Hope Totes
Hope Totes are tote bags filled with comforting and uplifting items for cancer patients ages 18-39 who are about to begin treatment.
A $25 donation buys a Hope Tote for one cancer patient who’s heard the words “You have cancer.”
We are also looking for the following new, unopened items.
Just email thrivingwithcancer@gmail.com if you would like to donate.
- Gift cards – major grocery stores, department stores, Netflix
- Lotions, soaps, body wash, facewash (Sensitive skin, fragrance free – Burt’s Bees, Eucerin, Cetaphil)
- Herbal teas (decaf)
- Nail polish
- Hats for men and women (Fleece – Turtle fur, Buff headwear)
- Hard candy – ginger, peppermint, lemon drops
- Mints
- Socks for men and women– soft and/or with grippers
- Slippers for men and women
- Puzzle books
- Playing cards
- Journals (styles for men and women)
- Lip balm
- Mouth wash – Biotene, Periomed, Colgate’s Orabase
- Toothbrush
- Hand sanitizer
- Books – NY Times best sellers
- DVDs
- Scarves
- Scented candles/votive holders
- Stress ball
- Personal notes, cards, unsealed
- Notecards, stamps
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Will surely recommend this site to some friends! Very interesting site and articles. Really thankful for sharing. Regards,
I was waiting for my doctor in the new True Family Women’s cancer center at Swedish and my friend donated & got me one of these bags. When I go on friday for my next chemo, I will be donating and getting a bag for a friend who was just diagnosed. Thanks for this great idea. The contents of the bag are perfect. Blessings….
Kathy, I am so thrilled you liked your bag! If there is anything you felt was missing or that you would change, please, let me know! Thrivingwithcancer@gmail.com
Can I request a bag for myself or does someone have to donate & request it for me. I have just been diagnosed with cancer in my bones
Hi Joyce, email me at Thrivingwithcancer@gmail.com and let’s talk!
Do you have affiliates in other states? I’m a survivor as well, have moved here from out of state and have a huge support system in the South who’d love to be part of something this wonderful! I’ve attached a link to something I wrote @ my experience – please feel free to pass along if its of any help to anyone else. Thanks and I’m happily working on contributions!! http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/YvetteGross.html
Hi Yvette, At this time we are Seattle-based, but I would recommend you check out the Stupid Cancer foundation, they might have a chapter down south