At the present time, there are so many different items with a pink ribbon, that one could have difficulty selecting just the right breast cancer gift. One’s selection becomes less difficult, if one knows something about the breast cancer survivor. One could then choose from among all the pink-ribboned, breast cancer survivor gifts the one that would give the survivor the greatest satisfaction.
For example, if one knows that a breast cancer survivor likes to bake things, then a cookie cutter, one shaped like a pink ribbon, might be a good gift. If the breast cancer survivor collects old photographs, then two different breast cancer survivor gifts would seem equally appropriate. One would be a picture frame with a pink ribbon, and the other a pink ribbon scrapbook.
Yet one should not finish this article with the impression that all breast cancer survivor gifts have a pink ribbon. Sometimes the interests and/or needs of the breast cancer survivor do not match with any of the existing items that bear a pink ribbon. Sometimes one wants to find a truly different sort of breast cancer gift.
If someone has ruled out the giving of a mug with a pink ribbon, and has decided against a gift of stationery or note cards with the pink ribbon, then one might want to consider carefully the needs of the breast cancer survivor. An examination of a survivor’s approach to living can provide a clue as to the most fitting of the breast cancer survivor gifts.
For example, if a survivor has decided to join a group such as “Team Survivor,” a group that focuses on exercise, then that survivor might want a new pair of running shoes. By the same token, if a survivor has been asked to undergo radiation treatments, then she might be plagued with a skin rash. Such a survivor might benefit from use of an unscented skin-care product.
If one knows a breast cancer survivor who must undergo chemotherapy, then one might have heard reference to the patient’s need to sleep following each therapy session. For such a patient, one could go after a rather unique breast cancer gift. It’s a gift that was created by a woman who is familiar with breast cancer survivor gifts.
This woman has begun making embroidered pillowcases. She herself had some lovely embroidered pillowcases, pillowcases that she had found comforting, when she returned from her own chemotherapy treatments. That woman has now purchased some blank pillowcases, and she is recruiting volunteers, people willing to help her make more embroidered pillowcases.
The same woman has familiarized the members of her Girl Scout troop with how hats can function as breast cancer survivor gifts. Her scouts devote time every spring to the collecting of hats, hats that could cover the head of a bald breast cancer survivor.