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Courage Bags
Heading into your first treatment can be scary, intimidating, and one of the most daunting experiences a person can have. There may be a great team of experts who have done it many times handling your treatment, but it’s still the first time for you.
The goal of the Courage Bag is to give you some of the things you might find comforting and helpful during that first treatment and beyond: items you may not have thought to bring, or never knew you might need. Lip balm, hand sanitizer, healthy snacks, or a coloring book, just to name a few.
The reusable Courage Bag can be your “go bag” for treatment days, or simply a reminder that you are not alone. Our first Courage Bag was mailed out on October 14, 2020, courageously delivered to the Post Office by Marcia herself the same day as one of her own chemo treatments. Many more have been delivered since, to patients and families at University of Maryland Medical Center, Johns Hopkins, Memorial Sloan Kettering, LifeBridge Health, Watauga Medical Center, and University of North Carolina Hospitals.
Know someone starting treatment?
We’ll pack and send a Courage Bag to anyone heading into their first cancer treatment.
Request a Courage Bag