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The Monthly News
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Grateful for You: Reflecting on 2025
-By Mindy, Executive Director
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As this year comes to a close, I find myself thinking about the many hands that have held a Bag It Bag, the conversations sparked by our resources, and the moments when someone realizes they are not facing cancer alone. Those stories stay with me. They remind me why this work matters—and how grateful I am for this community.
In 2025, we reached more patients and caregivers than ever before, strengthened our relationships with healthcare providers, expanded our offerings with new cancer-specific bags to better meet the diverse needs of those navigating a diagnosis. Each step forward has been made possible because so many of you believe in the importance of empowering people with knowledge, support, and guidance during one of the hardest times in their lives. We truly couldn’t do this without you.
As you look ahead to the new year, we hope you’ll keep Bag It in mind. If someone in your life is facing a new cancer diagnosis—or if you want these resources for yourself—you can order a bag directly from us. And if you’re considering a year-end gift, your support helps ensure we can continue providing these tools to those who need them most. Monthly gifts, no matter the size, make a steady and meaningful impact all year long.
Thank you for being part of the Bag It community and for helping create moments of comfort, clarity, and hope. We look forward to all we can accomplish together in 2026.
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Making A Difference |
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Bag It's Impact on Claire Claire shared her story at Breakfast with Bag It 2025. Here is a snippet of her story. Thank you Claire and continued positive vibes for clean scans and good health.
Claire & her daughter, almost 3 years post diagnosis!
“My name is Claire and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. I have a very strong family history with my mom, her sister, and her mother all having had breast cancer. I’ve been getting routine screenings for years, but I was still surprised to get the cancer news. At 42, I was now the youngest in my family to get the diagnosis. Good news was, we thought we caught it early. But surgery told a different story and what was supposed to be a few months of treatment turned into 15 months of surgery, chemo, more surgery, and radiation. It felt scary and confusing. How had it progressed so quickly having only missed one year of screenings during 2020 because of the pandemic?
I was given a Bag It bag from a friend about 4 months into my journey and I found the resources included to be very helpful. I especially appreciated the nutrition information as it felt like one thing I could control. The binder also became a key tool to organize all the test results and information I was being given. Over time the bag itself became my easy access storage place for all things cancer related.
I greatly appreciate the work Bag It is doing and this year I bought two bags for other people who received cancer diagnoses. I know it is one way to support someone else’s cancer journey.” |
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Partner Spotlight |
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THANK YOU!
A huge thank you to all of our collaborating partners and sponsors for our cancer-specific Bags. We couldn’t make these Bags available without your willingness to partner with us for content and provide financial support for them. |
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If you or someone you know was recently diagnosed with cancer, order a Bag It Bag. If it is one of the cancers that we have a specific bag for you can order a bag today with the code BINEWS25. These bags are loaded with valuable information to help guide one through this challenging time.
If you would like to check out all of our cancer-specific Bags, please click here.
If you are a healthcare provider looking to order Bag It Bags for your patients/practice please contact our Healthcare Outreach Manager, Terie, at terie@bagitcancer.org.
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Share Your Thoughts |
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Seeking Bag It Bag Feedback
We Want to Hear from You!
Have you received a Bag It Bag—whether you used it or not? We’re inviting past recipients to join a virtual focus group to share your feedback and help guide our future direction. Your insights—why you found the bag helpful or why you didn’t use it—are equally valuable and will help us better support those impacted by cancer.
Tell us:
- What worked well and what didn't?
- How could the Bag have better supported you?
- What suggestions do you have?
Your ideas will help us help more people dealing with cancer.
Please register for one of our upcoming virtual meetings
Receive a $25 Gift Card after participating (25 max)
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
10:00 am AZ (12:00 pm EST)
Click here to register.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:00 pm AZ (7:00 pm EST)
Click here to register.
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Complete a Feedback Form
by January 22, 2026
Click here to fill out a feedback form.
Chance to win a $25 Gift Card from new submissions
(3 drawings 12/30/25 and 3 drawings 1/31/26). |
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Mark Your Calendar |
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Bag It Bags Info Sessions for Healthcare Providers (Virtual)
If you are interested in learning more about how you can have Bag It Bags in your practice for your patients, join us for an upcoming Info Session.
- Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 1:00 pm AZ (3pm EST) Register now
- Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:00 am AZ (12:00pm ESY) Register now
January 14th, 2026 10:00 am AZ (12:00 pm EST) We're inviting past Bag recipients to join a virtual focus group to share your feedback about the Bag It Bag. Registration is limited. $25 gift card for participation. January 22nd, 2026 5:00 pm AZ (7:00 pm EST) We're inviting past Bag recipients to join a virtual focus group to share your feedback about the Bag It Bag. Registration is limited. $25 gift card for participation. Click here to register.
24 Hours in the Old Pueblo (Tucson)
February 13-15th, 2026
Celebrating 26 years of riding single track in the Sonoran Desert, the TMC Health 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo is one of the largest 24 Hour events in the world. Bag It is excited to be a beneficiary of this event.
The event is sold out BUT you can volunteer to help at the Bag It tent, come and cheer on the riders, and/or order a sign to support Bag It and a loved one at the event.
Our website shows all the upcoming Bag It hosted events and events where we will be exhibiting.
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Bag It Educates, Supports, and Empowers those impacted by cancer.
We help patients, caregivers, and cancer advocates to Fight the Fear of Cancer through our two key programs: the Bag It Bag and Escape to THRIVE. The Bag helps anyone with any type of cancer to cope with their diagnosis and become active members of their treatment team. Escape to THRIVE is a national leadership conference to support cancer advocates.
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