The Ostomates Wellness Care Program will educate and provide the tools ostomates need to learn about self-care and enable safe and confident re-entry as active members of the community, school or the workforce. The program will focus on all stages of the ostomy process, from pre-op through immediate post-op and long-term care. Ostomates will receive a gift duffle bag with items they need to manage their care. Each bag will include products from multiple manufacturers, as well as the supplies for an emergency bag/pouch change kit, and literature about self-care and local resources for both physical and mental supportive services. The bags will be distributed to ostomates through the foundation’s established relationships with clinicians in the pre-op through post-op inpatient and outpatient departments at hospitals, as well as through health agencies and skilled care/rehabilitation centers.