Chemo Comfort Bags Delivered to Cancer Center

Sev­er­al bags of dif­fer­ent col­ors and designs were deliv­ered to Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Med­ical Oncol­o­gy Team this week. Each bag, 78 in total, is a Chemo Care Tote packed with a pur­pose to bring com­fort and joy to indi­vid­u­als cur­rent­ly fac­ing can­cer treatments.

Deliv­er­ing the bags were Alyssa Hum­mel, Ash­ley Fis­ch­er, and Stephanie Kel­ly with Thir­ty-One Gifts. The Chemo Care Totes are part of Big Love Projects, a series of fundrais­ing efforts facil­i­tat­ed by Thir­ty-One con­sul­tants who uti­lize their busi­ness to pay it for­ward to those around them.

Fis­ch­er and Kel­ly spear­head­ed the project and, along with Hum­mel, all have per­son­al con­nec­tions with can­cer. ​“We all have known some­one diag­nosed with can­cer,” said Fis­ch­er. ​“Our hearts go out to them. This was our way to give back and show our support.”

Each Chemo Com­fort Bag con­tained a mind-stim­u­lat­ing activ­i­ty, blan­ket, choco­late, hard can­dy, hand san­i­tiz­er, tis­sues, lip balm, lotion, and snacks. ​“We reached out to those who have com­plet­ed chemother­a­py or are cur­rent­ly going through it and asked what would make your jour­ney a lit­tle bet­ter and bring you some com­fort,” explained Alyssa.

That added time and con­sid­er­a­tion will make these gifts all the more mean­ing­ful, said Diane Ger­ards, Senior Direc­tor, Med­ical Oncol­o­gy Ser­vices with Quin­cy Med­ical Group.

“They did their research. They real­ly approached this project from their hearts and reached out to the com­mu­ni­ty to make this hap­pen,” said Ger­ards. ​“I think it is a tes­ta­ment to their phil­an­thropy and the com­mu­ni­ty help­ing the community.”

The gen­eros­i­ty of the com­mu­ni­ty is what made the project a real­i­ty. ​“I met incred­i­ble peo­ple through­out this project,” said Fis­ch­er. ​“So many peo­ple were will­ing to help. It gives me chills.”

The Chemo Com­fort Bags project is one of many fundrais­ing efforts from Big Love Projects. Each month the group of con­sul­tants focus­es on one com­mu­ni­ty project. Those projects vary, and are dri­ven by the inter­ests and pas­sions of the women involved. ​“We encour­age every­one to find some­thing close to their hearts,” explained Hummel.

For more infor­ma­tion on Big Love Projects, con­tact Alyssa Hum­mel at 217 – 617 — 0860 or vis­it www​.face​book​.com/​B​i​g​L​o​v​e​P​r​o​j​ects/

Writ­ten By Eri­ca Douglas