How a New School Bag or Backpack Can Help Foster Kids Do Better in School
In a foster child's tumultuous and often uncertain life, stability and support are not just desires but essential needs.
Personal Stories
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47 stories from our community.
New Bags for Children and Youth in Foster Care Make Back-To-School Transitions Easier
New Bags for Children and Youth in Foster Care Make Back-To-School Transitions Easier While the back-to-school season is exciting for many children,...
Restoring Confidence One Bag at a Time
Donating new backpacks or duffel bags to foster children and youth can be a simple, relatively inexpensive act of kindness that can...
The Ripple Effect: How Donating New Bags to Foster Children Benefits the Community
Over 400,000 children and youth are in foster care. They frequently face instability and may be required to move between multiple foster...
The Emotional Significance of a New Bag for Foster Children
The Emotional Significance of a New Bag for Foster Children The transition into foster care can be one of the most turbulent...
The Unseen Impact: How New Bags Bring Dignity to Foster Children
Children face numerous challenges during their journey through the foster care system, with one of the most heartrending being the loss of...
Making a Meaningful Contribution: The Benefits of Donating New Bags to Foster Children
Making a Meaningful Contribution: The Benefits of Donating New Bags to Foster Children For children and youth placed in foster care, life...
Perspective of a Child Protective Services Investigator for the State of Tennessee
I have spent my entire adult life to this point training and educating myself in Child welfare, trauma, and the foster care...
Roxy's Story
We had 16 Foster children through our home in two and a half years. We had ages newborn to 18. And still,...
Elizabeth’s Personal System and Guide for Aging Out Youth
I am No Ordinary Liz. That’s how I introduce myself, because my story is one that is almost too extraordinary to believe....
Jackie's Story
I had no idea....I thought I knew about how the foster care system worked and I believed that the system would automatically...
Barbara's Story
My foster care journey started during the pandemic. Everything felt so awful at the time that we decided we were going to...
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