The purpose of this study was to explore how a community-based, non-clinical recreational center, called Gilda's Club promotes and contributes to healing and health throughout cancer survivorship. Gilda's Club of Toronto is a not-for-profit venue in Ontario, Canada, that serves as a communal meeting place where people living with cancer, as well as their families and friends, can join with others to build physical, social, and emotional support as a supplement to their medical treatment. Semi-structured interviews with twenty-six members of Gilda's Club revealed three main themes that demonstrate the value of this recreational center to survivorship: (1) Dignity, (2) Hope, and (3) Transcendence. Individually and collectively these themes positively influenced cancer survivorship. The findings demonstrate the importance of therapeutic landscapes to cancer survivorship and the contribution of recreation to a holistic understanding of health.
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