Preston's Charm grief Kit © 2019 Bridget Bagley
Preston's Charm Story
Preston's Charm Mission and Goals
Preston's Charm Mission and Goals
Preston's Charm Mission and Goals
Mission Statement
Preston's Charm mission is to help people who have lost a Loved One replace some of the pain, sadness and despair with pleasure, happiness and hope! In so doing it will help a person manage his or her grief in a healthier and more productive way to that will also keep their loved one's Name, Spirit and Memory alive.
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Mission Statement
Preston's Charm mission is to help people who have lost a Loved One replace some of the pain, sadness and despair with pleasure, happiness and hope! In so doing it will help a person manage his or her grief in a healthier and more productive way to that will also keep their loved one's Name, Spirit and Memory alive.
Goals
- Help People Connect Thru Grief
- Redefine Grief In a Positive and Healthy Way
- Unify the Grieving Community
- Encourage People to Move Forward With Life!
Why Preston's Charm Grief Kit is Unique and Better than Other Grief Kits
A Charm of your Loved One is a more personal and versatile gift. A person can carry their Loved One's Charm with them anywhere they go. A person can also pass their Loved One's Charm from one person to another or leave it in places for people to find it. The people who receive or find it can take the Charm on vacations, hikes, sporting events, concerts, camping, fishing, rodeo....... The places the Charm can go and the people it meets are limitless
If you're tired of the way our culture expects people to manage grief in the traditional way in which each day is filled with sadness, pain, and despair 24/7; and would like to find a better, healthier, and more productive way to grieve that includes moments of happiness, relief, peace, and hope, we invite you to purchase a Preston's Charm Grief Kit for your Loved One and also buy and read our book, "Preston's Charm: A Charm-ing, Healthy, and Empathic Approach to Grief." You can purchase it on Amazon and bookstores like Barnes and Noble. You can view the cover of our book by scrolling down to the Preston's Charm Store.
*If you feel depressed and are struggling with grief, please seek professional help.
*If you are in a crisis, please dial 911.
The Making of Preston's Charm
Preston's Charm Mission and Goals
Preston's Charm Mission and Goals
Two years after the death of her son, Preston Bailey Hancock, Bridget Bagley was frustrated with the way she was coping with grief. She felt stuck because conventional therapy wasn’t working or offering her any solutions so she took matters into her own hands and created Preston's Charm in 2019.
Preston's Charm has helped her cope with Pre
Two years after the death of her son, Preston Bailey Hancock, Bridget Bagley was frustrated with the way she was coping with grief. She felt stuck because conventional therapy wasn’t working or offering her any solutions so she took matters into her own hands and created Preston's Charm in 2019.
Preston's Charm has helped her cope with Preston's death and manage grief more healthily and productively.
Bridget made 10 of Preston’s Charms. She kept one and gave the rest to her husband, Bill, their 3 other sons, and friends. As the months passed, she made more of Preston's Charms and left them in places like walking trails, campgrounds, elk lodges, and VFW and American Legion Posts.
People who found or received it emailed Bridget photos of where they found Preston's Charm and their sympathies. They applauded Bridget for her idea of making and the passing of Preston's Charm; and also wrote inspirational messages of how Preston's Charm positively impacted their lives.
There are over 1,000 of Preston's Charms in circulation worldwide!
Preston’s Charm has traveled to every state in America, 24 countries,, 4 islands and several cruise ships. Hogan has also traveled with Preston's Charm around the world and left one of Preston's Charm in Dubai, India, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
Scroll down to the Testimonial Page to read peoples' comments about how they benefited from Preston’s Charm Grief Kit.
After you read the testimonials, we hope you’ll purchase a Preston’s Charm Grief Kit for your Loved One from our All Products Section at the end of the website.
* In the photo is Sergeant Jonathon Hackworth's Charm made for his mother Jolie Hackworth, who shares her story of grief in Preston's Charm book.
Inspiration for Preston's Charm Grief Kit
Preston's Charm Gift Card and Fundraising Opportunity
Preston's Charm Gift Card and Fundraising Opportunity
Keeping Your Loved One’s "Name," "Spirit," and "Memory" Alive!
