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Stillwaters Center, Inc.
434 Madison Street
Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone (262) 548-9148
Fax  (262) 513-5731
staff@stillwaterscenter.org

To allow us to continue offering Stillwaters services at no cost to our clients, your Online donations are appreciated!


                                   Our Vision

 Stillwaters exists so no person affected by cancer will feel alone in their journey.


                                     Our Mission

Stillwaters is a community for persons with cancer and those who love them. Stillwaters nurtures, supports and encourages healing of the whole person; mind, body and spirit.


I can look back and see that Stillwaters, and especially our Stillwaters counselor, did for us what my late husband John did for us while he was alive: the both gave Alex and I a framework and the tools to get us through. Alex and I learned a lot from both John and then our counselor. I can’t really pay them back, but I hope I can pay it forward.   Julie

 

My Stillwaters counselor has guided me through my grief process with the patience, love and kindness of a guardian angel. Words are demeaning when it comes to thanking her for all she has done for me!  Forever grateful, Victoria

 

 

I could not have been more broken when I came to Stillwaters – grieving for my only sister who past a few weeks after my own mastectomy.  The losses were starting to pile up: money, relationships, my health…Stillwaters helped me develop a new way of living – I feel more balanced. Even though I still have problems, I find I can live with them a bit easier. All my thanks and gratitude to all of you at Stillwaters that helped put me back together again.   Susan


Stillwaters Cancer Support Services is a community-based, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) agency providing supportive services for cancer patients and their families. Our services focus on helping people to understand that they are an important part of their healing process and offers opportunities to share common experiences, learn effective coping skills and make necessary life changes to promote wellness.

Stillwaters offers cancer patients and their families a personal approach to cancer support. Our programs complement the efforts of medical professionals and other cancer organizations by providing psychological, social and emotional support through a community of professional staff, volunteers, patients and their families.

Stillwaters offers a range of services and programs to help individuals manage their stress and cope with the existential crisis called cancer. Most of these therapies are based on a mind-body-spirit approach to healing, with the focus on the individual. Through Stillwaters programs and services participants learn new skills that are integrative and empowering.

Stillwaters services include professional counseling services for individuals and families, professionally facilitated retreats, workshops and groups, mentor matching, bereavement services and programs for children impacted by cancer. In 2006, Stillwaters served approximately 600 individuals from Waukesha, Milwaukee and surrounding counties in Wisconsin.

The Story of Stillwaters

After dealing with her son's 10-year ordeal with a brain tumor and her personal battle with breast cancer, Mary Soergel, the founder of Stillwaters recognized that the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual balance of the entire family is disturbed when one of its members is diagnosed with cancer. In the late 1980's, Mary began facilitating a support group in Oconomowoc to help people whose lives were under cancer's control to learn how to take responsibility for their own recovery. Stillwaters functioned on a volunteer basis until it became incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1994.

 

 

   

Stillwaters Board 2009- 2010

President - John Robertstad   Vice President-Barb Mathison  Treasurer - George Justice   Secretary -Linda Moroney 

Executive Director - Danelle O'Neill

Kathy Becker MS RN, Kathy Bero, Janet Drake MD, Sally Fritz, Mike Hoeft, Karen Jones, Mary Jane Reichart,

 Dave Reynolds,  Andrea Shrednick PhD,Jane Stromwall, Michael Thompson MD PhD, Jill VanCalster