• SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING WOMEN SURVIVORS

    No matter the cancer, they’re using their gifts of life and experience to give back to the greater good in their 2nd Acts.

    A 2ND ACT ROOTS

  • Helping Is Healing

    Experience a S.T.A.R.S. storytelling performances, network with other survivors at a Girls Night Out event, consider what your 2nd Act might be at a workshop.

    OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS

  • REAL WOMEN SHARE THEIR STORIES

    Meet our Purple Tribe, watch their videos to learn about their 2nd Acts, and be inspired to create your own!

    PURPLE TRIBE INSPIRATION AWAITS HERE

UPCOMING EVENTS

A 2nd Act Workshop

It’s time to change your question from “Why Me?” to “What Next!”

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2019 S.T.A.R.S Auditions

Are you ready? We can't wait to hear your 2nd Act story!

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Tucson Girls Night Out!

Girls just wanna have fun … especiall

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WHAT WILL YOUR 2ND ACT LOOK LIKE?

2018 A 2nd Act Grant Recipients

What a night of celebration it was! Five amazing women and organizations were recognized for their commitment to give back to the greater good in their 2nd Acts! All of our fundraising allows us to make annual micro grants. When you’ve identified YOUR 2nd Act, money should not be a barrier to experience the magic healing in helping others!

2019 Phoenix Auditons for S.T.A.R.S.: Survivors Tell a Real Story!

A 2nd Act is raising the bar in storytelling! Each performance of S.T.A.R.S: Survivors Tell a Real Story is meant to inspire the audience to overcome their life challenges in the same way the cast has: by finding the treasure in the wreckage, and sharing that treasure with others. Auditions are January 26 & 27.

Change YOUR Question from Why Me? to What's Next!

The 2nd Act Workshops are not support groups – they’re the discovery of how your skills, passions and cancer experience uniquely qualify you for A 2nd Act. You’ll receive everything you need: a bound workbook, lots of inspiration and motivation, and a customized plan to create your 2nd Act. Check out our calendar for upcoming dates and locations!

WE ARE SURVIVORS HELPING SURVIVORS TAKE THEIR LIVES BACK

ABOUT A 2ND ACT

WORKSHOPS

Guiding survivors to discover what their skills, passions and THEIR CANCER uniquely qualify them to do in their 2nd Acts. Offered free of charge!

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Sister Survivors hanging out, swapping war stories, and most importantly, LAUGHING, with a little wine and chocolate tossed in. Offered free of charge!

MICROGRANTS

All of our fundraising efforts allow us to make annual micro grants, seed money for women survivors of all cancers who are ready to launch or grow their 2nd Acts.

STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES

The ever-changing cast allows us to inspire entire theaters to find the treasure in life’s wreckage, all the while raising money for our programs.

OUR BOOKS

Collections of the stories told on our stages, providing light at the end of the tunnel for the newly diagnosed, and inspiration for those already down the road in their survivorship.

FEEL THE LOVE

Volunteers, donors, sponsors and grantors – all propelling us to our best lives!

MEET THE PURPLE TRIBE

Rose Patti

Rose Patti

Breast Cancer Survivor

Cheryl Laflen

Cheryl Laflen

Breast, Kidney, Lung Cancer Survivor

Kimberly Branche

Kimberly Branche

Multiple Myeloma Survivor

Andrea Borg

Andrea Borg

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Survivor

Donna Moore

Donna Moore

Uterine Adnosarcoma, Breast Cancer Survivor

Lynne Hartke

Lynne Hartke

Breast Cancer Survivor

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Putting on lovely events for dazzling ladies certainly does take a village. Please get in touch if you are able to assist us with event prep, distribution of our A2ndAct books to those in need of them, or social media.

VOLUNTEERING

DONATION & SPONSORSHIP

As we insist on keeping these resources available to all women who need them, funding for our work is provided by donations. Your gifts are tax deductible and all dollars remain in the city they were given in.

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Girls Night Out: 2018 Grant Recipients

Events, grants, Photo GalleryJuly 12, 2018, ,

What a night of celebration it was! Five amazing women and organizations were recognized for their commitment to give back to the greater good in their 2nd Acts!

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It’s Beautiful

General SurvivorshipApril 2, 2018

A2ndAct.org is a Beauty for Good selected charity ... And that means we're also the beneficiary of this magnificent event! Join us Saturday, April 29, 7:00pm, at the Arizona Biltmore.

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Fearless Fabulous 2nd Act

General Survivorship, Q & AMarch 16, 2018,

Aside from the day I was diagnosed, and I realized my life was about to change forever, there were two darkest days. The first was flying to Chattanooga, TN, in early September a few weeks before my double mastectomy, to tell my father “good-bye.” He was in hospice and neither of us were certain we’d ever see each other again.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

A 2nd Act Workshop

January 12, 2019

It’s time to change your question from “Why Me?” to “What Next!” Created with input from onco-psychologists, oncology nurses, social workers, and survivors themselves, the 2nd Act Workshops will provide the direction and inspiration for you to TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK after cancer! Solo and group exercises … amazing survivor stories … and CRAYONS! The 2nd Act Workshops are not support groups – they’re the discovery of how your skills, passions and cancer experience uniquely qualify you for A 2nd Act. You’ll receive everything you need: a bound workbook, lots of inspiration and motivation, and a customized plan to create your 2nd Act! Saturday, January 12, 2019 AZ Oncology, (address coming soon!) 8:15 a.

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2019 S.T.A.R.S Auditions

January 26, 2019

Are you ready? We can't wait to hear your 2nd Act story! They’re mothers, grandmothers, daughters and sisters. They’ve survived dozens of different cancers.

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Tucson Girls Night Out!

February 1, 2019

Girls just wanna have fun … especially if they’ve taken a cancer journey! Our Girls Night Out events have one purpose: giving sister survivors a time to hang out together, swap war stories, and most importantly, LAUGH! And of course it doesn’t hurt if there’s a little wine and chocolate involved! Save the date – RSVP and location info coming soon!  ..

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