What inspired Bridget and Hogan to start a business and write the book "Preston's Charm" were the responses they received from people who either found or received Preston's Charm and traveled with it.
Their book Preston’s Charm: A Charm-ing, Healthy, and Empathetic Approach to
Keeping Your Loved One’s "Name," "Spirit," and "Memory" Alive!
What inspired Bridget and Hogan to start a business and write the book "Preston's Charm" were the responses they received from people who either found or received Preston's Charm and traveled with it.
Their book Preston’s Charm: A Charm-ing, Healthy, and Empathetic Approach to Grief" is available for purchase at Amazon and retail books like Barnes and Noble for $20.99. You
Bridget and Hogan will donate the profits from Preston's Charm Grief Kit and Preston's Charm book to charities that help and support people grieving the loss of a Loved One.
* In the photo is Danielle Hughes Crone's Charm made for her mother, Jane Hughes.
Preston's Charm Gift Card and Fundraising Opportunity
Preston's Charm Gift Card and Fundraising Opportunity
Preston's Charm Gift Card and Fundraising Opportunity
A Unique and Special Gift
Preston's Charm Grief Kit is for any person who has lost a Loved One, regardless of how he or she died.
Instead of flowers, plants, basket arrangements, lanterns, lamps, wind chimes, candles, pocket crosses, oils, or bells, a personalized Charm with a photo of the Loved One provides a special, more loving, meaningf
A Unique and Special Gift
Preston's Charm Grief Kit is for any person who has lost a Loved One, regardless of how he or she died.
Instead of flowers, plants, basket arrangements, lanterns, lamps, wind chimes, candles, pocket crosses, oils, or bells, a personalized Charm with a photo of the Loved One provides a special, more loving, meaningful remembrance and tribute that will last a lifetime.
The gift card also offers a way for a person to help a relative or friend who cannot afford the money to purchase the Charms or have the crafting skills or time to make them.
SPONSORSHIP
Bridget and I also offer a Sponsorship program. We have a list of people who cannot afford or possess the crafting skills or have time to make the Charms. For more info on how to Sponsor a person email Hogan at hogan@prestonscharm.com
History of The Passing of Preston's Charm and How It Works
How Hogan Received Preston's Charm, His Journey With It and Death of His Son, Wesley Jordan Hilling
On December 26, 2021, while Hogan was traveling across the USA in his RV, he received Preston's Charm from Tammy and Junior Adams (who are in the photo) during his visit to an Elks Lodge in Key West, Florida. Tammy and Junior found and picked up Preston's Charm five months earlier at the VFW in Deadwood, South Dakota where it was left by one of Bridget's friends, Jeff McKinney. (In the photo are Hogan, Tammy, and Junior.)
After Bridget mailed Hogan more of Preston's Charms, he visited and left one of Preston's Charms at an Elks Lodge in every state except Hawaii, and wrote Preston's and his name in the guest book of each Elks Lodge he visited. He also gave them to people he met along the way. Some of them have stories in the book.
One year after Hogan received Preston’s Charm his son, Wesley Jordan Hilling, passed away at age 33 due to medical complications. Wesley was born with a genetic disorder called Angolan’s Syndrome, disabled and needed 24/7 care. After Bridget made a Charm for Wesley, Hogan traveled around the world with Preston's Charm and left one of them in Dubai, India, Vietnam, and Taiwan. He also left some of Wesley's ashes in the South China Sea while visiting Vietnam.Hogan shares his story in Preston’s Charm book. He reveals how carrying Preston's Charm that first year has helped him manage the grief of losing Wesley in a healthier and productive way.
How the Passing of the Your Loved One’s Charm Works
Keep one of your Loved One's Charms for yourself. Give the other Charms to surviving family members, relatives, friends, and other people who are mourning the death of your Loved One. You can also leave it somewhere for a person to find it like a restaurant, bar, or non-profit organization like the Elks Lodge, Veterans of Foreign War Post, or American Legion, a tree branch on a hiking trail or campground, a battleship, a cruise ship, monuments, business signs, public gardens, museums, military memorials, park benches, gates of historic sites and museums, on trail posts, elevator, bus, on top of large rocks and attached it to a bobber and dropped it in a river. Be as creative as you like. (On the back of the Charm are instructions on what people who find it can do with the Charm.)
