ConKerr Cancer Minnesota: Kohl's Volunteers are AMAZING

Monday, December 30, 2013

Kohl's Volunteers are AMAZING

I was trying to come up with a title for this blog post and I just kept thinking how AMAZING the Kohl's volunteers are - so, that's the title!

Kohl's volunteers, organized by Sara Bauer, are continually surprising me with great news and pillowcases! Recently, Kohl's volunteers donated fabric to Mrs. Sabel's Basic Family and Consumer Science (FACS) Class at St. Croix Falls High School in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. The kids learn to sew and ConKerr Cancer gets more pillowcases! As Sara says, "Everyone wins!" Thank you Kohl's volunteers AND Mrs. Sabel's FACS Class!

Then, in November Kohl's volunteers set up a giving tree at their store. When the retail season slows down they plan to make more pillowcases from the fabric and monetary donations.

What a great idea!!

I look forward to teaming up with Kohl's volunteers in 2014!

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ConKerr Cancer started when Cindy Kerr’s son was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and she began making pillowcases to brighten up his hospital room and to put a smile on his face. He loved it and so she began making pillowcases for other children on the Oncology Unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Since then the pillowcase project, A Case for Smiles, has grown in amazing ways. We have provided over 240,000 pillowcases made by thousands of volunteers from across North America and in South Africa. School groups, sewing circles, church groups and fabric stores have all pitched in and are making pillowcases for the kids. An exciting new program has been to take fabric and sewing machines to hospitals and sew with the patients and their families.

ConKerr Cancer has been able to make amazing progress towards fulfilling our goal of making hospital stays as pleasant as possible for chronically ill children and their parents. Simultaneously the pillowcase project has fostered a spirit of community and volunteer service in communities across North America. Unfortunately the number of sick children never ends, and we must continue to expand our efforts to help brighten patients’ lives and raise awareness about childhood cancer.

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Kohl's Volunteers are AMAZING

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