Christi Anderson Rack Pack Foundation

Here is a website/foundation started by a family in Utah.  Some of you may be interested in checking it out and possibly having your family sponsor a bag for you or for someone else.  Here is the info.

Hi, my name is Sarah and my family and I just started a non-profit foundation in Utah called The Christi Anderson Rack Pack Foundation. We provide personal support to women going through breast cancer treatment. You can check out our website at http://www.rackpackfoundation.com/.


We currently have been making "treatment bags" which are cute tote bags filled with goodies for women that are going through chemotherapy/radiation. You can see our bags on the Shop/Donate bag of our website.
I lost my 32-year-old sister last February to triple negative breast cancer and we started this foundation in her honor and to help other young women going through treatment and help lift their spirits and provide support in any way we can.

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Camp Kesem - Make the Magic

Camp Kesem is a week long Summer camp for kids age 6-16. This is a camp for kids whose parents have, or have had, or died from cancer. This camp has been wonderful for my kids. It is free to the children and their families. It is entirely run by donations. Make the Magic is one of their biggest fundraisers. It will be held December 11 (Sat) at 6pm in the Skyroom of the Wilkinson Center (at BYU). This is a silent auction dinner and there will be a short presentation about Camp Kesem. The dinner is free (I think). If you'd like to attend please RSVP via e-mail (BYU@campkesem.org) by Wednesday December 8. They should start accepting applications for the 2011 camp sometime in January. Make sure that you RSVP ASAP if you want to go to the dinner. http://www.campkesem.org/site/c.jvI0ImN0JuE/b.2536437/k.79B1/Camp_Kesem_BYU.htm

 

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Top Breast Cancer Blog

The Young Survivor Sisters Blog was just chosen by Online Nursing Schools as one of the 2010 Top Breast Cancer Blogs.  You can check out our link as well as some other resources that might help you at
http://www.onlinenursingschools.com/features/breast-cancer/

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Raw Foods

We had so much fun at our November Guest Speaker last week. Joline Wondergem was so knowledgeable and motivating. She gave us some delicious things to try. My favorite was the Green Lemonade and the Chia Pudding. I have included the recipes below. I know that a lot of you wanted to come but for whatever reason were not able to. Joline also teaches Raw Food Cooking Classes at the Viking Cooking School in Salt Lake City. A list of the next three classes are listed below. Thank you Joline for such a fascinating class.

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November Guest Speaker

Our speaker for November is Joline Wondergem. She will be talking to us about a Raw Food or Whole Food diet and she will be bringing samples for us to try. This is a topic that many of you have expressed interest in so I hope we have a good crowd. I hope to see everyone there. Please RSVP to me at youngsurvivorsisters@gmail.com.

December is a busy month for all of us so we are not going to have a guest speaker. Remember to keep February 26th open for our annual Celebration of Life Dinner sponsored by Dr. Marga Massey. More information will be available later.

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