Burning Wish, A Beautiful Project That Helps Make Burning Man Accessible to Cancer Patients

Burning Wish

Aaron Muszalski aka SFSlim has created Burning Wish, a beautiful project that helps cancer patients and their families create a plan to attend and enjoy Burning Man without having to wear the label of cancer or suffer an interruption in care. The program debuted in 2018 and funds are being raised to bring it to Black Rock City again in 2019.

Burning Man is a uniquely potent, transformative experience. But it also presents many challenges, even for people in perfect health. For people facing cancer, Burning Man can seem an unrealistic or even unattainable goal. We work closely with patients and their loved ones to understand their individual situation, including hopes, concerns and medical needs. We then craft a personalized experience to make their journey to and from the playa a positive one.

Journalist Joe Balsam wrote a wonderful article for Adventure.com about the Burning Wish and the people who participated in it. The title of the article says it all “The patients who said ‘f*ck cancer’ and went to Burning Man instead”.

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Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.