The Delivery of Medicine Bags at Camp Sanguinity

July 23, 2009

Some of you are aware that there was a “Good Medicine project” going on at this blog over the last year. Crafty folks from around the world designed “medicine bags” to give to some very special kids. Specifically they were for the 140 campers who would attend Camp Sanguinity, a summer camp for kids with [...]

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Camp Sanguinity and The Good Medicine Project

July 5, 2009

Coordinating a summer camp for children with special needs, such as Camp Sanguinity, is an enormous task. Donations have to be obtained to run the operation. Volunteers must be found and trained to run the camp. Activities have to be designed and planned to fit into a schedule that will meet the needs of children [...]

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Ready For Delivery And Raring To Go. Only The Good Friday

June 19, 2009

Yes, it is a “good Friday,” my friends. For almost a year, people from all over the world have utilized their time and talents to bring cheer to children with cancer. They have been making “medicine bags” and sending lucky charms to deliver to children at Camp Sanguinity. These are kids with cancer, and their [...]

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The Good Medicine Project In The Final Stages

June 9, 2009

The most delightful medicine bags have been finding their way to my mailbox! If you don’t know about The Good Medicine Project, people from around the world have been creating gifts for children with cancer (and their siblings) who will attend Camp Sanguinity this summer. They are going to be thrilled with the gifts they [...]

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Medicine Bag Project in the Home Stretch

May 25, 2009

We now have a grand total of 108 medicine bags for The Good Medicine Project. Before the middle of next month, I hope to get 32 more so that all 140 children who attend Camp Sanguinity will receive one. If you aren’t familiar with it, Camp Sanguinity is a summer camp for kids with cancer [...]

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More Medicine Bags

May 12, 2009

Some of you are aware that volunteers from around the globe have been helping with a project called, “The Good Medicine Project.” It’s one of those “feel good” projects. The medicine bags and charms that you see on this page will be given to children at Camp Sanguinity, a summer camp for kids with cancer [...]

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More Gifts For Kids With Cancer. The Good Medicine Project.

April 13, 2009

We have 78 out of the 140 medicine bags needed to supply the children at Camp Sanguinity Summer Camp with gifts. The camp is in the first week of July (two and a half months away). Thank you Molly N. in Seffner, Florida And thanks to Marilyn B. in Winter Park, Florida Volunteers for Good [...]

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Good Medicine Project. Halfway There

March 31, 2009

I surely do appreciate all the hard work and love that I’m seeing in the mailbox. Look at these beautiful medicine bags and charms that folks have sent for Camp Sanguinity! From Megumi T., in Osaka, Japan From Kyoko Y. in Kanazawa Ishikawa, Japan. Marlene F. in Ann Arbor Michigan Carol G. in Sacramento, CA [...]

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I Refuse To Give Up On The Good Medicine Project

January 24, 2009

It seemed like a simple recipe: Take one medicine bag (created by Anybody, Anywhere) Add three lucky charms from three DIFFERENT people Serve to a child at Cancer Camp to let them know that FOUR different people took time to care. I don’t have enough “cooks” stepping up to the stove! I admit that I [...]

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The Good Medicine Project. Gifts For Children With Cancer.

January 7, 2009

Were you ever sick when you were a little kid? Maybe you had the flu, or tonsillitis, and you had to stay in bed; you couldn’t get out and play for a few days. If that happened to you, you might remember feeling a bit lonesome during that time. On the eve of my sixth [...]

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More Medicine Bags

December 16, 2008

These gifts of love for a child with cancer are warming me up today. At least, on the inside. I’ve procrastinated on opening mail the last few days (didn’t want to touch anything with ointment on my hands). This morning, I opened packages from Sherry at Yellow Rose’s Garden, Barbara at Purplemoose Gazette, and Sheila [...]

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Good Medicine Project Update

December 4, 2008

Do you have tiny trinkets tucked in the drawers that could be “lucky charms?” Are you “crafty?” We need your help to share some love with children with cancer. You can even help if you blog, just by spreading the word. www.flickr.com thiseclecticlife’s Good Medicine: The Medicine Bag Project photoset I have twenty medicine bags [...]

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Only The Good Friday #4

November 7, 2008

Do y’all have a hard time adjusting to the time change? I tell you what! I do! I think it’s the Five Cat Alarm I have. They all expect breakfast at 5 a.m. — and they can’t read the clock! Now, it’s breakfast at 4 a.m! It makes me grumpy and growly, so it’s a [...]

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Until It’s In The Bag

September 24, 2008

Greasy wool transformed. Dyed, hand-twisted, and knitted. Good Medicine Bag. Pardon the poor Haiku. I spent yesterday creating a medicine bag for a child I will never know. A boy, probably. A boy who either has cancer or is the brother of a child with cancer. All I know is that he will attend Camp [...]

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Scavenger Hunt

August 31, 2008

I’m going around the house looking for lucky charms (like this “storyteller” charm, which is about an inch tall). It’s a scavenger hunt; that’s what Jamie said I am doing with this new project I envision. I need you to help me! I was calling it The Medicine Bag Project, but she suggested just calling [...]

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Lucky Charms for Medicine Bags?

August 30, 2008

[THE NEWEST UPDATE CAN BE FOUND HERE] I’m looking through the nooks and crannies in my house for tiny items that would be “good luck charms. This is a handful of things I have found so far: an arrowhead I found when I was young, a coin I brought back from a trip to Mexico, [...]

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Afterglow

July 8, 2008

I’m still giddy. I can’t show you many of the pictures, because I can’t show recognizable faces of the children. You can see them on my Flickr page (if you will tell me to “friend” you), or tell me to send you a “guest pass.” Seeing the pictures is good but being there was awesome! [...]

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Special Delivery

July 7, 2008

Yes, I cried. We delivered afghans today. There was my sister Renice and my friend Rebecca. Behind them, it’s me, Sherry, her daughter Amanda,and my husband Eric (who wasn’t in the picture). But, he was having a good time, because I let him ride the golf cart with the cute volunteer. Hmmm. Does he look [...]

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Anticipation

July 6, 2008

Isn’t anticipation delicious sometimes? You know what I mean. You can remember it. Perhaps it was the night before a first date with someone who made your heart go pitter-pat. Maybe it was as you awaited the birth of your child. Maybe it was while you planned for your dream vacation. I’m experiencing something like [...]

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The End Is Near For Share A Square

June 22, 2008

I’m so excited! I’m hopping around like popcorn in a pan. Last Friday, I visited at Cook Children’s Medical Center to finalize the plans for the delivery of afghans to Camp Sanguinity. While I was at it, I delivered a cashier’s check for $1229.47 – money that was donated by my wonderful readers. The camp [...]

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