Marilyn and her friend, Kay Foley, founded Bag & Boob Babes in 2012 in Mesa, Arizona when their friend, Karen, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Karen went to the hospital for her mastectomy with a set of Knitted Knockers and a drain apron. Her Nurse navigator saw the products and asked if she could get them for her other patients. Through Karen's experience, Marilyn, a nurse, quickly understood the need for these products and she realized that rather than pinning drains to a camisole, it would be more convenient and comfortable for all breast cancer patients to have access to an apron where they could place the drains after having a mastectomy. That was the beginning of Bag & Boob Babes and this non-profit charity has been growing and going strong ever since.
Being a life-long sewist, when invited to a B&BB meeting in 2014 and learning that they needed people to sew, Sheila was happy to volunteer. Back in Idaho, Sheila found a need for the B&BB comfort items and also a need in Eastern Washington. Sheila began recruiting sewists and knitters to make drain aprons and Knitted Knockers. Bag & Boob Babes has been going strong in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area since 2015. Sheila is also the face of Bag & Boob Babes in our "How To" videos. Sheila is continually thankful that God has given her this ministry of blessing breast cancer patients in her retirement.
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Cathy has been active in Bag & Boob Babes in Arizona since 2014. In 2017, Cathy attended an American Cancer Society Walk in Indiana to request the left over T-shirts to be sewn into chemo caps. While at the walk, Cathy was introduced to several individuals she felt would be instrumental in helping the Bag & Boob Babes organization. She put out a call for help and received lots of unexpected volunteers and donations. In addition to being a chemo cap sewist, Cathy also supports the Arizona chapter of B&BB by mailing products to locations in the eastern part of the country. Cathy splits her time between Indiana in the summer months and Arizona in the winter time.