Chemo Comfort kits help to make the treatment experience easier by giving patients the tools to cope with day-to-day needs from the beginning. A patient can start out with the right toothpaste and a comfy sleep cap and not spend time and effort investigating what is needed. Kits provide cancer patients with products that help manage nausea, mouth sores and hair loss, among other things.
Chemo Comfort has a three-tiered program to distribute kits to cancer patients. Kits are donated through cancer organizations; subsidized kits are available to other cancer patients for a minimal donation; and there is a gift kit program, which helps to sustain our other programs. Over 70% of our kits are donated. We only donate kits through our partner organizations.
Our subsidized program is for cancer patients only. We ask for a small donation to help defray a portion of our expenses. A sleep cap alone costs $15-$20, so it is an extremely generous deal for the recipient. Patients receive brochures from doctors’ offices, our partnering organizations or through our website.
Our gift kit program is very popular. We ask those who want to give a Chemo Comfort kit as a gift for a suggested minimum donation. The kits are a wonderful and practical gift. Income from these kits helps to support our other programs. The biggest compliment we receive is from people who have received gift kits calling us to request a gift kit for someone they know about to undergo treatment.
Please DO NOT make an online donation to get a kit. We will not be able to accomodate you this way.
All
information and advice are anecdotal. We are not medical professionals
and do not dispense medical advice. Chemo Comfort comes from the
founder's desire to share what she learned during her cancer
experiences.