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Because Kindness Matters

by Linda Imlay

Supporting: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER for In Our Lifetime

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Me & Marcia & Sharla on a hike in Spring of 2012. 

I miss my friends.  If you had told me 5 1/2 years ago when this photo was taken, I would never have imagined I'd have to say goodbye to Marcia and Sharla so soon. 
Both were diagnosed with metastatic disease and both were gone months after learning their breast cancer had spread. Marcia was 46 and Sharla 
was 49. We walked thousands of miles together and had so much fun along the way. 


The emotional and financial toll of living with terminal cancer is hefty. As a way to gather and honor our friends Sharla and Marcia, and to spread their legacy of kindness, fun, joy, and giving, we are collecting funds to distribute "Kindness Kits."


Each Kindness Kit will include gift cards to stores like Target, Safeway, Walgreens so the recipients can shop for what they want and need. The kits will also include a few other carefully curated items to ease the burden of living with terminal disease. We lovingly wrap each item so the kit is a delightful surprise.



The kits will be distributed through our San Francisco Bay Area partner organizations to women who, like Marcia and Sharla, are under 50 with metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer. Our goal with this drive is to collect funds to allow us to distribute 25 kits during the December holidays. 


We know we won't solve any huge problems but by giving these kits, but we can spread our possibilitarian spirit. We will do this small thing with great love knowing that every act of kindness makes ripples. 


Be sure to tell the people you love that you love them. And tell them often! Thank you in advance for your support and generosity. 

xo - Linda





Why Kindness Kits? 

Because we walk each other through this life, Shoulder to Shoulder.   
Because Kindness Matters. 

Sign up to raise funds or donate. Every dollar counts. 




About The Kindness Kits

The emotional and financial toll of living with terminal cancer is hefty. As a way to honor our friends Sharla and Marcia, both of whom we lost to breast cancer, and to spread their legacy of kindness, fun, joy, and giving, we are collecting funds to distribute "Kindness Kits." 

 

Each Kindness Kit will include gift cards to stores like Target, Safeway, Walgreens so the recipients can shop for what they want. There will be a few other lovely items to help ease the burden of living with a terminal disease. We lovingly wrap each item so the kit is a fun surprise.

 

The Kits will be distributed to women under 50 with metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer through our San Francisco Bay Area partner organizations. Through these kits, we will spread our "possibilitarian" spirit. 


To date, this fund has raised $19,000 and we will be distributing 25 kits in the fall. Our goal is to raise funds to distribute an additional 25 kits during the December holidays.  



Sharla & Marcia in Kona, June 2013


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