For the fifth year, Penny Evans, an Independent Consultant with Thirty-One Gifts since 2008, asked customers and friends to donate so cancer patients at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital (VCU Health CMH) could be blessed with a special bag to help them through their journey. Penny, Sep, and Jonathon Evans were able to donate 279 bags to the Hendrick Cancer and Rehab Center and to the Solari Radiation Therapy Center!

Teresa R. Collins, RN, BSN, OCN, Director of Radiation and Medical Oncology, said, “A cancer diagnosis can be devastating for patients. These care bags are a blessing and uplift our patients during difficult times in their lives. Patients use these bags to keep appointments, information packets, goodies, and personal belongings as they are coming into the center for treatment. Our patients have said over the years how humbled they are to have so many people supporting them. Penny and her team of donors are wonderful, and we are extremely thankful for her continued support of our cancer program through the years.”

Penny expresses her gratitude to all the generous donors and businesses that help make this fundraiser possible. “Our little community blows me away each year,” Penny said. “This fundraiser would not be possible without everyone’s donation.”

These bags are purchased and filled with items such as pocket calendars, tissues, soothing tea bags (Penny and Sep Evans), lip balm and drink koozies (First Citizens Bank), pens/pads (Microtel), antiseptic wipes (Citizens Bank and Trust), Mary Kay hand lotions (Tanya Baskerville), tissues/lip balm (Crystal Walker), change purses (Benchmark Community Bank), and hand sanitizers (VCU Health CMH). Thanks to the generous donors listed below.

Platinum (10+bags)
Anonymous - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
HHM Porta Toilet, LLC - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Airtec - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Hardee Ford - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Rozier Termite and Pest Control - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Full Strut Trucking - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Gold (5-9 bags)
Karobway - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Henry and Brittany Edmonds - In Memory of Joyce Hodges

Pam and Terry McDaniel - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Joyce and Charlie Taylor - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Lynn and Davin Lucy - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Silver (2-4 bags)
Kathryn and Kirk McAden - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Lundy Layne - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Marcia, JC and Jaicee Clary - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Judy Cleaton - In Honor of Mary Carol Kallam, Nikki Evans and Janet Hayes

Vera Primm - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Mandi and Brian Calhoun - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Gavin Honeycutt and Chad Vaughan - In Honor of Harold Vaughan, In Memory of Phyllis Vaughan and James Honeycutt
Judy and Ed Carroll - In Honor of Nikki Evans, Teen Evans and Jane Lockerman and In Memory of Carolyn Roberts

Nancy and Ken Bulluck - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Carolyn and Randy Carter - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sharon Johnson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Michelle Edmonds - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Lisa Graham - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Cheryl Newcomb - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sheri and Mike Sparkman - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Stacy Archer - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Candice Riggan - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Carleen and Rosser Wells - In Memory of Anne and Donnie Wells and In Honor of All Cancer Survivors
Deborah Piercy - In Memory of Janie Piercy and In Honor of Martha Chalkley
Custom Message Therapy and Skincare  - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Katelyn and Scot Sharber - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Susan Moody - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jannon Coley - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Ashley and Adam Lipscomb - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Susan Creedle - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sandra and Scooter Ittner - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Teresa Collins - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Tammy Manning - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Love Café - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Irene Michelitsch - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jeremy and Tiffany Lynch - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Martha and Bobby Overton - In Memory of Carolyn T. Roberts, In Honor of Sandi Taylor and Aimee Hudson
Edna and Emmett Williams - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jenny Davis - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Holly Painter - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Mary Hardin - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Rhina and David Jones - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kristen Branch - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
SHVFD Ladies Auxiliary - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Gwen and Steve Hinzman - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sarah and Joe Hutson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Tanya Baskerville - In Memory of Wendy Boyter Jackson and George Baskerville
Linda and Lynn Roberts - In Memory of Wanda Jones Beville and Jau Parker Roberts
Alicia and Guy Short - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Allecia Parker - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
The Jacob and Wesley Swain Family - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Benchmark - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients

Bronze (1 bag)
Sarah and Kenneth Smith - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Candy McAvoy - In Honor and Memory of All the WARRIORS
Gay Clary - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Christy Taylor - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jennifer Sullivan - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Betty Edwards - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kaye Bagley - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Lynn and Everette Gibson - In Memory of Lavenia Gibson
Katie Hubbard - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Susan Lucy - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Marjorie Lawson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Katherine Crutchfield - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kim Baisey - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Pam Watson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kris and Scott Walker - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Shelley Mayer - In Honor of Angela Madren and Lori Fuller
Georgia Franck - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sidney and Neil Burke - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Pam Gilbert - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Candi, Lee and Reid Allen - In Memory of Dallas R Allen
Debbie Moore - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Shelia Paynter - In Honor of All Cancer Patients
Ernestine Evans - In Honor of All Cancer Patients
Rita Parham - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Louise Ogburn - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Debbie Douglas - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Brenda Curtis - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Angela Wells - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
April Wright - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Donna Wall - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Mary and Wayne Rawlings - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Keli Reekes - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Tammi Lowery - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Tonja Pearce - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Mitzi Powell - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Mary Edmonds - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Teri and Troy Walker - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Theresa Hockaday - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Emily Jones - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sheryl Thomason - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Lisa Middleton - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Crystal and Ricky Jones - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Eileen Bigley - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kim and Joe Young - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Terry Moss - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Diana Crowder - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Angie Mills - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Paula Tanner - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Tanya Mason - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jessica Johnson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Angela Nichols - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Devon Clary - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Diane Nichols - In Honor of Cheryl Newcomb
Robin Newton - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Christy Dodd - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Brenda Bell Crafton - In Memory of Cindy Crafton
Christy and Wayne Reese - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kim and Brent Evans - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Judy and Chuck Martin - In Memory of Bobby Garrett
Nancy Jacobs - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Aileen Lewis - In Memory of John, Landa and Tameka
Rhonda Dalton - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jana Thompson - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Anita Kallam - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sara Boyd - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Michelle Williams - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jessica Pearce - In Memory of Diane Curtis
Nancy and Kell Fleshood - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sara and Jerry Reynolds - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Carol Anne Chapman - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jill and Chad Springer - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Angela Carter - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jennifer and Wayne Derrenbacker - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kimberly Brown - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Emily and Mark Warren - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
John and Patty Evans - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Jonathon Evans - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Sep and Penny Evans - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Tammy Brewer - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Brittany Davis - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Anonymous - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Dottie Collins - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Wes and Mandi Shepherd - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients
Kathy Coffee - In Honor and Memory of All Cancer Patients