C is for Cupid - Free Online Dating for Cancer Survivors

CIFC News

Best wishes, peace and health to all in 2010! C is for Cupid is growing daily and getting some attention in the press. There have been stories about us on local CBS news stations around the country,and on BRIC's Brooklyn Review. Newsweek, New York Newsday, The Brooklyn Paper,Cure Magazine, and local papers around the country have featured us. We are also linked to many cancer cancer support organizations and blogs.

As of January '10, we have over 1,600 members. We are happy to report that many members have written to tell us that they've made important friendships, dates and helpful connections. We still have more women than men but that is changing everyday and as we grow Cupid's arrows will find more targets. So join us and help make CIFC an effective alternative dating and friendship network for single survivors.

We are revising our the website to include blogs for members and more community features and hope to have these upgrades be completed by March. We operate out of pocket on a volunteer basis, so please donate if you can. We use paypal but you don't have to be a member to contribute. If you have ideas for funding or can volunteer skills to improve and expand our site please contact us.

If you have any trouble uploading your photographs, please email us.

A friendly reminder to check out the web safety links. Never respond to money or loan requests, report any abuses or scam suspects and be careful about giving out any personal information too freely.

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Message to our visitors

C is for Cupid is an alternative dating website for people affected by cancer launched in February of 2007. Thank you to all our pioneering members who have joined us as we start up! You are a part of an exciting new social network.

There are many organizations to help and inform people living with cancer. However, C is for Cupid is one of the few connecting members for romantic relationships as well as friendships.

I am the founder of the website and an eight-year cancer survivor. With the help and encouragement of my friends and my sisters (two of whom are also survivors), C is for Cupid has become a reality. We feel this is an important and much needed option that many singles will enjoy and find helpful. We are run on a volunteer basis so if you can, please make a contribution to help us keeping going.

Attitudes about cancer and online dating are changing. We wanted to make a website that resists cliches about cancer and allows our members to be more direct, relaxed and empowered in the sometimes challenging game of dating.

C is for Cupid is set up like other dating services where members make profiles about themselves and describe the kind of people they would like to meet. You pick a username to keep your identity anonymous and email other members through a private mailbox until you are confident about revealing your private information. How much you want to say about your cancer experience is up to you.

You can check out our helpful links for web safety tips, links for cancer-related organizations and and other great websites. So if you haven’t registered yet, join our remarkable community. We are growing daily.

The cranes pictured on our site’s homepage were my good luck charms when I was in treatments, I wish you all the luck, love and longevity they represent.

All the best
Lesley & the CIFC team