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The Women’s Cancer Resource Center improves equitable access to cancer information, support and care.

10/28/2026

This past Saturday, we gathered to celebrate the volunteer therapists who show up for our community with so much heart. Your care, presence, and expertise make healing possible for so many. Thank you for all you give.

To learn more about our free therapy program, visit https://www.wcrc.org/get-support/counseling-psychotherapy/

10/28/2026

Meet Carla, one of the many reasons WCRC feels like community. 💛

Carla first came to know WCRC through two friends facing breast cancer. She watched them build teams and swim in Swim A Mile during treatment, and she started donating. After years of giving, she promised herself she’d get more involved once she retired. Two years later, you can find her at our Monday Help Desk, tabling at Alta Bates, and delivering groceries to clients across Oakland.

For Carla, the heart of the work is listening. Many of the people who call have just been diagnosed, and what they need most is someone compassionate on the other end of the line.

“Our services aren’t clinical, but we have incredible resources … all the things that can hopefully make the journey through their therapy a little bit easier.”

Read Carla’s full story https://www.wcrc.org/about-us/blog, and help us reach someone who might benefit from WCRC’s services by sharing this post with your network.

Learn more about how to get involved as a volunteer with WCRC https://www.wcrc.org/get-involved/

10/27/2026

"When we put the right fats in our body, the right nutrients in our body, we allow our body to restore itself." Chef Chandra Collins

Our most recent Chef's Table class was one to remember. Chandra welcomed everyone with warm tea, taught us to "eat the rainbow" while serving a nourishing lentil soup, and finished with a treat of iced hibiscus tea. She even started a batch of fire c***r that will be ready to taste at the next class. Her energy kept the whole room engaged, and her excitement for sharing what she knows made every tip feel practical and doable.

Chandra is a cancer survivor and a lifelong foodie who believes food can heal. She teaches it through small, realistic changes: cook more vegetables, choose your fats with care, and make your own salad dressing so you control the salt and sugar. She likes to say your first pharmacy is your windowsill or backyard, your second is the farmer's market, and the grocery store is where you fill in the rest.

As she puts it, "I think a chef's table is an experience. They get to come, they get to taste, they get to learn about something, they get to hear my crazy stories." And the community around her table keeps coming back for more.

Learn more about WCRC Wellness Programs: https://www.wcrc.org/events/
Visit Chef Chandra's Website: https://www.chefchandra.com/

10/22/2026

A few weeks ago, a handwritten letter arrived at WCRC.

It was from Sema, who came to us after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2025. In four pages, she thanks the navigators, therapists, instructors, and fellow participants who were part of her healing. We’re sharing the full letter here, in her own words.

Thank you, Sema. And thank you to everyone at WCRC who shows up for our clients the way you showed up for her.

If this story resonates with you, we’d be grateful if you shared it with your network. Stories like Sema’s are how more people come to know WCRC’s work, and every share helps that impact reach a little further.

10/21/2026

“It’s like a flood of emotions that come up when someone gets diagnosed.”

Dr. Nazneen Bahrassa has volunteered as a therapist with WCRC for several years. She got involved after seeing a post from our clinical director on one of her professional lists, and she saw it as a way to honor her grandmother, who died of breast cancer when Nazneen was younger.

As a volunteer therapist, she works with one WCRC client at a time over 12 sessions, focusing on whatever that client wants to work on. She says she keeps coming back because the work is meaningful, and because she appreciates her clients and understands how complicated their lives can be.

Thank you, Dr. Bahrassa, for being part of this community. If someone in your life is facing cancer and could use emotional support, please share this video.

10/16/2026

We are honored to celebrate Miss Bobbie Wakefield, founder of Project Loving Life, who was recently honored with an ICON Award from CBS San Francisco. 💛

Over the years, Project Loving Life has contributed more than $100,000 to WCRC’s Sister to Sister Program, and her commitment has helped the program remain a steady source of connection for those it serves.

In August, we welcomed Miss Wakefield and the KPIX news team to our Center for an interview about her impact. Dolores Moorehead, our Community Engagement Director and Sister to Sister facilitator, was also interviewed, along with one of our clients. The segment aired in September, and we are so proud of how it shows the heart of this community.

Watch the full segment on the CBS San Francisco website: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-womans-nonprofit-project-loving-life-cancer-survivors-fashion-show/

Learn more about Sister to Sister: https://www.wcrc.org/get-support/sister-to-sister/

10/15/2026

Compassionate care changes everyone it touches, including the people who give it. 💛

Angélica González started at WCRC as a volunteer in 2020, making check in calls and helping clients in Spanish. Today she’s one of our patient navigators, and she gets to see how much those first calls mean to the people on the other end.

Her time at WCRC has shaped where she’s headed next: primary care, where she hopes to be the first face a patient sees.

“This work has been incredibly fulfilling,” she says.

This October, we’re going All In by sharing the stories behind our work. Please continue to share and repost so we can reach as many people as possible.

10/14/2026

All month long, we’re going All In by sharing the people and partners who make WCRC’s work possible. Help us spread the word by sharing this post, so more people in our community know that free mental health support is available at WCRC.

Jamie Elmasu, Director of Community Health Improvement at John Muir Health Foundation shares why their team has partnered with WCRC for more than six years. Their grant funding supports our free mental health services for adults with low incomes and without insurance, and helps build a more representative mental health workforce through training opportunities.

For people facing cancer treatment or a new diagnosis, emotional support is part of care. We’re deeply grateful to John Muir Health for helping make that support accessible. Learn more about our mental health services here: https://www.wcrc.org/get-support/counseling-psychotherapy/

10/13/2026

Today is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. In a new op-ed for the WCRC newsletter, Gilead Foundation President Jane Stafford reminds us that treating cancer and caring for a person living with cancer are not the same thing.

A metastatic diagnosis touches nearly every part of life, and no two experiences are alike. Through a Gilead Foundation–supported partnership, WCRC and Charlotte Maxwell Clinic are working to connect low-income people living with metastatic breast cancer across the East Bay to the support they need, so no one has to navigate it alone.

As Jane writes, whole-person care shouldn’t be an aspiration. It should be the expectation.

Read the full piece on our blog: https://www.wcrc.org/op-ed-cancer-care-must-care-for-the-whole-person/

With Gilead Sciences and Charlotte Maxwell Clinic

10/11/2026

The City of Berkeley hosted “Fall into Wellness,” its Senior Wellness Fair held on Friday, 10/2. Drawing more than 300 attendees and 30+ organizations, it was a triumphant return for an event that had been shuttered because of COVID-19. The Women’s Cancer Resource Center was there to share information on its free resources with attendees, who were also treated to a performance by the Tap Dance Club and a Zumba demonstration.

Katherine Brown, Director of the South Berkeley Senior Center shared remarks of appreciation for all who made the event possible. We are grateful to the senior centers for their indispensable service!

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2908 Ellsworth Street
Berkeley, CA
94705

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+15106014040

Website

http://www.wcrc.org/

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