MADISON, Wis. — The push to bring a “Gilda’s Club” to Madison continued Thursday night with the Magic 98 Radiothon raising more than $25,000 so far.
It is part of a final fundraising drive to raise $1.5 million before this fall’s groundbreaking.
Gilda’s Club will be a meeting place for cancer patients and their families and friends. It’s a connection that researchers said is badly needed.
“Often we see with people we call caregivers, people don’t identify themselves that way — they think, ‘I’m just a wife caring for my husband or a daughter caring for my dad,'” said Lori Dubenske, a University of Wisconsin-Madison cancer psychology fellow and caregiver support group leader.