The Survivors Club
Encyclopedia
The Survivors Club is an American online resource center and social networking website that provides information and support for people confronting life-changing adversity. The site offers guides, tools and support circles for people facing medical, financial and family crises. The web site is divided into several sections devoted to different categories of everyday life in which people most often face serious adversity. Each section - health, money, family and extreme—offers real-life survivor stories, expert guides to different crises, and links to reliable coping resources. As of May 2009, TheSurvivorsClub.org offers guides on more than 100 topics including unemployment, foreclosure, depression, alcoholism, breast cancer, divorce and bereavement.
The Survivors Club site is free for all users. Its content reviewed by an independent advisory group to ensure accuracy.
The Survivors Club Interactive, Inc. was founded by Ben Sherwood
in January 2009 in Los Angeles, Calif. The company is a social enterprise funded by advertising and sponsorships with a portion of earnings going to causes that support survivorship.
In August 2010, The Survivors Club Website re-launched as part of the Hearst Digital Network, a division of the Hearst Corporation
.
Sherwood is an author and journalist who wrote The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life, published in January 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. The book became a New York Times bestseller and is being published around the world. Michael Joseph,an imprint of Penguin
, published The Survivors Club in Britain in June 2009.
Sherwood is a former executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer
, Charles Gibson
and Robin Roberts
and senior broadcast producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. He founded The Survivors Club after an ABC News
colleague – James Bogdanoff – died of esophageal cancer
. Sherwood's mother – Dorothy Sherwood - was diagnosed with ovarian cancer
in October 1999 and is a ten-year survivor of the disease.
The Survivors Club site is free for all users. Its content reviewed by an independent advisory group to ensure accuracy.
The Survivors Club Interactive, Inc. was founded by Ben Sherwood
Ben Sherwood
- Early life and education :Ben Sherwood was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1981, he graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. In 1986, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with an AB degree...
in January 2009 in Los Angeles, Calif. The company is a social enterprise funded by advertising and sponsorships with a portion of earnings going to causes that support survivorship.
In August 2010, The Survivors Club Website re-launched as part of the Hearst Digital Network, a division of the Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation
The Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media...
.
Sherwood is an author and journalist who wrote The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life, published in January 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. The book became a New York Times bestseller and is being published around the world. Michael Joseph,an imprint of Penguin
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
, published The Survivors Club in Britain in June 2009.
Sherwood is a former executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer
Lila Diane Sawyer is the current anchor of ABC News' flagship program, ABC World News. Previously, Sawyer had been co-anchor of ABC Newss morning news program, Good Morning America ....
, Charles Gibson
Charles Gibson
Charles deWolf "Charlie" Gibson is a former American broadcast television anchor and journalist. He was a host of Good Morning America from 1987 to 1998 and 1999 to 2006 and anchor of World News with Charles Gibson from 2006 to 2009....
and Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts (newscaster)
Robin René Roberts is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the co-anchor of ABC's morning show Good Morning America-Early life:...
and senior broadcast producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. He founded The Survivors Club after an ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
colleague – James Bogdanoff – died of esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...
. Sherwood's mother – Dorothy Sherwood - was diagnosed with ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from the ovary. Symptoms are frequently very subtle early on and may include: bloating, pelvic pain, difficulty eating and frequent urination, and are easily confused with other illnesses....
in October 1999 and is a ten-year survivor of the disease.