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Send It provides outdoor adventures for young adult (ages 21-40) cancer patients and survivors, removing them from their cancer experience and creating the space to play, connect, and have fun in the outdoors. Send It programs are multi-day adventures in Lake Tahoe and the San Francisco Bay Area, designed around activities such as mountain biking, skiing, surfing, climbing and backpacking; creating a vital community through shared experience.

Ready for a change of pace? Looking to unplug, reflect, and breath deep? Our mindfulness in nature program is a new style of trip for Send It that focuses on self reflection, connection to nature, and truly being aware of each moment. Join us for 5 days and 4 nights at the Send It house in Stinson Beach California. Activities include morning yoga and meditation sessions, two morning surf sessions, hiking in nature, and intentional reflection activities. All equipment, surf guides, lodging, and food is included and free for participants. No previous experience necessary, all skill levels are welcome.  
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October 11
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October 15

Mindfulness in Nature

Hiking Surfing
Embrace the Pura Vida of Costa Rica while seizing every opportunity to live life to the fullest and send it! This 6 day/5 night retreat is designed to inspire, invigorate, and create lifelong memories with other amazing individuals. White water rafting, hanging bridges, surfing, waterfall plunges, yoga, sunsets, wildlife, forest bathing, and healing circles are just some of the activities you will enjoy on this epic Costa Rican adventure. Stay in a unique glamping retreat center set in the Costa Rican rainforest overlooking the Naranjo River below for an immersive and healing experience in nature.  In partnership with Luna Vida…
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January 7
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January 12

Luna Vida Costa Rica Adventure

Hiking Surfing

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“Send It has given me a family, a community brought together by our lowest lows to witness each other’s highest highs. We have laughed together, cried together, and cried from laughing together. It is a group of people who fill my heart like no other group can.”
“My first Send It adventure sparked the belief that not only could I reclaim my body but that, if I could fight to survive, my physical capabilities were limitless.”
“I realize that fear can teach us a lot of useful things, and it doesn’t always have to be bad. The “controlled” fear of trying something new with a group of total strangers – like backpacking with Send It – lets me work out my emotions around my real fears of recurrence, death, etc. in a really constructive way, and that’s the beauty of something like Send It.”
“The first time I spoke to another young adult survivor I was like, ‘wow, you get it’. That camaraderie is really important. The stories of strength and hope they can share with you can help pull you out of the darkness when you feel as though you have nothing left.”
“Hospitals and cancer centers, their goal is to make sure you don’t have cancer anymore. It’s organizations like Send It that really enrich the cancer experience for survivors and create an opportunity for growth. There are days when you can’t get off the couch because it’s so mentally and physically debilitating. When you get that opportunity to get into the waves, or climb a mountain, or ski down it, that’s when your life starts to come back to you.”
“I have not laughed this hard in a long time. I haven’t been worried all week about what I look like. I haven’t been worried about what my chest looks like and that I don’t have breasts. I have been AMAZED at how capable my body is. And that opens my world back up.”
“The biggest thing for me was the revelation that we all have an inner strength that empowers us to achieve things and live through experiences we never previously thought possible. I experienced that in the grandeur of the outdoors on my Send It trip and I continue to hold these ideals close in my life today.”
“I keep saying ‘physically exhausting but emotionally fulfilling. My body may be weary and bruised, but my soul is so dang happy! Great people, great adventures, great food, great time together.”
“My first Send It adventure sparked the belief that not only could I reclaim my body but that, if I could fight to survive, my physical capabilities were limitless.”
“Send It has given me a family, a community brought together by our lowest lows to witness each other’s highest highs. We have laughed together, cried together, and cried from laughing together. It is a group of people who fill my heart like no other group can.”
“The first time I spoke to another young adult survivor I was like, ‘wow, you get it’. That camaraderie is really important. The stories of strength and hope they can share with you can help pull you out of the darkness when you feel as though you have nothing left.”
“I have not laughed this hard in a long time. I haven’t been worried all week about what I look like. I haven’t been worried about what my chest looks like and that I don’t have breasts. I have been AMAZED at how capable my body is. And that opens my world back up.”
“I keep saying ‘physically exhausting but emotionally fulfilling. My body may be weary and bruised, but my soul is so dang happy! Great people, great adventures, great food, great time together.”

The Vy Nguyen Koller Grant

The Vy Nguyen Koller Grant is designed to inspire and empower young adult cancer survivors to activate their dream adventures, embrace the challenges and the beauty of the outdoors, push boundaries and live for today.

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501(c)3 36-4771251

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