Strength does not come from physical capacity it comes from indomitable will -Ghandi

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Supporting Cancer Patients for 2015

I have decided to support those who are struggling through cancer for the year of 2015. I have researched some different needs that the Huntsman Cancer Institute has for their cancer patients. I am also going to reach out to the LDS Hospital Leukemia and Lymphoma area. I will be picking a different need each month and doing my part to fill that need. Anyone who wants to join me is welcome!! Most of these activity would be great for FHE, a roommate night, or a mutual activity. **Contact me if you chose to make any supplies to donate**

For the month of March, I am going to do handmade journals. There are a variety of ways you can make journals. I'll share a few links with directions. They are cheap and don't take too much time. I will mostly be doing mod podge  (decopodge) journals and creating old books into journals. See the links:





Decopodge Journal: this has good instructions but I would use colored paper and such instead of magazines. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Decopodge-Journal/



Creating Old Books into Journals: There are many ways to do this, I prefer the first link with a few modifications. Others are good though too.

1) http://www.punkprojects.com/2012/04/salvaging-book-giveaway-guest-post-from.html I would only do steps 1-3 though. If you wanted to add some pictures or quotes on some pages that would work. But in general, I'd leave most pages blank.
 2) http://makezine.com/craft/how_to_new_journal_from_an_old/  
If you have an idea, Google it or look it up on Pinterest. It is probably possible and I'm sure you can make it look amazing!

If you take a look at the numbers below, these are cancer survivors. Think about those who weren't able to survive. Then think about out of all of those people connected to a loved one with cancer, that is a lot of people who are affected by cancer. This is something that most people can connect with. I want to reach out and make this difficult time a little bit more comfortable.

Estimated numbers of survivors for the 10 most prevalent cancer sites among males and females in the United States as of January 1, 2014

Males
Females
Prostate
2,975,970 (43%)
Breast
3,131,440 (41%)
Colon & rectum
621,430 (9%)
Uterine corpus
624,890 (8%)
Melanoma
516,570 (8%)
Colon & rectum
624,340 (8%)
Urinary bladder
455,520 (7%)
Melanoma
528,860 (7%)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
297,820 (4%)
Thyroid
470,020 (6%)
Testis
244,110 (4%)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
272,000 (4%)
Kidney
229,790 (3%)
Cervix
244,180 (3%)
Lung and bronchus
196,580 (3%)
Lung and bronchus
233,510 (3%)
Oral cavity and pharynx
194,140 (3%)
Ovary
199,900 (3%)
Leukemia
177,940 (3%)
Kidney
159,280 (2%)
All cancer sites
6,876,600
All cancer sites
7,607,230


Sources:
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/cancer-prevalence