Since it began in 2009, the Encore program at YWCA Greater Newburyport has been offering healing and community to those who have gone through breast cancer.

“The Encore program is a free program for those who have experienced cancer at any point in their lives," said Ilene Harnch-Grady, health and wellness and Encore director at the Y. "So initially, when the Encore program started, it was just for breast cancer and more like womanly cancers. Now, it’s for all cancer, but the majority of people who attend are breast cancer survivors.”

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