Our First Marathon Packing Party Was a Huge Success!
Comfort Cases founders Reece and Rob Scheer packing boxes with volunteer extraordinaire Stella Fan.
Our first Comfort Cases Marathon Packing Party was a huge success! We packed over 2,400 cases in 24 hours and many of them are already on their way to youth in foster care all over the country.
Project Enhancement Corporation of Germantown, MD packing Comfort Cases for Lynn University to be distributed to youth entering foster care in Boca Raton, FL.
This was truly a team effort, with nearly 400 volunteers who signed up to pack cases at all hours of the day and night, our staff who worked tirelessly to prepare for and host the event, our sponsors Perfect Glassworks and E Cohen and Company CPAs, local businesses that donated food, community members who will be delivering some of the cases, and all of our supporters around the country who donated money for shipping and items from our wish lists.
Comfort Cases Community Engagement Coordinator Barrie Carr, Fox 5’s Holly Morris, Comfort Cases Operations Manager Matt Murphy, and Comfort Cases founder Rob Scheer.
We also want to thank Fox 5 DC for covering the event on Friday morning - we saw a huge increase in traffic to our website during those hours so we know their support of our mission has a real impact.
Volunteers packing toiletry kits for Comfort Cases headed to Family Alternatives in Minneapolis, MN.
Over the last six years, we have sent Comfort Cases to partner agencies in all 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. For this particular event, we packed orders to be delivered to 18 states. Local volunteers came to pick up the cases to drive them to Baltimore City DSS, Concern in Lanham, MD, and to multiple agencies in West Virginia. We also had some people reach out to us on Facebook about driving cases to Amityville, NY and Albany, OH.
Mrs. North Central West Virginia Bryanna Williams picking up Comfort Cases to bring back to youth entering foster care in West Virginia.
Here is a list of where all of the Comfort Cases from our Marathon Packing Party will be going. We pack each order based on what the agency requests with regard to the gender and ages of the children they work with.
California
MCAFCC - Salinas, CA
Florida
Friends of Foster Care - West Palm Beach, FL
Keller Williams - Seminole, FL - This order was paid for by Rachel Corvello’s Keller Williams team and will be distributed to youth entering foster care in the Seminole, FL area.
Lynn University - Boca Raton, FL - This order of 800 Comfort Cases - 100 infant, 300 child, and 400 adolescent - was paid for by a generous donation from Lynn University. We sent the supplies and they will complete the packing process and distribute to youth entering foster care in the Boca Raton area.
Maine
Sweester Community Mental Health Provider - Saco, ME
Maryland
Baltimore City DSS - Balitmore, MD
Concern - Lanham, MD
Minnesota
Evolve Family Services - Stillwater, MN
Family Alternatives - Minneapolis, MN
Mississippi
Canopy Children’s Services - Jackson, MS
Missouri
Henry County Children’s Division - Clinton, MO
New Mexico
CASA Fourth Judicial District - Las Vegas, NM
New York
Hope for Youth - Amityville, NY
Ohio
Oasis Foster Care - Albany, OH
Oklahoma
Weslyan Youth - McAlester, OK
Oregon
Yamhill County Child Welfare - McMinnville, OR
South Carolina
Pinelands Group Home - Summerville, SC
Texas
Child Protective Services El Paso - El Paso, TX
DFPS - Hereford, TX
Eastland County Child Welfare Board - Eastland, TX
Hill County CPS Board - Whitney, TX
Vermont
Burlington Family Services - Burlington, VT
Morrisville Family Services - Morrisville, VT
Washington
YMCA Greater Seattle - Seattle, WA
West Virginia
Clay County Family Resource Network - Clay, WV
Eastern Regional Family Resources Network - Moorefield, WV
KVC Beckley - Beckley, WV
KVC Branchland - Branchland, WV
KVC E. Charleston - East Charleston, WV
KVC Ripley - Ripley, WV
KVC Spencer - Spencer, WV
KVC Verdunville - Verdunville, WV
KVC Wayne - Wayne, WV
Ohio County Family Resource Network - Wheeling, WV
The Children’s Listening Place - Parkersburg, WV
West Virginia DHHR - Martinsburg, WV
Wyoming
CASA Laramie County - Cheyenne, WY
Comfort Cases Volunteer Coordinator Markia Chambers with volunteers getting Comfort Cases packed for Pinelands Group Home in Summerville, SC.
We are happy to report that we received over $5,000 in donations through our website and Facebook page throughout the course of the event, but we still need your help to get all of these Comfort Cases shipped to their destinations. As you can see, our first shipment of 109 boxes nearly filled the UPS truck!
Our UPS driver Albert with 109 boxes full of Comfort Cases on their way to Florida.
With 700 children entering foster care every day, we need your continued support to eliminate trash bags from the foster care system and to provide these precious children with personal care and comfort items during their time of uncertainty. Many of these kids do not own a toothbrush. Many do not own a book. Many have never worn a new pair of pajamas. With your help, we are making a difference.
Your donation of $25, $10, or even $5, will help ensure that a child entering foster care is given a Comfort Case - not a trash bag - to carry their belongings.
If you are interested in hosting an official Comfort Cases Donation Drive anywhere in the country, please click here.
If your company or organization is interested in partnering with us to bring Comfort Cases to your community, please email info@comfortcases.org.
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