Project CommUNITY: Hope Scarves expanding to help pediatric cancer patients
The Louisville nonprofit is expanding to help kids.
The organization is using superhero capes to bring joy to children fighting cancer and their families.
"So this is our logo that has been turned into a superhero, and they come in green, blue, purple and pink," said Anna Laura Edwards, executive director of Hope Scarves.
They are called Hope Capes.
And they are part of a new mission launched by Hope Scarves.
"We wanted something to, for children," said Edwards.
Since Hope Scarves launched in 2012, Edwards said the organization has sent more than 37,000 scarves to cancer patients in all 50 states and 37 countries.
"We have over 70 hospitals in 28 states that have our scarves, and they share them directly with patients, and we hope to expand our cape program in the same way and get into children's hospitals," Edwards said.
The organization launched Hope Capes in November, with the first batch serving local cancer patients.
"We want them to feel powerful and like the little heroes that they are because they truly are heroes going through cancer treatment," said Edwards.
Just like the scarves, the capes carry stories of joy, strength and hope, not just for children fighting cancer, but the entire family.
"Our scarves carry a story from a survivor to another survivor, but our capes are going to carry a story of a child to a child, a parent to another parent who has a child facing cancer and a sibling to a sibling because cancer impacts the entire family," Edwards said.
The capes are created by Louisville company Jeb Advertising in NuLu.
To request a cape or scarf, click .