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How just a $50 donation can bless a life …

13 Sep

The BAG IT™ for the CAUSE Day of Service is just days away.

What can YOU do to support this initiative and women with breast cancer & their families?

Gift a …

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Bless a …

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Donate just $50 now to gift Barb’s Bag™ to a woman currently undergoing or scheduled to undergo chemotherapy. Your charitable gift is 100% tax-deductible.

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Patron: $50 donation to fund 1 bag

[Become a Patron]

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Donate Dollars: Donate any amount to support Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc.’s general fund to help us continue our work to support, educate and encourage breast cancer survivors, their families & caregivers! One hundred percent of your donation is tax-deductible. Consult your tax professional for additional information.

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About Bag It™ for the Cause Day of Service

The 2015 Sponsors & Patrons

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The Bag It™ for the Cause countdown is on & we need you!

29 Aug

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Pinkwellchick Community …

We need YOUR support!

How can you get involved to support Bag It™ for the Cause?

Sponsor. Donate. Volunteer.

Become a Sponsor, Patron or Donor to help PWCF to underwrite the cost to produce and deliver Barb’s Bag™ of Care & Comfort for chemotherapy or Volunteer to help assemble bags on the Saturday, September 26th Day of Service in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, New York or Miami.

Barbra Watson-Riley's actual chemo bag!

Founder Barbra Watson-Riley’s chemo bag!

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Every dollar donated is tax-exempt and goes to produce and distribute Barb’s Bag™ for the Bag It™ for the Cause Day of Service.

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Sponsors:

Diamond $1,000:

Brendon P. Riley, Paul Ashley, Vanessa Bradley, Dontrey Britt-Hart & Brett Hart, Leslie M. Gray, Charrise Lillie, Esq.,

Platinum $500:

Bernard Watson Sr. & Lois Watson

Gold $250:

Liz, Steve & Lucy Laputka, Tonya M. Evans

Silver $100:

Thelma L. Morris, Kurt Radke

Patrons $50:

Coming soon

Please make checks payable to Pinkwellchick, Foundation, Inc and send to PO Box 61145, Harrisburg, PA 17106

or donate online.

We need YOUR help to deliver Barb’s Bag chemo comfort bags to underserved breast cancer patients

14 Aug

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Barb’s Bag™ of Care & Comfort is an actual bag filled with essential items for chemotherapy patients to not only survive but thrive during their chemotherapy treatments.

Think of it as a chemo survival kit!

Our founder, Barbra Watson-Riley, received a “chemo bag” early in her “life in the cancer lane” from her dear friend, and former Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc., board member Lori Hall-Armstrong. Barbra blogged regularly about how much she treasured that bag. It contained everything from an essential document organizer, to air sickness bags, aromatherapy, ginger candies, lotion, blanket, socks and much more.

Barb’s Bag™ of Care & Comfort is made of high-end material and includes a range of products that Barbra identified as essential when going through chemotherapy.  The bag also includes “Real Talk” information about what to expect during chemo and an exclusive access code to stream Life in the Cancer Lane (Barbra’s play, with Hollywood star of stage and screen Valarie Pettiford) from any device in the United States.

Sponsor. Donate. Volunteer.

There are three ways to get involved. Become a Sponsor, Patron or Donor to help PWCF to underwrite the cost of bag production and delivery or Volunteer to help assemble bags on the Day of Service.

Every dollar donated goes to produce and distribute Barb’s Bag™ for Bag It™ for the Cause Day of Service. Any undistributed bags will be distributed free of charge thereafter to female chemotherapy patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Note, in the future PWCF also plans to produce additional bags to offer via its  Bag It™ for the Holidays and the “Bag It,™ Give It” promotions.

Sponsor

We seek sponsors to help subsidize (or fully sponsor) the production and distribution of the bags. One hundred percent of sponsorship dollars is tax-deductible. Consult your tax professional for additional information. Each bag costs $50 to produce.

