Don't Give Up Gear

Today was Bag Drop Off Day! Another 30 bags dropped off to hopefully make someone's day at the Cancer Center. This will make about 450 bags I've done since beginning!

A big Thank You to Lake Taneycomo Elks 2597 for helping putting them together. They jumped right in and got to work Monday night. I appreciate the help.

Also Thank You to everyone who has donated items! It's remarkable!

Love seeing others support the Cancer Center.

Many thanks to Thomas, Susan and the team with Foresters Financial for donating $200 worth of snacks for patients at our Cancer Center earlier this week. We appreciate your generosity! 💙

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Dropped off the First bags of 2024 today! Today is also Daddyo's birthday, so I found it fitting to be the perfect day for this!

These bags included word search books, rice heat bags, snacks, coffee cups, chap stick, eye mask, and so much more.

I can't thank everyone of you who have helped make this possible! I can't believe this started out as little make up bags and has grown into this! I appreciate each of you and all the donations!

I have setup a paypal if you'd like to donate https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/dontgiveupgear

I've also created an Amazon List with ideas for the bags. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3DKWOBFE1H29Q?ref_=wl_share

Again Thank You everyone!!!

Dropping these off for the Paitients tomorrow. We also put together goodies for the nurses.

Putting together our next set of bags and I'm needing the reusable bags.

I am also looking for snacks, hot chocolate packets, gloves, and beanies/ear cuffs.

I've started an Amazon List for items that could be used in the Cancer Bags. My plan is to update it all year as seasons change and needs occur.

I'll be looking for best price or discount when adding.

Currently a big need is warm items. Beanies, hats, ear muffs, gloves, scarves, etc...

Next bags will be going out end of Jan /beginning of Feb!

Check out my list on Amazon

Delivered the quarterly Bags today!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Next set will be around January 2024.

Requested items are warm stocking caps and 2024 pocket calendars.

I would like to add in gloves, hand warming packets, scarfs, and any other items to keep them warm. Also would like to add in Word Search Books.

Started working on the next set of bags. These bags have the following so far.

Water bottle
Crackers
Water flavoring
Cookies
Beanie
Worry Warm
First Aid Kit or Ice Pack
Playing cards
Pen & sticky pad
Lotion
Magnifying reader
Germ x
Keychain
Seeds
Reusable bag

A big Thank You to everyone making this happen! Wendy Trevor Central Bank of Branson Kelly's World Famous Rose Backlin Belk and so many more.

This summer has been a busy one for us, but don't worry I am still here working on bags! Fall Bags will be getting delivered soon! I look forward to sharing all the wonderful items we get to give the cancer patients.

I would like to add these to the next bag. They can be bought at Dollar Tree or if you'd like to donate towards them our PayPal is paypal.me/dontgiveupgear

I'm thinking 15 Adult Coloring Books & Coloring Pencils then 15 Word Searches to make the 30 bags.

Talking at American Cancer Society Relay For Life Branson today at around 1pm.
Come out and join in on the fun.

I'm a little late this quarter, but I just dropped off 30 bags. These had chapstick, stressballs, snacks, water flavoring, Hair ties, playing cards, Cooling towels, a few more things.

For the next round they have asked for sun glasses, sun screen, and refillable water bottles.

If you can help with any of those items or have other items you think they would enjoy let me know.

Thank you to everyone who has helped!!!

Here is the updated list for our next set of bags. If you'd rather donate money the link is paypal.me/dontgiveupgear

Here is a list of items I'm looking for.

These items will be for the 🌼Spring Bags!

If you are wanting to donate text me.
417-331-6426

Bags will be delivered in April.

Giving up is never an option!

Yesterday after Christmas dinner I recruited the family to help fill some goodie bags for the upcoming bags!

Here is my current Need List for the Cancer Bags.

We spent this morning packing bags for our next drop off. We are still in need of a few things for these bags.

21 Gloves
4 winter hats
Word Search Books
And snack/candy bags for all 30 bags.

These bags have in them fuzzy socks ( a few wool for the men), ear buds, neck pillows, face masks, germ sanitizer, window ice scraper, winter hat beanie, chapstick, and playing cards.

Thank You to everyone who has donated!

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I was honored today to speak to the Shepard of the Lakes Luthern Church Quilter Group who donated 30 blankets that I delivered this month to the Cancer Center as part of our mission!

It was great sharing the story on how I got started and plans for the future bags.

~Rose

It's 1:18am and I'm cutting vinyl for a project I want to include with the blankets. I've recruited help and we will be finishing up bags with the blankets tomorrow aka today (since it's AM already. ;)).
Rose Backlin

YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P-dGM0VVZc
Spotify -> https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Lq7AZlFzwOzP2PMwFg2Bd
Apple Podcast -> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-gear-the-branson-podcast/id1638945288?i=1000582442260

Don't Give Up Gear is a great organization that gives chemo patients goodie bags to brighten their day in therapy. Join Rose and Laura as they discuss this great cause that warms the hearts of those who need cheering up the most. Rose started this organization as a remembrance of her father and gives generously to the local infusion center patients. Don't Give Up Gear

This popped up on my personal memories, so thought I'd share here too.

Shepard of the Lakes Church has a Quilting group and they have been working on these blankets for months for us.

They donated 30 blankets to our Cancer Patients!!! Every bag will have a blanket!!! A big HUGE Thank You. This is such a blessing.

Came across an amazing sale on these slippers. So I grabbed a few... (cart full) for the upcoming bags.

What do men wear for house shoes?