Surviving Cancer
Do We Have Your Vote?
An invitation to tune in to three virtual Shark Tank-style pitch events to support Kits to Heart.
Volunteer Spotlight: Winston Churchill High School
We are so excited to kick off a Q&A series with our Kits to Heart club leaders! This month, Lauren Turner and Anjali George (pictured above) at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD share their experiences working with their club members. Kits to Heart: What inspired you to start a KTH chapter at your school?Lauren: After doing service projects for Kits to Heart during the pandemic, we decided that this was something we wanted to continue to do and loved that we could make a difference. By starting a chapter at our school, we knew that we could make...
How to Cope When Life Passes By
My conversations lately with young people undergoing cancer treatments have centered around the struggle of maintaining a social life with a cancer diagnosis. Whether in-person or virtual—especially due to the pandemic and general precautions as immunocompromised patients, interactions with others inevitably change.
A Survivor Marks 25 Years
Cancer survivor Becky Carr celebrates 25 years since being diagnosed with breast cancer. She is donating her handmade quilt to Kits to Heart for our upcoming silent auction to support our mission.
Sending Love to Cancer Patients
It is wild to see that more than 1,000 cancer care kits have been distributed to patients in 47 U.S. states and 10 hospitals since we started during the pandemic. And while not every recipient shares his/her/their experiences with us, it makes receiving messages of gratitude that makes us feel gratitude. This morning, I woke up to a Facebook post from Alex D.: "Today I got a package in the mail. I have already cried 3 times since I received it, and I will cry more. Happy tears. Grateful tears. This package came from Kits to Heart. I'm gonna try not...