Now, imagine your Loved One’s spirit in the form of the Charm meeting people, accompanying them to events like parties, concerts, weddings, NASCAR, and football, baseball, and basketball games, or traveling with them on hikes, cruise ships, airplanes and vacations to countries all over the world.
To fully understand the concept of the passing of Preston’s Charm, we encourage you to visit the Flat Stanley Project website. Preston’s Charm mimics this children's project created in 1995 by Dale Hubert. The Flat Stanley project encouraged students to write, read, and connect with people worldwide. The students who receive Flat Stanley are invited to write a note and return it to its sender. The recipient returns Flat Stanley with a photo or postcard from the person and places it visited. In 2008, more than 6,000 classes from 47 countries participated in the passing of Flat Stanley.
We recommend you start with 5 Charms to experience the “Spiritual Power” of the Charm that other people have felt after sharing it with other people, even strangers. Once you feel comfortable sharing the Charm with a larger group of people, you can place another order with us.
What People Have Done With Preston's Charm
Seattle resident Ashley Kietzmann traveled with Preston’s Charm to Wisconsin to attend a wedding with it. At the reception, she shared Preston’s Charm story with the bride and groom and asked them to take a photo with it. The couple on their special day obliged her.
Mark Lassauax found Preston’s Charm at Dolores Point in Colorado. It is a popular tourist destination. After Mark picked it up near a historic cabin, he attached it to the passenger side of the plane that he owns. Now Preston's Charm travels with him where ever he flies.
Army Sergeant Charlie Liebchen traveled with Preston’s charm to Iraq and raised it along with the American flag on the tallest flag pole in the Middle East.
Emilee Wertman attached Preston’s Charm to her backpack and finished the last 800 miles with it by her side. Then she left it on the northern terminus of the Arizona Trail for another person to find it.
Brice Box, Army MP SFG, 855th MP CO, found Preston’s Charm while elk hunting in Happy Jack, Arizona. He kept it with him during his hunt and killed and tagged a bull elk.
Mark Ostroot carried Preston's Charm with him during an off-road snowmobile adventure along the continental divide and then to Whitefish, Montana.
Preston's Charm Store
$9.99 to $24.99
Fundraising Opportunity For Charities
Preston's Charm Book $20.99
There are 3 choices..
The Silver Kit with 5 personalized Charms of your Loved One - $9.99.
The Gold Kit with 10 personalized Charms of your Loved One - $14.99
The Platinum Kit with 20 personalized Charms of your Loved one - $24.99.
TO PLACE AN ORDER SCROLL DOWN TO THE "ALL PRODUCTS" PAGE.
Each Charm includes a badge with a photo of your Lov
There are 3 choices..
The Silver Kit with 5 personalized Charms of your Loved One - $9.99.
The Gold Kit with 10 personalized Charms of your Loved One - $14.99
The Platinum Kit with 20 personalized Charms of your Loved one - $24.99.
TO PLACE AN ORDER SCROLL DOWN TO THE "ALL PRODUCTS" PAGE.
Each Charm includes a badge with a photo of your Loved one, the date of his or her birth below the photo and date he or she passed away, a poem or quote of your choice, string of beads or jewelry, and a number to keep track of where the Charm travels.
On the back of the Charm are instructions on what a person who finds it can do with the Charm.
In the photo is Wesley Jordan Hilling's Charm. Wesley is Hogan Hilling's son.
*DISCLOSURE - Photographs will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. Therefore, whoever took the original photo owns the copyright, not Preston’s Charm Grief Kit.
*DISCLOSURE - Photographs will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. Therefore, whoever took the original photo owns the copyright, not Preston’s Charm Grief Kit.
