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Community Feedback

Every box we ship eventually finds its way back to us — not as a comic, but as a story. A nurse writes to tell us how a child finally smiled during a hard week. A parent shares that a graphic novel was the first thing their child asked for after surgery. A volunteer tells us why they keep coming back to sort and pack.

 

This page is where we keep those thank-yous, testimonials, and the everyday moments people have taken the time to tell us about. Proof that a comic book can do more than we sometimes remember to say out loud.

I just wanted to send a quick thank you email for the comic books we received. I cannot tell you how grateful our program is for receiving this package as it was suitable for various ages and provided a fun and therapeutic activity for patients and families during their hospitalization. I know that I have used this on my pediatric floor with children who are waiting for a procedure or surgery and have had success in distracting and redirecting their attention with these books to alleviate anticipatory stress and anxiety. I have used this with long term teens who can be hard to engage with and have built great rapport with them over the characters and story line – I have even created bedside activities with some patients where it inspired them to make their own comic book!

 

I surely appreciate all that you and ComicBooks for Kids does. Thank you again.

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K. O.

Certified Child Life Specialist

Pedaitrics Unit 44

UF Health Shands Children's Hospital

​Gainesville, FL

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Comics Saved Her Life. She's Sure of It.

Dani Soncasie spent most of her childhood in a hospital bed. Born with multiple orthopedic disabilities, she had surgeries every year from birth through age 16 — and at nine years old, she was three years into her longest stay, in pain, scared, and far from her family.

 

Then a local comic shop owner dropped off a box at the hospital. Dani spotted The Huntress on top of the pile, scooped up an armful, and wheeled back to her room.

 

From that moment, she had somewhere to go. For a girl who couldn't leave her hospital bed, comics gave her worlds to escape into — and the imagination to build her own. That little girl is now a published comic creator.

"I believe those comic books saved my life. And I truly believe they have saved thousands of others."

— Dani Soncasie, comic creator and CB4K supporter

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Letters and Love

Real Stories and Smiles

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