A year ago, my 40-year-old aunt passed away after a long battle with various forms of cancer. During her treatment, she found that often the chemotherapy’s symptoms were more painful than those of cancer. She was constantly cold, unrelenting dry skin, and chronic metallic taste. After her death, I recognized that nobody should have to struggle with chemotherapy symptoms like my aunt. For this reason, I began ChemoComforts Baskets, a 501(c)(3) that creates and delivers bags full of care items such as lotion, ginger chews, and hand warmers to patients at the UC Denver Infusion Center.
Thus far, we have delivered 250 bags to patients and raised over ten thousand dollars in grants and in-kind donations in the past year. This includes two five hundred dollar grants from Walmart, products from Celestial Seasonings, Chimes Ginger Chews, and Fullwell Heath, item drives, and over nine hundred dollars in crowdfunding. Currently, we are delivering twenty baskets a month for two different hospitals.
We have received many letters of appreciation from the recipients of these baskets and the nurses …show more content…
As a commissioner, I help lead events for my community and serve as a magistrate in Teen Court. Some events we have held include a job fair, which helped youth in Centennial find places of work for the summer, the National Alliance on Mental Illness walk, for which we raised over two hundred dollars, an Earth Day celebration to promote healthy environmental habits, and the Dog Days event, in which the community of Centennial comes together to bond over man’s best friend. These events have connected the citizens of Centennial over various issues and helped make Centennial a better place to live. Similarly, my Youth Commission was invited to and attended a series of discussions on suicide and harassment. From these discussions, we created a community value statement that is now permanently ingrained into
Thus far, we have delivered 250 bags to patients and raised over ten thousand dollars in grants and in-kind donations in the past year. This includes two five hundred dollar grants from Walmart, products from Celestial Seasonings, Chimes Ginger Chews, and Fullwell Heath, item drives, and over nine hundred dollars in crowdfunding. Currently, we are delivering twenty baskets a month for two different hospitals.
We have received many letters of appreciation from the recipients of these baskets and the nurses …show more content…
As a commissioner, I help lead events for my community and serve as a magistrate in Teen Court. Some events we have held include a job fair, which helped youth in Centennial find places of work for the summer, the National Alliance on Mental Illness walk, for which we raised over two hundred dollars, an Earth Day celebration to promote healthy environmental habits, and the Dog Days event, in which the community of Centennial comes together to bond over man’s best friend. These events have connected the citizens of Centennial over various issues and helped make Centennial a better place to live. Similarly, my Youth Commission was invited to and attended a series of discussions on suicide and harassment. From these discussions, we created a community value statement that is now permanently ingrained into