Teen Support Bags
Our highly successful Teen Support Bags Program provides inspiration and support for teenagers with all cancers. Nikki identified a gap in support for teenagers dealing with all cancers when she was diagnosed at 17 years old. Younger pediatric patients receive great support, and adults handle their own programs. Teenagers are "stuck in the middle." They have unique challenges They need our support!
Learn More About Why Nikki Started the Teen Support Bag Program
Interviewed by Leon Harris, NBC4 Washington, DC, 2018
Nikki was chosen as one of "Harris' Heroes", part of Leon Harris' program to highlight people doing great things in the Greater Washington DC community. Nikki tells her story here and hands a bag to a teenager with cancer at INOVA Children's Hospital in Fairfax, VA.
About the Bags
Bite Me Cancer’s broad-reaching support is achieved through the Teen Support Bags program. Our Teen Support Bags are delivered to teenagers in hospitals across the country while they undergo treatment. The Teen Support Bags include such items as an Amazon gift card, adult coloring book, stress ball, hat, journal, water bottle, gamebook, and other age-appropriate items. Each bag costs us around $75 to put together and ship out.
What's in our bags
Amazon Gift Card
Adult Coloring Book
Coloring pencils
Custom Ink free shirt
Stress Ball
Journal
Baseball Cap
Water Bottle
Playing cards
Game book
Ear buds
Fuzzy socks
and more!
What Our Partners Have To Say
“Thank you for all you do for our patients. The support bags really do brighten up their day when they receive them, especially after absorbing a ton of information about their treatment course. You guys are making a difference and your sacrifice will be rewarded.”
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Bite Me Cancer is Accepting New Partners
As of June 2021, we have delivered Teen Support Bags to almost 8,600 teenagers dealing with cancer in every state and DC through our network of 150 hospitals! The numbers continue to grow as more hospitals are in need of our unique support to give to their patients. We raise funds for this Teen Support Bag program so that the hospitals and the teenagers can receive them for FREE.