Cancer Support Group

Coy and Charlie

Cheerful Heart Cancer Support Group has not met since mid March. Coy Theobalt and Charlie Davis want to talk with folks who attend the group to get an idea of comfort level for gathering again. Coy and Charlie will contact their current group list and anyone who would like to be included should call them at 303-618-1265 or 501-701-8283.

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Coy, Cheerful Heart Cancer Support Group leader, and partner Charlie work together to organize and lead the group that normally meets at noon on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at the First United Methodist Church located at 301 16th Ave. E. in Polson. 

Coy began his career as a therapist after finishing graduate school in Denver. He maintained a private practice for 17 years as well as managing an inpatient men’s program at a treatment facility in Tucson, Arizona. In 2003 he co-founded a non-profit organization for men battling cancer. They provided three-day all-expense paid fly fishing trips to men with any stage and type of cancer. You can read more about it at www.reelrecovery.org. 

Charlie spent all of her 35-year career working for Weyerhaeuser, mostly in the information technology world, working her way up from an accounting clerk to the Southern Timberlands Information Technology Manager and Senior Project Manager. Her passion for helping cancer survivors and their caregivers began when her father was diagnosed with lung cancer. 

The support group welcomes those recently diagnosed, those undergoing treatment, cancer survivors, and/or family members. The aim is to provide a safe place for members to share, learn, support, and encourage members after a cancer diagnosis; and, to conquer the fear in themselves and others. Confidentiality is practiced, anything spoken in group stays with the group. Gatherings are informal allowing folks to drop-in when schedules and life permits. Attendees are urged to bring a brown-bag lunch. A list is maintained and Charlie will send reminder texts to cell phones before each gathering. To be added to the list or if you have questions, leave a message at 303-618-1265 or 501-701-8283.