The Nicholas Colby Fund^® provides backpacks to children with cancer at children's hospitals.  These backpacks contain 10-15 items as well as a Nicholas Colby Fund^® T-shirt and Nicholas Colby Fund® bandanna.  The backpacks are being phased into children's hospitals: Children's Hospital Oakland, Stanford-Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and the University of California San Francisco-Children's Hospital.  And children with cancer at other hospitals receive Nicholas Colby Fund^® backpacks.  

Through partnering with the Gabby Krause Foundation out of Colorado (Nicholas was at the children's hospital in Denver, Colorado for a few weeks in April/May 2006), Samsonite provides backpacks to The Nicholas Colby Fund^® and The Nicholas Colby Fund^® provides the items to go into the backpacks.  Collaborating with organizations ensures the Nicholas Colby Fund^® has a ready supply of products for each backpack.  A couple of initial partners on this effort have been Games Unlimited - Danville and Papyrus - Lafayette.