THE GENTLE PURSUIT PRESENTS

Birthday Surprise Bags

A Back-to-School Program for Teen Girls

For my birthday, I wanted to celebrate by giving instead of receiving.

Birthday Surprise Bags is a special project created to help local teen girls begin the school year feeling confident, encouraged, and celebrated through thoughtfully prepared beauty and self-care bags.

Whether you're here to sponsor a bag or register a teen girl to receive one, you're in the right place.

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About Birthday Surprise Bags

Birthday Surprise Bags began with one simple idea: celebrate a birthday by giving instead of receiving.

To celebrate her birthday, the founder of The Gentle Pursuit is sponsoring the first 36 Birthday Surprise Bags for teen girls as they prepare to head back to school.

Each bag is thoughtfully filled with a surprise assortment of brand-new beauty and self-care items, carefully packaged to remind every girl who receives one that she is seen, valued, and worthy of celebration.

As our community joins in by sponsoring additional bags, we're able to reach even more teen girls with encouragement at the beginning of a new school year.

A birthday celebrated by helping someone else feel celebrated.

Choose How You'd Like to Participate

Whether you'd like to help make Birthday Surprise Bags possible or register a teen girl to receive one, we'd love to have you be part of this project.

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Sponsor a Bag

Help us prepare Birthday Surprise Bags for local teen girls.

Every $10 sponsorship helps provide one additional thoughtfully packaged Birthday Surprise Bag filled with brand-new beauty and self-care items.

Sponsor a Birthday Surprise Bag
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Register for a Bag

Birthday Surprise Bags are available completely free for teen girls while supplies last.

Parents, guardians, family members, and other trusted adults are welcome to register a teen girl to receive a Birthday Surprise Bag.

Register for a Birthday Surprise Bag

Help Us Grow the Pile

Every Birthday Surprise Bag begins with an act of kindness.

When someone sponsors a bag, we carefully prepare it with brand-new beauty and self-care items before delivering it to a local teen girl. Every sponsorship helps another girl begin the school year feeling seen, valued, and celebrated.

You Sponsor

Your $10 sponsorship helps provide one Birthday Surprise Bag.

We Prepare

We thoughtfully package each bag with brand-new beauty and self-care items.

We Deliver

Bags are distributed to registered local teen girls.

She Feels Celebrated

A simple act of kindness reminds a teen girl that she is seen, valued, and cared for.

Every sponsored bag becomes an opportunity to encourage someone at the beginning of a new school year.

Sponsor a Birthday Surprise Bag

More Than a Bag

A Birthday Surprise Bag is more than beauty products in a gift bag.

It's a reminder that someone cared enough to think about a teen girl they may never meet.

It's an opportunity to begin the school year feeling encouraged, celebrated, and confident.

At The Gentle Pursuit, we believe kindness often begins with small, thoughtful moments—and sometimes a simple surprise can remind someone that they are seen.

Because every girl deserves to feel celebrated.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Birthday Surprise Bags are intended for teen girls. Parents, guardians, family members, and trusted adults are welcome to complete the registration.
No. Birthday Surprise Bags are provided free of charge while supplies last.
Every Birthday Surprise Bag includes a surprise assortment of brand-new beauty and self-care items. Each bag is unique, so contents may vary.
No. Each Birthday Surprise Bag is intentionally prepared as a surprise and items are randomly selected.
Every $10 sponsorship helps prepare one additional Birthday Surprise Bag for a local teen girl.
We hope so! Community support helps determine how many Birthday Surprise Bags we're able to prepare in the future.