What does Santa put in your stocking? An apple or tangerine…a chocolate version of the jolly elf himself…a few small treasures? Young patients from the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center receive a stocking full of treats that last a whole year -- from you and the Children’s Art Project. This is how we fill their stockings:
Instructions on How To Stuff a Stocking 1. Start with a very large stocking – magical, bottomless style is preferred. 2. Open stocking and fill toe with small packages from items in List A. 3. Sprinkle in a layer of tender loving care (TLC) mixed with an assortment of nuts and hard candy. 4. Add several packages from List B. 5. Add more of the TLC, nuts and candy mixture. 6. Continue to alternate mixture of the best medical care available: caring nurses, brilliant doctors, concerned child life workers, great teachers, and thoughtful volunteers. 7. Hang stocking on the mantle. Note: Very strong stocking holder is recommended. This stocking is heavy!
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. 78 college scholarships for current & former patients
. In-Hospital Education Program . Creative Arts Program . Adolescent & Young Adult Program (AYA)
. Annual Rehabilitation Ski Trip . Pediatric Intensive Care Unit . New “Living With Leukemia” booklet for patients
. New video, “How Do I Talk to My .
Children About Cancer” Beauty/Barber Shop where services are provided for all patients
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. Camp A.O.K. for Anderson’s Older Kids
. Camp Star Trails for young patients and their siblings
. New Palliative Care Program . Child Life Program . Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance
. New Medication Compliance Program . Anderson Network Conference, “Living Fully With and Beyond Cancer”
. Evening/Weekend Activities for adult & pediatric patients
Each card is created from artwork by a pediatric patient at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Standard cards measure 4-1/2" x 6-1/4", printed on premium paper and packaged with coordinated envelopes.
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C. COLLECTOR’S ASSORTMENT An assortment of popular holiday cards from previous years. 15 cards/16 envelopes Imprinting not available 100508 $8.00 D. SCARECROW Jameisha Age 18 Rosharon, TX 15 cards/16 olive green envelopes 125808 $12.00
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Jacey Bagwell’s stocking is already full! She is an adventurous, energetic young lady with many talents and interests. Before her diagnosis of osteosarcoma (bone cancer), Jacey was involved in softball, dancing and running. She hopes to get back to those activities when she is off treatment. She may also want to get back to her career as a performer — in first grade, she sang a solo, “Come and Buy Balloons,” in a school production. Jacey and her attending physician, Dr. Dennis Hughes, have wrapped up several things together. The first was to treat her osteosarcoma with a limb salvage instead of an amputation — a metal rod replaced the affected bone in her leg. The rod can be lengthened as she grows. This ingenious solution is working very well for Jacey. They also collaborated on a field trip to Minute Maid Park in September, 2007. Jacey and Dr. Hughes had the rare privilege of going out on the field before a Houston Astros game! Jacey’s caring spirit also showed up while she was being treated. Although she is shy, she has a big heart and likes to do things for others, including the other pediatric patients. A native of Pauline, South Carolina, Jacey, her mother Holly and younger brother Lawson spent quite a bit of time in Houston. Her father, Jay, stayed in close touch by phone -- he had to stay in South Carolina. They have returned home, but will continue to check in with the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to assess her progress. Jacey will be a third grader this year, able to slip right back into school with her peers. Jacey has learned to make lemonade from lemons. To prove that point, a bright yellow T-shirt was designed just for her. In turquoise letters, the front of the shirt said, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” On the back is the drawing of a lemonade stand titled, “A Stand for Jacey.” With great support from friends and family, Jacey’s life will be filled with many gifts!
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A. HOLY NIGHT Carrington Age 17 Midland, TX 15 cards/16 cream envelopes 124508 $12.00
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B. SOARING ANGEL Abdulmajeed Age 12 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 15 cards/16 cream envelopes 125308 $12.00
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C. NATIVITY Stacy Age 17 Houston, TX 15 cards/16 cream envelopes 125008 $12.00
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D. PURPLE DOVE Saeed Age 15 Raq, U.A.E. 15 cards/16 white envelopes 125108 $12.00
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E. MELODY Aidan Age 9 Houston, TX 15 cards/16 white envelopes 124808 $12.00
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If you are visiting Houston, or live nearby...visit the Children’s Art Project Boutique at Uptown Park. Every product is there–great new items along with favorites from years past.
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Each card is created from artwork by a pediatric patient at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. They are deluxe in size and quality: 5-7/8" x 8", printed on premium paper and packaged with luxurious lined envelopes, complete with a linen finish.
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A. DIVINE JOURNEY Carrington Age 17 Midland, TX 10 cards/11 ivory, satin gold-lined envelopes 132708 $15.00
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B. PAPER TREE Dominick Age 13 Houston, TX 10 cards/11 white, satin gold-lined envelopes 132808 $15.00
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C. RIBBON DOVE Luis Age 16 Houston, TX 10 cards/11 offwhite, red-lined envelopes 133008 $15.00
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D. CACTUS TREE Fatima Age 15 Al-Ain, U. A. E. 10 cards/11 tan, copper-lined envelopes 132608 $15.00
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E. WREATH Carrington Age 17 Midland, TX 10 cards/11 white, green-lined envelopes 133108 $15.00
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F. MENORAH Krystal Age 16 Houston, TX 10 cards/11 white, satin gold-lined envelopes 135908 $15.00
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Honor clients, friends, and family by making a donation in their name to the Children’s Art Project. Contribution cards (5-7/8" x 8") will be sent to you to sign before mailing, or let us imprint them for you. The minimum quantity for imprinting contribution cards is 25. Please call our imprinting department to place this order. Text reads: A Special Gift has been made on your behalf to the Children’s Art Project at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center by
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Get ready for all the activities and adventures of 2009 with our new calendar, featuring charming artwork from the children. It will look great at your desk, on a refrigerator, or wrapped as a present for friends and family!
