Wyckoff Cancer Survivors Raise $39K For Bracelet Business To Help Others

WYCKOFF, N.J. — Do not ever tell Rebecca Salmins she cannot do something. The 9-year-old has already accomplished so much in her life.

Beat leukemia: Check.

Raise $23,000 for cancer research: Check.

Start a business and collect $25,000 to help cancer survivors. No problem.

Salmins and her father Gerhard, also a cancer survivor, started a business together, Knots & Arrows, to help cancer survivors. Salmins completed nearly 800 days of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove a tumor in her neck.

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She worked with Eli Manning to raise $23,000 for the Tackle Kids Cancer initiative at Hackensack University Medical Center. Hundreds of people, including the Wyckoff Police Department, donated to the effort. Manning's work with Tackle Kids Cancer helped him earn the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

The father-daughter team hoped to raise $25,000 through a Kickstarter campaign to get Knots & Arrows going. The monthlong campaign brought in more than $39,000 from 760 backers.

The family will make five different bracelet collections. Campaign backers will receive bracelets and other items depending on how much they donated. The donations will cover production costs. Profits will be donated to help cancer survivors.

"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts," Salmins and her father stated on the Kickstarter campaign page. "Together we can put an end to childhood cancer."

The name Knots & Arrows comes from two inspiration quotes that encouraged Salmins and her family as they fought against cancer together.

"When you've reached the end of your rope, tie and knot and hang on," said Salmins' mother, Sherry. "And an arrow can only be shot by dragging it backwards. So, when life seems to be dragging you back, it's getting ready to launch you into something great."

Bracelets will begin shipping April 1.

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Rebecca Salmins and her father Gerhard — Courtesy of Gerhard family