Gabby’s Monthly Memory

Happy Birthday Gabby! 🥳

Gabby would have been 26 years old on March 3rd! She celebrated BIG on her birthdays and had lots of friends to share her cake with.🎂

It is so nice to see one of her “wishes” come true…she wanted the other kids in the hospital to have their own Bag of Fun. Let’s help keep Gabby’s wish alive for years to come

Donate to Gabby’s Dream FundA Birthday Message From Gabby’s Mom

A whole bunch of kids posing for a picture. They are at the Build a Bear store. You can see stuffed bears and bunnies with clothes on them behind the kids and a couple kids are holding the stuffed animals they built. This appears to be a birthday party for Gabby.
Gabby is sitting down at a blue table and looking at a large white birthday cake with a rainbow on it as well as words that are hard to make out. She is looking at the cake and has some goofy green and yellow glasses on. There are kids sitting at the table behind her and there appears to be one on either side of her, but they are mostly cut off in this photo. It appears to be a birthday party for Gabby.
Someone is holding a birthday cake. We only see a part of it because it is close to the camera. There are lit candles on the cake and the room is rather dark. We see Gabby lying on the couch with a blanket on her. She does not appear to be feeling very well. There is also a girl with pig tails leaning on the arm of the couch next to her.
Gabby and a friend sitting together posing for the camera. They are holding a large white cake with sprinkles, words that are hard to make out, and some sort of a pink character on it. Gabby appears to be in bed because there are white pillows behind her as well as a balloon. She looks like she is in the hospital.
Casey Whitney

Happy 26th birthday Gabby 💜. We love and miss you.

Rachel Martinez Rudden

Happy birthday Gabby!! You are so missed. ❤️

Our Mission & Vision

Mission: To deliver a Bag of Fun to every child fighting a long-term or life-threatening condition.

Vision: We exist to bring joy, laughter and relief to every child whose health and happiness is threatened and/or compromised.

Our Core Values

15,306

Bags Given Across the Country

12,006 in Colorado
2,600 in Kansas City
700 in Omaha

BAGS OF FUN HISTORY - Delivering joy, laughter and relief to every child fighting a life-threatening disease or condition. SEPTEMBER 2004: Gabby Krause Foundation Established. MAY 2005: First BAG OF FUN Delivered in Colorado. AUGUST 2007: Expanded to kidney patients in Colorado. JANUARY 2011: Expanded to Kansas & Missouri. JANUARY 2012: Expanded to Epilepsy patients in Colorado. JANUARY 2015: Expanded to Nuero Rehab, Cardiac Surgery & GI patients in Colorado. OCTOBER 2019: 10,000th BAG OF FUN Delivered Nationwide. JANUARY 2020: Expanded to Nebraska. MAY 2021: Expanded to include Mental Health Bags in Colorado. JUNE 2022 - Gabby's Dream Fund Established. July 2023: Omaha expands to include Madonna Rehab Hospitals. September 2024: 20 years of Bringing Joy Laughter and Relief to kids in Colorado. 20 years of Bags of Fun.