Bags Finding new Homes

We recently decided to look at alternative storage options for our Pack-a-Bag with Love bags. They are currently housed at the Boys and Girls Town, where they are accessible to foster care caseworkers at that location, but not easily accessible to other foster care caseworkers in the county.


The bags are in the process of being neatly organized and we are hoping to have them housed at each of the offices where Greene County foster care caseworkers are located. That way, the caseworkers won't have to travel to an external location to pick up the bags when a new child is taken into care. The caseworkers work very hard and are extremely busy, so this will hopefully simplify the process for them and allow more local children to receive the bags.


So far, 20 bags have been deliverd to Missouri Baptist Children's Home,
and 200 bags are ready to be delivered to Alternative Opportunities. New bag sign-out sheets have also been developed so we can track the number of bags taken, child ages, and child gender. This will help us sustain supply for the ages/genders that are more prevalent in our county.

Thanks Ash Grove First Christian Church for making this happen!
Above: picture of bags before being newly reorganized
To the Right: picture of hygiene items used to fill the bags