The Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor partners with the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center to host a local celebration in honor of National Cancer Survivors Day on June 1, 2025. This annual event recognizes millions of cancer survivors, highlights their ongoing challenges and celebrates the resilience of life after a diagnosis.

Open to the public, the celebration takes place from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Morris J. Lawrence Building on the campus of Washtenaw Community College. Attendees include survivors, caregivers, families and healthcare professionals—all gathering to support one another and honor shared experiences.

Bonnie Dockham, executive director of the Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor, says, “Despite its challenges, life with and after cancer can be beautiful and joyous. Attendees will find our community’s National Cancer Survivors Day celebration filled with hope, camaraderie and compassion.”

The event features exhibits on survivorship, a keynote presentation, entertainment, refreshments and door prizes. It is part of a global initiative organized by the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation, celebrating survivors from diagnosis through the rest of life. Currently, over 18 million cancer survivors live in the United States—a number projected to exceed 22 million by 2030.