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HONORING J.T. & MARGARET

T ALKINGT ON

How the Talkingtons

Continue Their Legacy

THROUGH THE INSIDE OUT

FOUNDATION

BY ALEXIS ARNOLD

J.T. and Margaret Talkington are household names to many Lubbockites,
usually due to the foundation they established as their way of continually
giving back to their community even after they were no longer able
to personally do so. That is certainly a notable achievement, but what
exactly does it mean for the residents of this city? Our organization has
a very personal connection to this impact, as the Inside Out Foundation
(IOF) was blessed to be a grant recipient for two consecutive years from to transition mastectomy survivors through the
the Talkington Foundation. So how have the Talkingtons impacted the hospital to home process. The IOF also works with
South Plains and beyond through the IOF? the UMC Burn Unit to provide our Burn Survivor
Bags to their department, so that those patients have
Our mission is to restore our clients’ inner and outer beauty through a comprehensive bag filled with items they not only
aesthetic products and healing outreach services. We do this by providing need but also that provide comfort during a very
wigs, prosthetic breast forms, mastectomy bras, skin care, mastectomy difficult time in their lives.
and burn survivor bags and
more at no cost to women who There is currently no other bag, kit, or any other
have been affected by disease, comprehensive items available specifically for burn
abuse, burns and other forms of survivors anywhere in the world . . . except for
trauma. It was the partnership right here in Lubbock. These and the Mastectomy
of the IOF and the Talkington Survivor Bags are all assembled by volunteers who
Foundation that brought our live in our community and are truly put together
Mastectomy Survivor Bags with love. They contain everything from practical
and Burn Survivor Bags to items for post-operative care, like medical tape,
this region. These bags are gauze and gloves, to comfort items like fuzzy socks,
filled with more than 40 items, Kleenex and pillows. These bags are given to our
each specifically designed clients at no cost, and all of this is possible because of
the Talkingtons.
When our clients are recovering from mastectomy
surgery or from being badly burned, these bags
give them support, comfort and, most importantly,
the knowledge that people they may not know are
thinking about them and extending love to them
through these bags. For someone going through
something so traumatic, this means everything to
them, and it would not have been possible without
the vision from J.T. and Margaret Talkington. The
Inside Out Foundation is forever grateful for their
support, and, of course, our clients are, too!

For more information about these bags and/
or general information about The Inside Out
Foundation, please contact 806-677-3582 or
theinsideoutfoundation@gmail.com.

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