Imagine if you had just been taken
from your home, your family and your pets. You are put in the back
of a car and are headed for the unknown. You have nothing. No warm
hugs to console you, no teddy bear to hang on to and nothing that
gives you any comfort.
You might be headed for a police station, a social worker’s office
or maybe even a Foster home. At any of these places you would be
scared and feel all alone. Maybe you’d even be at one of these
places for hours before another stranger took you somewhere else.
And you are only four years old.
This is the reason Bags4kids was started; to give some kind of
comfort to a child who can’t help feeling alone and scared in a very
terrifying situation. We want to give them comfort and something to keep
themselves busy, such as crayons, coloring books, writing materials and
a reading book. Then
when they get to the door step of their new home, they will
have something that belongs to them. So we add stuffed animals,
tooth brushes, hygiene items, toys and a bag to keep their
treasures in. It is theirs to keep forever.
All bags are a blessing. When children are removed from their unsafe
homes, they travel with trash bags in hand if they have anything. Sadly,
the majority have nothing at all.
When children must face this crisis alone, Bags4kids is there to
comfort and aid in this frightening transition. We assemble donations
into comfort bags and deliver them to police stations and Social Service
offices throughout the area where they are given to the children. We
invite you to be a part of this very important organization by visiting
our donations page. Your small act of kindness will make a monumental
impact on a helpless child at a time when their world has been shaken to
the core. We thank you very much for your gracious thoughts, prayers and
donations.
And most of all, the children thank you for being there for them
when they need it most.
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Here is my
Christmas tree this year
with a picture of each one of my
foster kids
over the years; all 135 of them! -LaJuana |
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