Hope Kits
Hope Kits by Sumner Silver are portable trauma-response kits designed to provide immediate first aid, particularly for gunshot wounds and other trauma injuries. So far, we’ve raised over $10,000 and created + distributed over 180 Hope Kits across the Chicagoland area.
Check out the following articles to learn more about Hope Kits!
How’d Hope Kits Come About?
Following the Highland Park mass shooting, I asked myself, “How can I help minimize the magnitude of such a tragedy?” I decided to become Stop the Bleed certified. As I spoke with volunteers from the parade, many told me they wished they had been able to do something. “I got a lot of feedback from the volunteers at the parade, and they mentioned that they wish they could have been able to do something,” I told The Chicago Tribune. That’s when the idea for Hope Kits was born.
What’s inside?
Each kit contains a Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT), emergency wound-packing gauze, and step-by-step instructions for first aid, as well as other essential items like gloves and a Sharpie to record the tourniquet application time.
