Our Mission

Bringing JOY's mission is to help bring sunshine and JOY to patients diagnosed with cancer. From a coffee gift card to helping patients with rides to chemotherapy, and everything in between. We strive to support patients with cancer during a very difficult time in their lives and remind them they are not alone in their fight.

Our Projects

On a monthly basis, Bringing JOY provides Bags of JOY ($10 Gift Card and two self-care items) to Northwestern's Warrenville, Kishwaukee, Orland Park, Oak Brook and Delnor Cancer Centers; Endeavor Health's Edward-Elmhurst Naperville, Plainfield and Elmhurst Cancer Centers; Rush Copley's Aurora and Yorkville Cancer Centers and the Riverside Cancer Institute; Bourbonnais, Watseka, Coal City and Frankfort. Each month we provide over 235 Little Bags of JOY to the cancer centers to help bring their patients a little JOY during their treatment.

We also support Lurie Children's Pediatric Oncology Clinics and Comer Children's Pediatric Oncology patients. We provide Bags of JOY to our Veterans with cancer at the Edward Hines VA in honor of Veteran's Day each year.

In October we provide Bags of Hope to newly diagnosed patients with Breast Cancer to support and encourage them as they begin their treatment.

Bringing JOY mails out Boxes of JOY (comfort packages) to those diagnosed with cancer who are nominated by their friends/family to help bring a little Sunshine to their day.

We also have a Brunch of JOY each year. We invite Breast Cancer Thrivers and Survivors to come together for a morning of Brunch, encouragement and connection.

Each of our partnering Cancer Centers are provided with a Cart of JOY. Our Carts are filled with items (puzzle books, games, card games, journals, coloring books, and more) to help patients keep their minds busy throughout their treatment.

Lastly, as we strive to bring JOY to patients with cancer, we also know there are many unmet needs, especially in the area of transportation. Therefore, we have started a program to assist with patient transportation needs by providing gas and uber gift cards to our cancer centers.