Provide duffel bags for foster kids
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MY GOAL:
To provide duffel bags, luggage, & backpacks for children in foster care. During the scary and uncertain time when a child is being taken away from their parents and sent to a new home, with very little warning or time to properly pack, their personal belongings shouldn't be placed in trash bags like garbage or something that's unwanted. Duffel bags, luggage, & backpacks will be given to the corresponding agencies in Fairfield, Hocking, Ross & Vinton Counties in Ohio for foster children in those areas.
THE BACKSTORY:
In a FB group, someone asked what we were insecure about. I explained that I need to be more secure in the fact that God will guide me to the things I need to do, who I need to help, & how I can help them. The very next day, I came across a post on FB that read, "Did you know there are over 400,000 kids in foster care and many of them carry their belongings in trash bags?" This affected me deeply and brought me to tears. I was a little surprised at how much this touched my heart and how instantly driven I was to do something about this. Then I realized that God had just guided me to what I needed to do, who I needed to help, and how I could help them. I then made my 1st of several FB posts. With the help of others who shared my posts and / or collected items, in less than 10 days, about 50 backpacks and a few suitcases were collected. The backpacks are perfect for children with a small amount of personal belongings. But, small luggage and medium and large size duffel bags are needed for children with more personal belongings.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
You can help provide luggage and duffel bags for children in foster care. Make a donation of any size, no amount is too small, to this GoFundMe campaign and the funds will be used to purchase duffel bags & luggage that will be distributed to the selected agencies in Ohio, along with the backpacks already collected. If you can't donate at this time, please share this campaign on your social media pages.
To provide duffel bags, luggage, & backpacks for children in foster care. During the scary and uncertain time when a child is being taken away from their parents and sent to a new home, with very little warning or time to properly pack, their personal belongings shouldn't be placed in trash bags like garbage or something that's unwanted. Duffel bags, luggage, & backpacks will be given to the corresponding agencies in Fairfield, Hocking, Ross & Vinton Counties in Ohio for foster children in those areas.
THE BACKSTORY:
In a FB group, someone asked what we were insecure about. I explained that I need to be more secure in the fact that God will guide me to the things I need to do, who I need to help, & how I can help them. The very next day, I came across a post on FB that read, "Did you know there are over 400,000 kids in foster care and many of them carry their belongings in trash bags?" This affected me deeply and brought me to tears. I was a little surprised at how much this touched my heart and how instantly driven I was to do something about this. Then I realized that God had just guided me to what I needed to do, who I needed to help, and how I could help them. I then made my 1st of several FB posts. With the help of others who shared my posts and / or collected items, in less than 10 days, about 50 backpacks and a few suitcases were collected. The backpacks are perfect for children with a small amount of personal belongings. But, small luggage and medium and large size duffel bags are needed for children with more personal belongings.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
You can help provide luggage and duffel bags for children in foster care. Make a donation of any size, no amount is too small, to this GoFundMe campaign and the funds will be used to purchase duffel bags & luggage that will be distributed to the selected agencies in Ohio, along with the backpacks already collected. If you can't donate at this time, please share this campaign on your social media pages.
Organizer
Debbie Highley
Organizer
Rockbridge, OH