Special Bags for Special People Giveaway
So Cinda B, (not the company, but the person) aka Cinda Boomershine is a friend of mine. I don’t mind telling you, well, because I’m among friends. I met Cinda at a marketing company we both worked at when she was fresh out of college. The company didn’t do so well and didn’t last, but I’m happy to report our friendship remained.
I watched Cinda launch her line of bags and was the recipient of an entire set one year as a gift to myself. The bags are functional and durable and they look great too. Cinda designs the fabric patterns and the bag styles (there are oh, so many!). The first Cinda B we’re giving away is the Takin’ Care of Business tote.
You know what? Parents of kids with special needs have to carry a lot around. Paperwork, meds, Ziploc bags full of crayons and snacks to occupy kids before appointments. Those long waits for the appointments where the doctors try to play catch up but rarely do? Yeah, we’ve been to a few of those, too. Which is why the Takin’ Care of Business bag is a must have, for any stylish special needs parent!
This pattern and color are considered “Vintage” Cinda B and I love it. I have an entire set of yummy brown bags in the same pattern. I think you’ll love this bag too. To enter Special Bags for Special People Giveaway you have to be registered and then leave a comment about one thing that you’d put in your bag! Me? That would be a big binder of previous test results or chocolate! Well, maybe two things!
If you don’t win, don’t worry, you can own your own Cinda B.
You have until Friday, May 21 5:00PST to enter (winner announced next Monday). Cinda B the company OR the person didn’t pay me for telling you her bags are awesome…she just offered and we took her up on it! I mean some awesome bags from Cinda B? Yeah, that took us about a half a second to say “Yes!” We also couldn’t resist putting up a blog ad as a token of our appreciation!
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About The Author
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
AWESOME! I would definitely put the current IEP and medical docs in this bag, ready to take to appointments and meetings. And yes, maybe a snack for Mom, too. 😉
What a terrific bag- I would use it for the endless drawing paper and pens that is manditory whenever we go anywhere that requires a longer wait than 5 minutes along with clothing changes and of course snacks! Love it!
Church, Dr. appointments for 2 ADHD grandsons, Dr. appointments for 85 year old father with Alzheimers~yes, there are numerous things to go in the bag~crayons, coloring books, snacks, planning calendar, medical folders for all three, and the list goes on and on~
I was just looking at her website the other day!! I would either use it for all of my junk or a better thought will be to auction it off at our PKD Walk!! I think it would be a great raffle item!
My planner is the most important thing besides my son. Oh and money.
I would carry wipes. Lots and lots of wipes. And extra clean clothing. That seems to be what we need around here.
laptop! it’s great kid entertainment for really long appointments like allergy testing or myelo clinic days when we spend 3-6 hours at the hospital.
I am always needing a great bag to put testing supplies in. The boxes they come in full apart way too easily and often we have to add materials. Keeping everything in one place is so convenient and how cute is that bag!
I shared this with over 300 friends on facebook.
I tweeted this contest on twitter. I am not a parent of special needs child but I am a skills trainer for autistic clients. I can def use this for work since I have things to take to work when I am working w/ my clients. This is an awesome perfect bag just what I need for work!
I am following Cinda on twitter. I tweeted the contest
As a grandparent to special needs children, I think this bag would be invaluable. Using it for toys, snacks or even a change of clothes would make all of us (grandma and kids) happy.
My purses are always big bags. I was just telling hubby I need a new one as mine is on its last leg. I would fill this new bag with wipes, snacks, water bottles for 2 kids. Of course there is always a toy to keep kids busy. The latest addition would be the chewy and the fidgets we are trying to help during stressful social times.
I would put my kids medical binders in this bag. As well as a sudoku book & pen and my wallet & medical insurance ID cards. I would love it!
Wipes, Wipes, Wipes..oh, and snacks!
lots of paperwork when you have a child with a disability. This bag would be awesome.
I own a design firm, but 1/2 the time I carry my stuff around in plastic grocery sacks or my Salvation Army find briefcase. What would I put in this super cool bag? As much as it would hold! My laptop, kids’ records, the millions of forms it seems I’m always filling out for the kids’ doctors, paperwork for the kids and work, the articles and books I’ve been meaning to read… Most of my kids are teens so I would love to be a little more “cool” too.
Mary in TX
http://marythemom-mayhem.blogspot.com
Mom to biokids Ponito(11) and his sister Bob(13)
Sibling pair adoptive placement from NE 11/06
Finally finalized on Kitty(15) on 3/08 – 2 weeks before her 13th birthday!
Finalized on her brother Bear(16) 7/08. He turned 15 the next day.
“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”
Lovely bags! Very pretty AND functional, too! Thanks to Cindy B for making this generous donation!
Oops, typo: I meant “Cinda B!” (an “a” not a “y”)
Lovely bags! Very pretty AND functional, too! Thanks to Cinda B for making this generous donation!
I would most definitely carry lots of snacks. And books. And some surprise item that might surprise my little one.
A gallon sized zip lock baggie, filled with individual serving sized snacks. There is nothing harder than to get a hungry, cranky kid to cooperate. Having healthy snacks with me at all times is mandatory!!!
Sounds great! I would definitely better organize my daughter’s medical records, finally putting them in chronological order, then by doctor, hospital, etc. Things to do, as well…rather than tote around the same black bags I have for seven years. One is a backpack, the other is actually a diaper bag we converted.
Diapers! Thank heaven for powerful antibiotics, but they sure do a number on the digestive tract. I think she went through 15 the other day! 5 hour clinic visits will mean packing lots of diapers tomorrow.
Into the bag would go the following: My brain (that would be my calendar with schedule), two word finds with pencils tucked inside for the waiting periods at appointments, a folder for homework assignments and reading logs, snacks, notebook for mom’s notes and reminders, my ever-present point and shoot camera (because you just never know when you need to document a moment!), the book I am currently reading, my wallet, car keys, and phone. (Now, would it be too heavy to lift? LOL)
The one thing that I would put in that gorgeous bag is a watch to make sure I’m on time to all the gazillion places I have to go every day!
Anything and everything would go in this bag at one time or another!
Snacks for the kids.. test results… books.. meds…A little bit of everything.
I’d pack up my art supplies and head off to teach class. But I really like your chocolate idea or maybe my favorite milk duds. That’d be a whole lot of milk duds!
What a great bag! My planner has to go everywhere with me. Without that I don’t have a brain. Diapers, wipes, binky, bottle, and match box cars. My son has to have those where ever we go!
Would definiltely love this bag-it rocks
This bag rocks-organization…not sure I can fit all the kiddos files in-but it is an awesome bag
Plus it looks big enough for the cooler of meds I have to carry around-and then there are the many toys we have to bring for our appointments which range from 3-6 a week
I already have the smaller bag in the same color/pattern and it does rock! But…the bigger bag would allow me to carry a big diet coke around…because who doesn’t need a bit of a pick me up?
Her bags are awesome, I have the ‘weekender’. The aptly named weekender.
Wow, moms sure are resourceful! I have often tried to figure out the best way to carry everything and scorn the diaper bags. The one pictured looks great! I think it would work very very well for what I have to truck around daily!
Thanks for the opportunity to enter and pointing me in the direction of these bags!
Mindy