Dawn's Story

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In March of 2018, as Dawn began her breast cancer journey, she realized there were few resources available to prepare for breast cancer treatment and surgery. She also discovered that the few items she found for breast cancer patients were costly. She found a pattern and sewed her own mastectomy pillow and as her journey progressed, she realized there was a great need for other women going through breast cancer treatment - a need for mastectomy pillows and drain shirts, heart pillows, port pillows, and a couple of trinkets all packed and shipped with a bundle of love and support and a need for a  group for breast cancer patients to find encouragement from others like them.

Dawn's desire to support other women going through this same breast cancer journey led to a grassroots effort to spread kindness and the Father's love along with a box of free items to aid in recovery. The Blessing Box Project is NOT  business.  It is not a charity or non-profit or NFP.  It is simply a group of volunteers who have banded together to fulfill a desire to help others. 

Dawn calls the all volunteer group, who assemble to sew, iron, pack, stuff, and donate, the Pink Tribe. They rely on donations of fabric, gently used or new mens button-up shirts, polyfill, postage and the small trinkets included in every box, as well as shipping supplies like labels, printer ink and packing tape.  There is no charge for a Blessing Box. Although there is NO expectation, Dawn's only request is, if possible, for shipping to be reimbursed so that she is able to ship the next Blessing Box.  Some reimburse their postage, some have sent extra postage money, some donate supplies, some sew pillow forms and ship them to her, and not surprisingly, every time she prints shipping labels, the postage is ALWAYS there, by the grace of God.  

The Blessing Box Project's Facebook page is a huge resource for breast cancer patients - a place of encouragement and support for those newly diagnosed or those who are going through the next phase of their journey,  a place to share one's own personal story, a place to request a Blessing Box and a place to find others who understand the journey.  

Dawn's Blessing Box Project has grown exponentially, as word has spread through social media platforms, local news stories and word of mouth through the breast cancer community. To date, the  Pink Tribe and Dawn have assembled and shipped over 9000 boxes across the US and some have even shipped globally to parts of Europe, Africa and Australia.