The copyright on the personalized Charms for sale from Preston’s Charm Grief Kit only pertains to the design of the Charm and not the photo of the customer’s Loved One who passed away. When a customer purchases a personalized Charm it incorporates giving Preston’s Charm Grief Kit permission to print a copy of the customer's Loved One’s photo on the personalized Charm.
Preston's Charm Book $20.99
Fundraising Opportunity For Charities
Preston's Charm Book $20.99
Preston's Charm book is now available for $20.99 in the Simon and Schuster and Archway Publishing Store at this link -https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/search?query=prestons+charm or on Amazon and bookstores.
Preston's Charm: A Charm-ing, Healthy, and Empathic Approach to Grief
Frustrated that conventional therapy and methods weren’t
Preston's Charm book is now available for $20.99 in the Simon and Schuster and Archway Publishing Store at this link -https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/search?query=prestons+charm or on Amazon and bookstores.
Preston's Charm: A Charm-ing, Healthy, and Empathic Approach to Grief
Frustrated that conventional therapy and methods weren’t working to manage the grief of losing her son, Preston Bailey Hancock, Bridget Bailey took matters into her own hands. Preston passed away after being hit head-on in his car by a wrong way driver.
After Bridget realized that being angry, drinking alcohol to numb the pain and her toxic behavior was destroying relationships with her family, friends and neighbors, she turned to her crafting skills to cope with Preston’s death. In doing so, she discovered an unconventional way to manage grief in a healthier and more productive way. One that kept Preston’s spirit and memory alive and more importantly inspired people to practice empathy for Preston, Bridget and her family.
In 2019, she designed a piece of jewelry and attached it to a business size card with Preston’s photo, a poem, instruction on what to do when a person receives or finds Preston’s Charm and Bridget’s email address. She named it Preston’s Charm and made over 1,000. With the help of her husband, Bill and Preston’s surviving brothers, they gave Preston’s Charm to friends and also left one in places they visited during their hikes, motorcycle rides, and vacations.
In the last four years, while the passing of Preston’s Charm has helped Bridget and her family it has also helped people who received or found Preston’s Charm manage the grief of losing a Loved One in a healthier and productive way.
Preston’s Charm has been passed from person to person and traveled to every state in America, 16 countries, 4 islands and on several cruise ships. Some of the people who participated in the passing of Preston’s Charm share their stories in this book.
If you are tired of the way our culture expects people to manage grief in the same way they have for hundreds of years, grieving the traditional way in which each day is filled with sadness, pain, and despair 24/7, and would you like to find a better, healthier, and more productive way to grieve that includes moments of happiness, relief, peace, and hope, then this book is for you.
*We will add Preston's Charm Book to our store as soon as we receive a release date from the publisher. Customers will be able to pre-order the book.
Fundraising Opportunity For Charities
Fundraising Opportunity For Charities
Fundraising Opportunity For Charities
How to Raise Money for Your Non-Profit Organization.
Preston’s Charm Grief Kit will collaborate with charities to raise money for their organization.
Who Benefits From the Sales of Preston’s Charm Grief Kit
Families of the Loved Ones who passed away. The passing of the personalized Charms keeps the Loved One’s Spirit and Legacy alive as
How to Raise Money for Your Non-Profit Organization.
Preston’s Charm Grief Kit will collaborate with charities to raise money for their organization.
Who Benefits From the Sales of Preston’s Charm Grief Kit
Families of the Loved Ones who passed away. The passing of the personalized Charms keeps the Loved One’s Spirit and Legacy alive as it travels from person to person and place to place.
Charities also benefit because Preston's Charm Grief Kit will donate the profits to them.
How It Works
Preston’s Charm Grief Kit will permit charities through a licensing agreement to sell the kits with a special code to keep track of their sales and donate the profits to them. To learn more about how to collaborate with Preston's Charm Grief Kit contact Hogan Hilling through the Contact Page of Preston’s Charm Grief Kit website or hogan@prestonscharm.com.
*In the photo is Lance Corporal Matthew C. Kenna's Charm made for his parents Colleen dnd Ken Kenna.