Bags of Fun by Michael Jansen

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-02 16:19:43 UTC

Bags of Fun has delivered 2200 bags and 60 mental to children fighting a life-threatening condition.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-02 16:28:07 UTC

Bags of Fun has three core values Compassion, Integrity, and Quality.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-09 15:55:20 UTC

There is three bags of fun locations around the United States.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-09 15:55:54 UTC

They have a lot of partners and include the Kansas City Chiefs, the Royals, and Brookside toys and Science.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-09 16:04:48 UTC

Our Action Plan it to have a school dress down day for 1 dollar to donate to them. We also might do a stand to raise even more money!

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-09 16:16:03 UTC

The Founder Gabby Krause died in September 2004 after battling Brain Cancer for 19 months.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-09 16:20:38 UTC

If you want to volunteer, you have to fill out a form on the Bags of Fun link and you might be able to volunteer.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-09 16:20:48 UTC

The first Bags of Fun location is in Centennial, Colorado.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-09 16:24:37 UTC

To donate you can contact Louisa Weinrich but this is only one of many ways to dontate.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-16 15:56:01 UTC

Over 15,000 bags of fun have been delivered across the country.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-16 15:58:24 UTC

Bags of Fun is a place where people give other kids that have a life threatening disease and bag that has a lot of fun things in it. It all started when a 6 year old got diagnosed with brain cancer and they asked her for a wish and that wish was that every kid that had a life threatening disease got a bag of fun.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-16 16:00:57 UTC

78% agreed that the bag of fun helped motivate them to continue through their treatment.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-16 16:05:31 UTC

2,600 bags were delivered in Kansas City.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-16 16:06:00 UTC

83% percent believe that when their child got a bag of fun they were distracted from their negative side effects.

mwoodruff26 — 2024-04-16 16:09:42 UTC

The 1st Bags of Fun, in Colorado, have given out over 12,000 bags of fun since they first started.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-16 16:10:29 UTC

Omaha has given out 700 bags.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-16 16:16:49 UTC

In all, Bags of Fun has delivered 15,306 bags.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 13:47:41 UTC

They have events and the last one they had was bowling for fun!

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 13:54:06 UTC

They have a lot of advisors including Jeff John, Susan Rhyner, etc.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 13:57:20 UTC

It started with a house party and a pancake breakfast 13 years ago.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 14:01:26 UTC

Each year, there is 17,000 kids that are diagnosed with cancer.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 14:08:00 UTC

Cancer leads to about 1,800 deaths in 1 year.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-18 14:10:01 UTC

There are about 500,000 thousand kids that have survived from cancer in the United States.

Founder of Bags of Fun: Gabby Krause.

mjansen26_2 — 2024-04-23 16:20:44 UTC