Cancer Comfort Angels
Cancer Comfort Angels
"Renewed Hope"
About Us ...
~ Cancer Comfort Angels provides simple acts of kindness which comes in the form of our "Comfort Kits".
Each kit includes:
* A Soft Blanket to Comfort You
* A Cross To Support You
* Other Amenities to Help you Along your Journey
~ A prayer, an encouraging word, the gift of a warm, soft blanket: these minor gestures can bring a ray of light in an otherwise dark time for a cancer patient. Such is the mission of Cancer Comfort Angels, a non-profit Christian-based group in Queen Anne’s County.
Founded by Laurie Rasinski of Chester, Cancer Comfort Angels provides a simple act of kindness in the form of comfort kits. Each kit includes a soft blanket, a bookmark cross, and other ammenities to help you throughout your treatments. We want everyone to know they are not alone in their fight against cancer.
Laurie, who was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer in 2008, was the first unofficial recipient of a blanket – a simple gift that started a domino effect helping hundreds of cancer patients locally, and globally.
“A very sweet teenager gave me the first blanket when I was diagnosed,” says Laurie, “and I was so overwhelmed and touched by the love that someone could give me in this simple gesture, that I, in turn, wanted to do something for other people.”
Laurie was quoted saying.. “People always say, Laurie, you give a different face to cancer,” she says. “I think I’m here to be encouraging and to show that I understand the pain as well as let people know they have to make the most of every day.”
Laurie was always involved with community service, and with the challenges she was facing with her own treatment, she brought together her close friends to bring Cancer Comfort Angels to life.
Cancer Comfort Angels is a fund with Chesapeake Charities, A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Chesapeake Charities accepts donations from willing contributors and expands the potential funding options to include foundations, Federal Government grants, individual contributions, corporate sponsors, etc. The Foundation enables people with philanthropic interests to easily and effectively support the issues they care about.
~ May God Bless You! ~