Unless the Sponsor requests “anonymous” status, all Sponsors will be listed on the Bag It™ for the Cause webpage and in promotional copy as follows:

Patron ($50) and Silver Sponsors ($100) will be listed on the Bag It™ for the Cause webpage and promotional copy. (No patron or sponsor limit)

Gold Sponsors ($250) will be listed on the Bag It™ for the Cause webpage and promotional copy and are invited to insert one promotional flyer into all bags sponsored by said sponsor. (No sponsor limit)

Platinum Sponsors ($500) will be listed on the Bag it for the Cause™ webpage and promotional copy and are invited to insert one promotional item into all bags sponsored by said sponsor; provided the item must fit proportionally in the existing bag and PWCF reserves the right to refuse any item that does not so fit. (20 sponsor limit)

Diamond Sponsors ($1,000) will be listed on the Bag it for the Cause™ webpage and promotional copy and are invited to insert one promotional item into all bags sponsored by said sponsor; provided the item must fit proportionally in the existing bag and PWCF reserves the right to refuse any item that does not so fit. In addition, Diamond Sponsor logo and/or website will be included on the webpage and hyperlinked to the Diamond Sponsor’s website. (10 sponsor limit)

**All sponsors should complete the online form before submitting payment**

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Diamond: $1,000 donation to fund 20 bags

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Platinum: $500 donation to fund 10 bags

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Gold: $250 donation to fund 5 bags

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Silver: $100 donation to fund 2 bags

[Become a SILVER Donor]

Patron: $50 donation to fund 1 bag

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Donate

Donate Bags: Donating more than 20 bags? Please donate number of bags to support the production and distribution of Barb’s Bag free of charge to chemo patients in under-served communities. Each bag costs $50 to produce. If you are donating bags for a certain city, please indicate so in the comments section.

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Donate Dollars: Donate any amount to support Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc.’s general fund to help us continue our work to support, educate and encourage breast cancer survivors, their families & caregivers! One hundred percent of your donation is tax-deductible. Consult your tax professional for additional information.

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Volunteer

We need volunteers to gather on our Bag It™ for the Cause Day of Service to make this service project a grand success. Six great cities. One important cause. Sign up now to volunteer for a gathering near you!

Save the Date! Sept. 26th is PWCF “Bag it for the Cause” Day of Service in a city near you!

11 Aug

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What is the Bag It for the Cause™ Day of Service?

The Pinkwellchick Foundation, Inc.’s Bag It™ for the Cause Day of Service is PWCF’s inaugural annual service initiative to assemble and to distribute complimentary Barb’s Bagof Care & Comfort chemotherapy bags to cancer treatment infusion centers for female chemo patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

This year, Bag It™ for the Cause is Saturday, September 26, 2015. Barb’s Bag Ambassadors will lead gatherings in six cities: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Phoenix. We need YOU to make this service initiative a grand success. This initiative is #AllforBarb and the countless women in under-served communities diagnosed with breast cancer and facing chemotherapy every day.

Volunteer. Donate. Sponsor. Use the links below for more information and please spread the word!

About Bag It™ for the Cause Ambassador™?

The 2015 Cities and Ambassadors

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“Medical Minute” by Barbra Watson-Riley: Real Talk about chemotherapy side effects

8 Jul

What everyone recently diagnosed with breast cancer (and their family & friends) should know about the side effects of chemotherapy.

[Repost from inkwellchicks.com written by Barbra Watson-Riley (12/4/2011) in her “cancer real talk” style]

 

 

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“You are supposed to be sick, and here you are profiling”, said one of my “LINKed in Friendship” sisters, as we walked out of the Fashion Show yesterday. “I’m not ‘sick”, I replied. “But you are”, she insisted as she grabbed my hand.
20 minutes later, different woman comes and pulls me aside b/f our chapter meeting. “I am so glad to see you! Your treatment must not be that bad.” I smiled and responded, “When it hits me, it knocks me down. But today I am good.” To this she also grabbed my hand and said, “I don’t believe you get knocked down. You just look great”. All I could say was “thanks” and went straight to the bathroom and washed my hands! Germs!

How to reconcile this? I am so happy that folks think I look good! I don’t consider myself sick. But since I evidently…

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