6 Ways To Support Comfort Cases While Shopping for the Holidays
Thank you for supporting our mission to bring dignity and hope to youth entering foster care. We are fast approaching 100,000 Comfort Cases and Comfort XL given to children in the foster care system who would otherwise carry their belongings in a trash bag.
Here are some ways you can support Comfort Cases while you’re shopping this holiday season.
1. Choose Comfort Cases as your AmazonSmile charity.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of every eligible purchase you make through smile.amazon.com to your designated charity. To set this up, go to the “Accounts & Lists” tab on the right side of your Amazon home page. Under “Your Lists” click “AmazonSmile Charity Lists". Enter “Comfort Cases” in the search and then click select. It will remind you that in order for us to receive credit, you will need to shop through smile.amazon.com each time. You will have the option to install a plugin on your browser to make sure you always shop through the correct url. You will also be able to track how much you’ve contributed through the program over time. A nice way to know you are always supporting Comfort Cases while you shop - at the holidays and throughout the year!
2. Give the bookworm in your life a copy of Rob Scheer’s book, A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time.
A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time tells the inspiring story of Scheer's journey from foster care to foster parent and the drive to rebuild a broken system.
Growing up in an abusive household before his placement in foster care, Rob had all the odds stacked against him. Kicked out of his foster family’s home within weeks after turning eighteen—with a year left of high school to go—he had to resort to sleeping in his car and in public bathrooms. He suffered from drug addiction and battled with depression, never knowing when his next meal would be or where he would sleep at night. But by true perseverance, he was able to find his own path and achieve his wildest dreams.
Proceeds from the sale of the book go directly to supporting our mission to eliminate trash bags from the foster care system.
Click here to buy it on Amazon.
3. Shop our new Comfort Cases store.
We recently released a new line of t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, totes, and phone cases. Show your love for Comfort Cases while supporting youth in foster care. We will be adding more designs soon!
Click here to shop. Please note that orders are processed and shipped through Teespring.
4. Buy Bombas.
When the founders of Bombas learned that socks are the most requested item at homeless shelters, they knew they had to do something. They created Bombas socks with the idea that for every pair of socks sold, a pair would be given to someone in need. Bombas recently sent a shipment of 2,000 pairs of socks for our Comfort Cases, with a commitment to send 30,000 pairs in the coming year.
Click here to shop Bombas.
5. Give a baby blanket from Twice as Warm.
For every baby blanket purchased, Twice as Warm will give one to Comfort Cases for our infant bags.
Click here to shop Twice as Warm.
6. Gifts That Give Hope
The concept is simple: Make a donation to Comfort Cases through Gifts That Give Hope and you will receive a greeting card by mail to personalize for a loved one, and give that act of kindness as a gift. Cards will be shipped out within 3 business days, in plenty of time for the holidays.
Click here to shop Gifts That Give Hope.