ABOUT THIS PROJECT:
Do you enjoy expressing your creativity through art? Notes of Hope is a great project to do at home by yourself or with siblings. All you need is crayons or markers and your imagination!
Kids Helping Kids has partnered with Berni & Murcer to carry on this project's legacy. Children in Berni & Murcer's program will be the recipients of our Notes of Hope for 2021.
You can change the world by becoming an important part of a child's healing journey following a cancer diagnosis by joining the Berni & Murcer - with your Notes of Hope! Every child they help receives a “Comfort Backpack” filled with Berni & Murcer – Friends for LifeTM items developed with input from child psychologists, educators and medical professionals, created not just to entertain and distract the child from what they’re going through—but to comfort them, inspire them, and give them hope. The "Comfort Backpack" includes a soft and cuddly, plush Bernese Mountain Dog (Berni) companion who wears a special harness. This harness has a specially designed pouch just for KHK's Notes of Hope! Your custom designs and inspirational messages will be placed into these pouches when a child is receiving a treatment, getting a test done or just needs a little reminder that they are strong! These messages and fun illustrations will help those battling cancer remember they are strong and that they are not alone! Help us deliver smiles to those that need it most - register now to be a Notes of Hope card maker.
MORE INFO ON OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATION:
Berni & Murcer – Friends for Life (BMFL) provides emotional support, comfort, inspiration, and encouragement to children (and their families) with life threatening illnesses at all stages of their journeys to get well—from the treatment phase, to recovery, to wellness maintenance and the child's re-entry into the community through its "Comfort Backpack" program. The multi-dimensional program is designed to improve the child's overall social and emotional well-being. With the normalcy of imaginative and interactive childhood play, BMFL generates a renewal of inspired hope and increase of energy in the child to fight his or her illness, gain the strength and desire to persevere through the rigors of treatment, and increase their coping ability to receive life enriching after-care. BMFL transforms children away from being “cancer patients”, to a recognition of their own self-identity, personal growth, and a healthy outcome.
