I'm sure you've seen commercials for the Snuggie, a blanket with sleeves. Like this one.
Kind of goofy looking, and the commercials don't help with the image.
But there's a 12-year-old kid in Texas named Jack Barker who loves them. He's a leukemia patient, and he's trying to raise money to buy a Snuggie for everyone being treated for cancer at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
He says that during chemo treatments, he gets very cold from the drugs. But a regular blanket restricts his arms, so he can't play Wii or get on his computer, so he gets bored. The Snuggie was the perfect solution.
There's a nice story here about his quest, and his blog "Jack's Closet" has more information. He gave his first Snuggie to one of the lab techs who helps him during treatments, and who is battling brain cancer.
The folks who make Snuggies donated 100 of them, and he'll need to raise enough money to buy about 1000.
What a great kid.
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I donated some money to Jack. It's all through paypal--really easy--so I hope others do so as well.
Did you see they have Snuggies for dogs? Who knew this would be such a popular product.
Yeah, I saw the Snuggies for dogs. I like the one in the commercial -- wearing glasses and reading a book. Just like our dog....
Thanks for donating to Jack. Pretty amazing kid to think of others with all he's going through.
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