ConKerr Cancer Minnesota: You Can Help

You Can Help

Get Involved,

Show You Care,

Create A Smile,

Make A Difference...

ConKerr Cancer is an ongoing program. Unfortunately, the number of sick children never ends. We continue to expand our efforts to create awareness of childhood cancer as we brighten the children’s lives with fun themed pillowcases.

There are several ways you can help:

Make colorful, fun themed pillowcases for boys and girls- ages 2 to 20

Donate fabric

Donate funds to purchase fabric

Form a sewing group

Spread the word about ConKerr Cancer to every person you meet

Pillowcase Info:

Any standard pillowcase pattern can be used.
Use 100% cotton fabric. Flannel is okay.
We serve children age 0-20 years.
Wash in fragrance free detergent prior to packaging.
Package in gallon sized baggies.

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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