on its July/August cover. In 2009, Coping featured a montage from the following celebrations:

Clockwise from top: Miami, FL - Cancer survivors, family, and friends from the Miami Children's Hospital celebrate at a Florida Marlins baseball game. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - "Please Don't Let Go of My Hand." Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia joins hands with two young cancer survivors in a human chain to show support for cancer survivors and their families at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's first NCSD event. The event was hosted by the Prince Sultan Hematology and Oncology Center at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh. Parsippany, NJ - Paddlers from the Pathways Team SOS (Save Our Sisters) and Team Dragon of the NJ Dragon Boat Club participate in the "Flowers on the Water" ceremony at the Friendship Dragon Boat Races. Middletown, CT - (Clockwise from top) Brenda Folland, Julia Tillinghast, and Kathrine Bernard put on big smiles and display the handiwork of face painter Catalina LaPointe from Amazing Face Art at the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center's event. Photo by Sharon Quackenbush, Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center. Stony Brook, NY - Joanne Berrouet waves to supporters at Stony Brook University Hospital's National Cancer Survivors Day celebration. Photo by Lynn Spinnato, spinnatogallery.com. (Center) New Brunswick, NJ - Paula Hunchar, executive director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, offers a warm embrace to cancer survivor Dorothy Reed aboard the "S.S. SurvivorSHIP" luncheon hosted by the CINJ.

Be sure to attend an official National Cancer Survivors Day event in your area on June 6, 2010. To locate an event near you, e-mail info@ncsd.org or call 615-794-3006.