Cancer Support Community Los Angeles Cancer Support Community Los Angeles

Cancer Support Community Los Angeles

Since 1982, the Cancer Support Community Los Angeles, formerly The Wellness Community, has positively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles and millions around the world affected by cancer, all without the burden of cost for services.

Offering Hope in Times of Need

Cancer Support Community Los Angeles

Cancer Support Community Los Angeles (CSCLA) began as a small grassroots organization, inspiring 50-plus locations and an additional 125 hospital partnerships and satellites around the world. Founder Dr. Harold H. Benjamin revolutionized the global cancer care community with his Patient Empowerment Model, encouraging patients and families to partner with their physicians, take control of their healthcare, and to participate fully in their quest for a better quality of life. CSCLA's free-of-charge programs include: support groups and counseling; healthy lifestyle classes; social activities; educational workshops; and child, teen and family programs — for all ages, all diagnoses, at all stages, and for the whole family. Thanks to the Cancer Support Community's global efforts, these services are now considered to be an integral part of quality cancer care. Today, CSCLA represents the patient's voice in research and policy, and is committed to cancer care equity, directly serving the Spanish-speaking communities in downtown and West Los Angeles, the under-resourced communities of Arlington Heights and its environs, and all those impacted by the financial toxicity of cancer in greater Los Angeles.

GRoW Support

2023

General Operating Support

2023 Health Equity Summit

2022

General Operating Support 

2022 Health Equity Summit 

2021

General Operating Support

2020

General Operating Support

2019

General Operating Support

2016

General Operating Support

2013

General Operating Support