C. 2009 CALENDAR Open size: 8" x 19-1/2" Closed size: 8" x 9-3/4" Abigail Ale Angelique Carrington Deanna Emily Hannah Jaime Lorenzo Neil Saeed 340508 $10.00
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Research to learn more about cancer is what sets The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center apart from others. Often, that research takes the form of a clinical trial.
What are clinical trials and why are they important? Clinical trials are studies involving people who volunteer to participate in research to find better ways to prevent, diagnose or treat a disease. Many of today’s standard cancer treatments — treatments that are accepted and widely used by medical experts — are based on the results of previous clinical trials. Thanks to these studies, many advances in medical science have been made.
A new treatment or drug is generally tested in three or four phases. The trial begins with a small number of people to determine the safety of a new treatment. Two other phases add more knowledge, determining whether a certain kind of cancer responds to a new treatment and whether a new treatment is better than the existing standard treatment. A fourth phase may study how effective a drug or procedure is over a long period of time.
How can you learn more about clinical trials? • Ask your doctor. • Go online to www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials for information or call the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service at 800-422-6237 to speak with a trained information specialist. • Go online to www.mdanderson.org and click on “Clinical Trials.” • Call askMDAnderson at 877-632-6789 to speak with a trained health information specialist or to request a free copy of “Clinical Trials at M. D. Anderson.”
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Our photo cards make a great impression—especially when your family is dressed in the coordinating T-shirts on page 16! The cards are 5-7/8" x 8", and will accommodate 3-1/2" x 5" or 4" x 6" photos, either vertically or horizontally. The photos can be attached with double-sided tape or glue stick. Or use the new service to upload your digital photos for printing on the cards. See order form for details.
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Upload your digital photos for printing directly on the cards. Select coordinating envelopes when placing your order. Imprinted cards and envelopes are sold separately (not by the package). See order form for details or visit www.capprintshop.org for additional information and online order placement.
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F. FLAT PHOTO SNOW PUP Betsy Age 10 Shepherd, TX 5-7/8" x 8" flat card 165208W
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G. FLAT PHOTO NATIVITY Stacy Age 17 Houston, TX 5-7/8" x 8" flat card 165008W
D. FLAT PHOTO JOY WREATH Elizabeth Age 11 Weimar, TX 5-7/8" x 8" flat card 164608W
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Meredith Knox, noted jewelry designer, continues to adapt the original designs of our young patients into whimsical wearable art. All jewelry is sterling silver and packaged in a signature gift box.
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Our collaboration with Gail Pittman features the children’s artwork on hand-painted pottery that is produced in Mississippi. All pieces are food, microwave and dishwasher safe.
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It’s very easy to fill Shae Jester’s stocking! She is a very feminine little girl, and she loves to dress up. Her grandmother buys the smallest size high heels she can find at discount stores so Shae can wear them with her assortment of costumes and old jewelry. She dances to Hannah Montana, her favorite star, and she loves her new dog Bailey, a Black Lab, and her cat, Mooshie. You can also give her things for her baby dolls. She takes very good care of all of them. At night they have to be laid out perfectly and covered with little blankets. This may sound like an idyllic young life, but Shae and her family have also battled cancer. In the summer of 2007, her family was preparing to move from Blanco, Texas to Evanston, Wyoming. Shae’s dad is a wildlife biologist, and he had been hired by the Nature Conservancy of Wyoming. At the going away party the night before they left Texas, three-year old Shae was very sick. Her leg began hurting, and that ache grew into an excruciating pain. The move to Wyoming had to be delayed until mom, dad and big sister Shelby could find out what was wrong with Shae. It was quickly discovered that she had neuroblastoma—a tumor under her right kidney was pushing on her spine and causing the pain in her leg. Surgery removed 90% of the tumor and was followed by chemotherapy. Her hair and eyelashes disappeared during the chemo. Much to her mother’s relief, hair and thick, long eyelashes have reappeared! Dad had to go on to Wyoming while mom and Shelby moved in with family in Houston for Shae’s treatment. During her treatment at the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Shae connected with her primary physician, Dr. Peter Zage, clinic nurse Colette Badeaux, nurse practitioner Peg Parmeter, and Cad Willeford, one of the child life specialists at the Children’s Cancer Hospital. She helped nurses flush a port (the area where chemotherapy connects to the patient), pulled off band-aids and helped with other simple “medical” tasks. Shae is already talking about being a nurse when she grows up. In the meantime, she is a busy young lady. She loves to do yoga with her grandmother, saying “moo” instead of “ohm” when they are meditating! Let’s hope that the rest of all the packages life gives to Shae will be filled with good health, happiness and success!
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E. CANDLES ENCLOSURE Luis Age 16 Houston, TX 193608
B. MR. CLAUS ENCLOSURE Stacy Age 17 Houston, TX 194908
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“Every year, the Children’s Art Project helps make our holiday wishes come true. Because of their generous donations, we are able to send children to camp, to college and on special outings. These contributions are also funding a new pediatric intensive care unit and much more. We also thank you for your purchases, which allow us to treat the whole child ― and the whole family. The Children’s Cancer Hospital wishes you a very happy holiday season.” Eugenie Kleinerman, M.D., Head of the Division of Pediatrics and the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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